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…
Lynda.com Tutorial on Shapeways 3D Printing
This short tutorial by Lynda.com explores 3D printing in general, as well as explains the basics of how Shapeways‘ printing service works. It’s a short introductory video, and you can wat…
Robotics & 3D Printing
On a recent video from The Street, Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson was interviewed on 3D Printing and robotics. David talks about Jimmy, the open-source 3D Printed Robot and how robotics will evolv…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – September 28
3-Sweep Sweeps the Net with Smart 2D to 3D Conversion Blowing up across the 3D printing Internet last week was the following video, which demonstrated a software with the ability to convert 2D photogr…
3D Printing & the Future of Design Education
For this weekend let’s check out a video from last weekends Maker Faire. In this video lasting nearly an hour you get to hear from Carla Diana, a professional designer, James Dec from Marymount …
3D Printing & the Chinese Factor — Still Unclear, but Slightly Less So?
Looking at the global 3D printing map there is currently a conundrum that at first glance seems puzzling. One of the oft quoted benefits of 3D printing, and additive manufacturing in particular, is th…
Lionhead 3D Printer Grows Up on Kickstarter
The Lionhead combination 3D printer and scanner, the upgrade of the Lionhead Bunny that we covered earlier this month, has finally gone to Kickstarter and it is even more impressive than its elliptic…
3D Printing Enthusiasm — A Day at The TCT Show
What a day! Grab a coffee if you want to read this – I can’t keep it short! The TCT Show + Personalize took place at the NEC in Birmingham UK over the last couple of days. I was gutted to only be able…
Bigger, Badder, Brad’er – a New Supersized Maker 3D Printer on Thingiverse
While many of the most recent consumer/prosumer grade 3D printers are aiming low with previously unheard of price points – often at the expense of other qualities – some men just want to watch t…
Additive/Aerospace Summit Preview
Everyone’s calling it “The Must-Attend Business Event for Additive Fabrication Servicing the Aero-Defense Value Chain!” Ok, so that’s what the promotional materials are calling it, but the Additive/Ae…
NEO 3D & A 3D Printed Economic Revival
NEO 3D is a delta 3D printer made by a team in Indonesia, one of the world’s fastest rising economies, and, from a maker perspective, home to much potential in home based manufacturing. The NEO …
Sigma Labs $5 Million For AM Research
Sigma Labs, Inc. (SGLB) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, B6 Sigma, Inc., was among the winners to be awarded a $5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute…
Monstermatic: Monster in My Pocket Revived for the Web 2.0 Era
Okay they got me. I would totally fund a Kickstarter campaign for a company that wants to make 3D-printed monster customization a reality. I would do it! Because I love monsters. Monstermatic is a 3D …