CADchat’s cloud-based platform offers a better way to manage product development projects
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Software development firm CADchat has launche…
UltiMaker Factor 4, a new industrial 3D printer for the factory floor: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has launched Factor 4, its new FDM 3D printer for the industrial market. The new 3D printer supp…
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…
Echoviren — A 3D Printed Sculpture of Size, Style & Natural Substance
Currently, in a rural corner of Northern California, an impressive 3D printing project is taking shape. The proponents of this project are Smith|Allen (aka Stephanie Smith and Bryan Allen) who are par…
Night of the Living Patents: 3D Printing Resurrects Old Inventions
Hidden behind the debates regarding 3D printing and patent law – is it good? is it bad? is it a sandwich? – is a 31-year-old New York patent lawyer named Martin Galese that brings a sense …
Do Not 3D-Print: MIT Hackers Duplicate “Non-Duplicatable” High-Security Keys
Three MIT electrical engineering students have used 3D printing to get around the pesky “Do Not Duplicate” label engraved on the keys to your apartment, and to high-security locks everywhere. David L…
A Robotic 3D Printer for £50? Suitable for Chocoholics!
So if I told you that a 3D printer could be built for approximately £50.00 you’d think I was joking wouldn’t you? If I told you that the bill of materials included a chocolate fountain and a robot arm…
Coney Island Scan-A-Rama Successfully Funded on Kickstarter
Following up on Mike’s great post, it’s my pleasure to be able to report that Fred Kahl, aka ‘The Great Fredini’, the ex sideshow performer, has recently successfully funded his Kickstarter campaign f…
Unleash the Astronomer Within – 3D Printable Printonian Newtonian Telescope
Contrary to the popular dystopian belief, not everything in our universe revolves around reality TV stars and their seeming love/hate interaction with the masses through the media. However, one thing …
Stratasys’ Passion for Fashion Continues to Burn in Japan
The Connex multi-material 3D printers from Stratasys seem to be a favourite for fashion designers working at the intersection of their art and 3D printing technology. The latest person from this secto…
Michigan Tech Study Says: “The RepRap is an economically attractive investment for the average U.S. household already”
For those of you who are still unsure of whether or not home 3D printing will take off, here’s a study, originally published in Mechatronics, that uses a lot of academic language to say that it will. …
AFINIA Desktop 3D Printers and Supplies Now Available From Various Sources
Some notable news from Afinia, manufacturer of the award-winning H479 desktop 3D printer, sees said printer and various accessories now being sold online by a host of resellers and partners. These inc…
Cubify Releases Free Shoe 3D Files for CubeX 3D Printers
3D Systems has, for a while now, used original 3D printed shoes quite prolifically as part of its various marketing campaigns. 3D printed shoes in various styles, colours, sizes and quantities are a f…
Wearable Pi With 3D Printing
What looks like a steampunk version of a prop from post-apocalypse video game Fallout, is actually a surprisingly well-engineered, wearable computer made using a raspberry pi and a lot of 3D printing.…
Werner Berry's Worm Gear Extruder Concept
Werner Berry, who has been working on his own 3D printer with a classical naming scheme – the BerryBot 3D – has shared a quite novel concept to extrude the filament, demonstrated with a humble screw o…