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…
Isis One 3D Printer and The Real RepRaps of Chicago
As we delve deeper into the 3D printing trend and more startups make their way into the marketplace, it’s difficult to determine which startups contribute to the advancement of 3D printing technology …
False claims, overblown expectations and disappointed users – the growing hurdles of consumer-level 3D printing
Watching and writing about the 3D printing industry, as I do, is an activity that brings simultaneous insight, hope for the future, and, it has to be said, frustration. One of the main sources of the …
Winner of Robot Design Challenge will See it 3D Printed by a Master
A challenge currently being hosted by The Stan Winston School of Character Arts, to design a 3D printable robot in 3D software, is closing this coming weekend. Robot lovers everywhere that are blessed…
For a Limited Time Sculpteo is Shipping 3D Printed Models Stateside for a Steal
Paying homage to summer making activities and its presence at some upcoming State-side events, Sculpteo, the French 3D printing service company, has a nice offer for US and Canadian residents going on…
This Year, 3D Printing a Wrench Actually Means Something
Do you remember a couple of years ago, when everyone (in 3D printing land anyway and a few million people besides) got very excited about 3D printed wrenches? Well that was a well-timed, well-executed…
A New Look for 3D Printing
Long has been the promise that 3D printing will provide consumers with individually customized products designed specifically to fit their individual bodies. This, with a few exceptions, has yet to b…
Time Will Tell – rvnDSGN's US-Manufactured 3D Printed Titanium Watches offer a new Approach to the Art of Making Wearable Functional Fashion
During the last decade or so, the watch has pretty much gone the way of the cufflink — that’s to say only seen on the wrists of top executives at prestigious galas and other above-bacchanal events for…
ExOne Teams with rp+m to 3D Print Tungsten
You may have heard of tungsten. No, Tungsten isn’t Bertie Wooster’s nebbish friend who’s more interested in toads than being courted by one of the Wooster women. Found in almost everything, from chea…
Anatomy According to Da Vinci — 3D Printed & On Show in Edinburgh
The WMG (or Warwick Manufacturing Group) is one of the original academic institutions to work with 3D printing technologies in its earliest forms. I know this because when I started working on Rapid N…
Printrbot’s Junior 3D Printer Is All Grown Up & An Expanding Community
Over the weekend, Brook Drumm, the mastermind behind the Printrbot series of 3D printers, revealed how excited he is about the developments taking place at Printrbot. Most notably with the upgraded Pr…
The Queer Art of 3D Printed Failure
Messing up royally is meant to teach us a lesson about how to achieve success during subsequent trials. If it’s embarrassing, devastating, even painful, we will remember, in our minds and muscles, to…
Office Depot Expands its 3D Printer Portfolio – Online – with 3DS' Cube and CubeX
Office Depot, one of the more traditional companies pushing the 3D printing world into the minds and homes of the general public as Scott Dunham explained in his article last Friday haven’t limi…