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…
The Desktop 3D Scanner Market is Getting Rather Crowded
Another desktop 3D scanner appearing to the market. Dimbody joins the club of Digitizer and Fuel3D in its desire to offer high quality 3d scanning in an easy and affordable desktop form. The body of D…
3D Tissue Printing for Breast Implants
At The University of Texas at El Paso a group of researchers led by director of biomedical engineering, Thomas Boland, Ph.D., are in the process of developing 3D Printed breast implants for cancer pat…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – September 07
The First Commercial Watch Made from 3D Printed Gold In February, I covered a story about a small watchmaker launching a Kickstarter campaign for his line of 3D-printed watches, which featured timepie…
“3D Printers for Peace” Contest — The Results are In
Michigan Technological University has just announced the winners of its 3D Printers for Peace contest. Open for entries since the spring, the competition was conceived by Joshua Pearce — a 3D printing…
Zeus Erupts on Kickstarter
AIO, which launched it’s Kickstarter campaign just 24 hours ago, has already sailed past its $100k funding goal for the Zeus all in one 3D printer/scanner/fax. So, it will be heading into produc…
3D Printing Breakthrough Yields Organic and Inorganic Multimaterial Vista Printhead
The Technology Partnership (TTP) has just announced a new development that promises to change the shape of the 3D printing industry: a multi-material 3D printer head called Vista. TTP’s Vista reporte…
Sketching & “Printing” A Booth for World Maker Faire
I’ve been chatting with Eric Schimelpfenig. As the founder of SketchThis.NET, a company that provides training, modelling, and consultation on SketchUp 3D design software to adults and students alike,…
The Young and the RepRaps: the iRapid 3D Printer and RepRap.com
Not too long ago, I wrote about the Isis One, a RepRap 3D printer that, when released, suspiciously resembled a Mendel Max 2.0, but wasn’t accompanied by its design specs and didn’t pay tribute to its…
Finding Balance Between Aesthetics, Practicality and Performance — The Opus Amp for iPhone and iPad Enabled by 3D Printing
For me, sharing music is to expose the person within in its rawest and purest form, emancipated from all superficial qualities and underlying momentary tendencies – even if it’s for a second in …
Brought to You by NASA: More 3D Printing Robospiders In Space!
Just when you thought that NASA had had enough of arachnobots outfitted with 3D printers, they fund another 3D printing robospider project. This time, it’s not for fusing moondust with lasers in orde…
Lionhead Bunny Hops Over Makerbot with Combination 3D Printer and Scanner
The Makerbot Digitizer isn’t the only desktop 3D scanner to enter the marketplace and, in some ways, it’s already lagging behind newer entrants. Last week, we covered the AIO Zeus combination 3D prin…
Directly Printing Gold & Some Upcoming Events
Cooksongold will be exhibiting at the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair next week, demonstrating the capabilities of the first direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) technology designed specifically for…