Endeavor 3D integrates CO-AM software in its powerful HP printer fleet
Additive contract manufacturer Endeavor 3D has partnered with HP and Materialise to leverage the Materialise CO-AM software platform for improving its…
Boston Micro Fabrication launches new dual-resolution, high-precision 3D printer
US-based 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched the microArch D1025, a new 3D printer for the production of micro-scale p…
American companies to make and sell NASA’s GRX-810 superalloy
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has announced that it has licensed its GRX-810 superalloy to five US-based companies. Unveiled last year, GRX-810 is an Oxide Dispersi…
3D Printing to Help Visually-Impaired Experience Visual Art in Texas
The Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa, Texas is the first art studio in the state to purchase its own set of 3D printers.The reason for this is not necessarily to 3D print replicas of famous works or to…
Pixil 3D Launches Slixtar: A 3D Printed, Customizable, Open Source Musical Instrument
The first time I played on a keyboard was at a family friend’s house after pounds of homemade Italian pastas, salads and breads (I was too young for the red wine generously poured around the table). T…
Interview with Dana Foster: 3D Printing In Education
3D Printing in education is going to be one of the key catalysts to renewing manufacturing in The West. It is literally that important. Something that even politicians are beginning to realise. With t…
Personal 3D Printing User Study Indicates Market Is Evolving
Recently, Photizo Group undertook the first research study to focus exclusively on the world of personal 3D printing. Known to some as desktop 3D printing or consumer 3D printing, the personal 3D prin…
Responsive, Iterative Design from bhold in New York
In the rush to maximize on the upswing around 3D printing technologies, it is not surprising that a number of design firms have taken the opportunity to promote the original use of 3D printing for rap…
TinyBoy Wants to Pack a Big Punch for Education
The TinyBoy is a 3D printer as cute as its name implies. Made with acrylic panels, this little machine is just 15 x 15 x 22 cm in size — definitely small enough to fit on your desk. What it lacks in s…
3D Printing: the Future — at the London Science Museum
Ahead of opening to the public today, the Science Museum in London launched its latest exhibition — 3D Printing: the future — at a press event yesterday morning. Running through to July of next year, …
3D Printing Gets Wet — On Demand
One of the best situations in which 3D printing shines is when it can solve a problem — pretty much on demand — that is otherwise unsolvable. Now don’t get me wrong it is not a cure-all solution to th…
Plastink: Materials for the Emerging Italian 3D Printing Market
Who better to make long, tubular strands of things than the folks who invented pasta[1]? Italian manufacturer Plastink has taken the time-honored tradition of noodle making and applied it to 3D printi…
3D Printing Design Contest Promotes European MyEasy3D Service
To help kick off Staple’s 3D printing services in Europe, Staples and CGTrader have partnered to promote a 3D printing contest; the winner of which will receive 1000 Euros. There are specifications fo…
Shapeways Partners with Museum of Arts & Design
Shapeways is partnering with the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) from October 16th 2013 through to July 6th 2014 for the ‘Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital’ exhibition and will also co-host &…
Funding to Explore & Develop 4D Printing Materials
Researchers at Harvard SEAS, the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh have received a USD$855,000 grant from the United States Army Research Office to further look into and develop …