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…
Maltese History Converges with Latest 3D Printing Tech from Mcor
The latest case study from Mcor struck a personal chord with me — the subject of which is an inventor and artist that is native to the Mediterranean island of Malta and using Mcor 3D printers to devel…
AM to Enhance GE Stock?
When one of the oldest and most gigantic corporations, with revenues in 2009 greater than the GDP of New Zealand and fingers in every industrial pot from healthcare to drilling for oil, throws its we…
MakerBot and Microsoft Forge MakerBot Experience for Microsoft Retail Stores Across the United States
MakerBot and Microsoft represent a partnership meant to bring the potential and awareness of 3D printing to a large scale audience with an in-store presence across the United States at 41 different Mi…
Formlabs Releases Grey Resin Material
The Formlabs team has just announced that after months of “fine-tuning to perfection”, it is expanding its 3D printing material options for the Form1 3D printer and has released the Grey Resin. Simila…
Last Few Days to Pre-Order 3D Printing and Medical Industry Report at Introductory Price
The first 3D printing industry report resulting from the leading collaboration of Econolyst and 3DPI will be available in a months time. Focusing on 3D printing in the medical sector, interested parti…
An Open Letter to Shapeways and i.materialise: Please fix your Stores!
Here, in an open letter to two of the most well known, global 3D printing service providers, Paulina Perepelkin, aka, AdditiveFashion, raises some of the issues that USERS are facing. Her letter, orig…
The Fuel3D Scanner: Taking the Bull by the Horns
With the release of the Makerbot Digitizer and the wildly successful Kickstarter campaign for the Fuel3D scanner, some folks might wonder what the difference between the two are. So, the Fuel3D people…
Replicator 1 Revisited – the FlashForge Creator 1 and the Tightrope between Copying and Innovating Incrementally
Jinhua FlashForge Technology Co.,Ltd, a 3D printer company from China, is offering a new FDM 3D printer with a quite attractive price tagged to it. The company, which might be unfamiliar to some of ou…
Executive Interview — Mitch Ackmann
Mitch Ackmann is the President of up-and-coming US 3D printer company Afinia, and also holds the same position for Afinia’s parent company Microboards based in Minnesota. With a background in electron…
Jari Pallari Highlights Orthotics & Prosthetics Applications of 3D Printing at TCT Show
With just under a month to go to the UK’s largest 3D Printing Expo — TCT Show + Personalize — the organisers continue to ramp up expectations that this year’s event will be as good as ever. The line u…
Japanese University Customised Equipment for The Country’s Successful Olympic Fencing Team with 3D Printing
Stratasys has revealed how the University of Tsukuba, Japan, is using one of its 3D printers — an Objet350 Connex — as part of its advanced R&D program for sports science and Olympic training. C…
Come on People, 3D Printing is Supposed to be Fun — 3D Print Life
Joel from 3D Print Life dropped me a line at the end of last week. “Who is Joel from 3D Print Life?” you may ask, and you would be forgiven for doing so, after all, I was wondering the same thing as h…