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…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
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…
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…
Thanksgiving Contest: Shapeways is Grateful for You, What are You Grateful For?
There’s a terrifying holiday that happens in autumn of every year, mostly in the United States and Canada, in which ravenous creatures murder and devour defenseless animals while the ghosts of the lan…
Click Here for A 3D Content and 3D Printing Partnership
We received a note from Alex Levchenko at CGTrader to let us know about a new partnership between the online 3D models marketplace and Sculpteo. And no, before you think it, it is not a design challen…
Bringing 3D Printing of Biomodels In-House Aids Patient Care
As a dentist practicing Periodontics and Implantology in the US, my personal history with 3D printing goes back some twelve years or so, when I first started experimenting with 3D printed surgical gui…
The Possibilities of Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing
The medical research fraternity is imagining a future where nanoelectronic devicescould detect the concentrations of biomolecules in real time for use as medical diagnostics or interact with single ce…
3D Printing Claims a Place in Fashion Olympus at “Materials” Themed Holon Fashion Week
3D printed dresses by Iris Van Herpen stole the spotlight during Paris Fashion Week last January. The incredible outfits were part of a collaboration between the dutch designer and Neri Oxman, artist,…