Spare Parts 3D launches new AI-powered 2D-to-3D model digitization tool
French software start-up Spare Parts 3D (SP3D) has launched the beta program of Théia, its new digital tool that can automatically create 3D models fr…
EOS enables serial production with the new M 290 1kW metal 3D printer
Munich-based 3D printer manufacturer EOS has announced the launch of the EOS M 290 1kW laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printer. An upgraded ve…
AM Forum Berlin 2024 to see HP debut its new material
After announcing its partnerships with DyeMansion and Accel Digital Solutions (ADS), HP is set to exhibit 3D printed parts made from a new material tailored for its industrial 3D polymer solutions, at…
Financial Tombstones Encase 3D Prints for Commemorative Purposes
I’m no businessman, but I can close my eyes and imagine: There’s a nice cherry-oak desk with hand-carved legs (belonged to my grandfather); a large window overlooking the well-manicured lawns of Silic…
Absorbing Echoes with Perfect Pitch and 3D Printing
Rotterdam based designer Foteini Setaki leads the creative practice Studio Phi with additive manufacturing and acoustics for harmonious designs. Her project, “Absorbing Echoes”, aims to enhance health…
Arcam Visited By Royal Family
King Carl XVI Gustaf and representatives from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) visited Arcam during their study trip in West Sweden last month. Arcam’s technology, which is beco…
McDonald’s Dreams of 3D Printing
It seems that HP, Staples, UPS and Asda aren’t the only large corporations to jump on the 3D printing bandwagon. Everyone’s favourite “chicken” nugget supplier also dreams of incorporating the hottest…
Seeing the World Through 3D Printed Frames
We’ve covered companies pursuing the use of AM in producing unique eyewear, but these firms have relied on plastic. Both the Bay Area Protos and the German Mykita use Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) …
Encryption Through Destruction with Disarming Corruptor
Artist Matthew Plummer-Fernandez is interested in distorting the forms of 3D printed objects as a means of conveying the translation processes that occur in the digital and physical worlds. 3D scans d…
Teens Replicate Artistic Masterpieces in MET’s Program with Cubify Sculpt and Cube 3D Printer.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art held a teen program promoting the swirl of art and technology with 3D printing. Over this last summer, the MET held a guided event with selected teens from the New York …
Solid Concepts Is Lastest 3D Printing Vendor in the Fashion Stakes
The AVEDA Congress is a world-renowned hair show, so you would be forgiven for wondering how on earth that links to 3D printing but it does — in the unique and complex forms of three high-fashion head…
Canon & 3D Systems Finalise Distribution Agreement 3D Printers
Since 3D Systems announced that Canon Marketing had joined its network of resellers in Japan much excitement has circulated investment sites. Here at 3DPI we get that investors tend to read the invest…
DesignSpark Challenge from RS Components and Allied Electronics
Have you got some decent CAD skills and some ingenious engineering ideas? You might consider entering the DesignSpark Challenge from RS Components and Allied Electronics for a chance to win up to £5,0…
Makeraser Erases Unsightly ABS Overhangs and Rough Spots
Most users of FFF 3D printers know that their ABS prints are going to come out a bit rough around the edges. There are support structures that need to be broken off, overhangs that need to be flattene…
AMETEK Acquires Creaform
AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) has announced its USD$120million acquisition of Creaform, Inc., a company that develops and manufactures innovative portable 3D technologies, and provides 3D engineering servi…