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…
MTC leverages AMCM’s unique multi-laser beam shaping system
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has acquired the AMCM M 290-2 FLX, an industrial 3D printing system from AMCM, a company affiliated with EOS…
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…
Drilling into Additive Manufacturing
BlueFire Equipment Corporation (OTCQB: BLFR) announced recently that it is exploring additive manufacturing techniques for the production of its proprietary polycrystalline diamond cutter (PDC) drill …
Space Qube – Old School Shoot 'Em Up with 3D Printable Space Ships – Done Correctly!
The universe is infested with dangerous monsters threatening all life! An outcry which sounds quite ominous, but despite the immediate associations to colonies of planets struggling under an Ridley Sc…
3D Metal Printing Supports Production of Better Irons
Most of my shirts never see the heat of an iron, but I do have one for funerals and weddings and I know that better groomed people use them all of the time, so I know how important they can be. Rowent…
Autodesk's Video Take on Maker Faire Toronto 2013
In case you missed Maker Faire Toronto, here’s a small video from Autodesk to see how it was. There’s some cool 3D Printed objects to be seen and one cardboard knight!…
3D Models For UK – 3D For US
The latest start-up to offer a miniature model has hit the web recently, a UK company called ‘3D For US.’ The company produces models for you directly from your photos, creating a realisti…
Copyright and 3D Printing: Everything Old is New Again
From “Player Piano”[1] rolls to “Betamax”[2] to “Napster,”[3] the American Judiciary has hosted a seemingly endless parade of intellectual property disputes over the years all foretelling the end of c…
Radiant Li: Democratizing 3D Design
Last week, we covered the Lionhead 3D printer and its launch on Kickstarter, but I wanted to elaborate a bit on a couple of important aspects of this machine, the Radiant Li software and some of its a…
LumiFold – a Maker-friendly, Truly Portable 3D Printer for $400
Even though there have been a few attempts to create a portable 3D printer – Ben Heck’s iterative projects being probably the most famous ones – real commercial applications in this sector have …
3D Fractal Trip – Surreal but Mesmerizing
Fractal images are pretty cool, but what’s even cooler is 3D fractals. That’s right. Check out this video by Jeremie Brunet – it is quite a fractal trip. At times it looks like you m…
MixeeLabs Latest Customizer: Molecules Make the World Go ‘Round
I don’t know what it is about being able to print out and wear different molecules that makes this seem so cool to me. Maybe it’s because I studied psychology in undergrad and, so, associate all huma…
VoxelJet Application Demonstrates Scaled Up 3D Printing & Scanning For Replication and Preservation
When it comes to 3D printing at (much) larger scales than the applications that traditionally dominate 3D printing news headlines, voxeljet, the manufacturer of large, industrial grade 3D printers has…
Push Puppet Skeleton from i.materialise Scares the Fear of Death Away
Skeletons have always been the funniest thing to me. Like slipping on a banana peel and breaking your back funny. They’re meant to scare you for some reason, possibly because they represent your mor…