Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
UMaine unveils its largest next-generation polymer 3D printer
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! The University of Maine (UMaine) has demonstr…
Materialise adds novel AM materials to its portfolio
Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has introduced three new materials to its AM portfolio. These materials include Polyamide 12S (PA 12S), Polyamide 11 (PA 11) for Multi Jet Fusion, and Carbon Fi…
Competing on the Education Front
Both of the major 3D printer vendors (Stratasys via Makerbot and 3D Systems with the Cube range) are taking education very seriously these days — it’s almost as if they are spurring each other on to d…
The Holidays Are Coming – And So is Santa on His New 3D Printed Sleigh
Christmas is always coming, and these days the consumer frenzy starts earlier and earlier, which personally I think is a shame. Don’t get me wrong, I do get all gooey around Christmas — the nativity p…
Portabee GO Portable 3D Printer is Go!
One of the most recent trends in desktop 3D printers is to take it off the desktop and make it go portable. Examples include, in order of recency: the Lumifold, the Tobeca, and the Bukito. The most re…
Company Behind “Europe’s First 3D Printer” Acquired by French Robotics Firm
A new 3D printer company has emerged in France, through the acquisition of an old one. Prodways is the result of a purchase by the Gorgé Group of 3D printing innovator, Phidias Technologies. And the…
Watch this 3D Printed Brand Collaboration — Courtesy of NOOKA & Cubify
3D Systems has just announced its latest 3D printed brand collaboration — with fashion brand NOOKA. Together the two companies will deliver a special edition 3D printed Zub 40 watch collection, exclus…
3D Printing Plastics — Trials, Tribulations and A Need for Ethical Change
After the wonder and excitement of the London 3D Printshow dissipated, I felt compelled to write about the use of plastic printing materials. This stemmed initially from a conversation with William Ho…
Massdrop Drops Prices by Bulk Ordering 3D Printers and Supplies
This is awesome! It’s realllllly brilliant. I mean, this is how things should have been working all along! /End article/ Just joshin’! So here’s what the smart thing is: Massdrop is a website that poo…
Proxy War using 3D Printing to take on Games Workshop for Dominance of Tabletop Wargaming
Kickstarter start-up Proxy War is offering tailor-made miniature soldiers set in the sci-fi universe of videogame X-Com, for tabletop wargaming. Its project could be the first to truly revolutionize s…
123D Catch Updated for a More Seamless Experience
When Autodesk released 123D Catch for iOS more than a year ago, I was thrilled and thought that it would be the key to making 3D printing accessible to the mainstream. If you could just take a series …
Apple Acquiring Kinect Manufacturer PrimeSense?
Earlier this year, rumours sprouted up about Apple’s possible intent to purchase the Israeli company behind the original Microsoft Kinect, PrimeSense, for $280 million. The story soon dissipated, with…
Wohlers Conference In Germany & More Bullish Predictions for Production Applications of 3D Printing
Ahead of the Wohlers Conference, which takes place annually at the Euromold exhibition in Frankfurt in December, Wohlers Associates has put out a more detailed analysis of ‘the use of 3D printing for …
3D Printed Ladybug Keyboard from ODD Guitars and 3D Systems
There’s not one person who doesn’t like bugs crawling all over their stuff and that’s why ODD Guitars, famous for their 3D printed guitars proudly displayed and played at every 3D Sy…