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…
Distributing 3DP Parts — and Vitamins — With Passion
When I hear about a new start-up company in the 3D printing industry, my first thought is usually to establish which of three categories (self-defined) it best fits into — the band-wagon lot, the legi…
Informal 3D Printing Opportunities in Argentina
I have had word that today sees the scheduled opening of a new 3D printing experience for residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The founder of 3DLab Fabcafe, Rodrigo Perez Weiss, is justifiably quite …
SCRIOS – Tabletop RPG with 3D Printed Accessories
Serving 3D printed objects as a side is an approach best served printer-hot, as applications where the tech can be used to create added value for the user are not limited by much else than the creativ…
RepRap U: Rice University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute
As part of a growing trend of “official institutions” embracing DIY culture (see also Chicago Public Library’s Hackspace or DARPA’s partnership with Make Magazine, etc.) Rice University and the RepRa…
Indiegogo Gives the Little Guy a Go: Saulo Quevedo’s Delta 3D Printer
According to a recent analysis conducted by The Verge, the odds of an Indiegogo campaign reaching its full funding aren’t that high. Only 9.3% of the 142,301 projects posted on Indiegogo have been ful…
FabAllThings – Design Democratization from Dublin
Aspiring writers are a ubiquitous phenomenon. Practically everybody has at least some written skeletons in their closets, whether it be in the form of drawers filled with poems from the delicately unb…
What is Shapeways Up To?
Shapeways has announced an “amazing opportunity” for NYC based designers and artists. Trouble is, they’re being all mysterious about it and have not released any details other than that it’s: “a major…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – August 10
Make it Stand: 3D Printed Objects That Don’t Tip Over With 3D printing, you can print objects with almost any interior geometry you can imagine. Typically, this has been taken advantage of to reduce w…
Renishaw Contributes 3D Printing to the Bloodhound SSC Project
Day in, day out, I am disappointed by ordinary cars, moving at the mere speed of a cheetah through causeways, through tunnels around the corners of my little life. Day in, day out, I dream of a world …
The HOG Scrubber – A 3D Printed Aquarium Cleaner
Alright I know what you’re thinking, ‘I don’t have a hog and if I did, I wouldn’t want to scrub it!’ But let me explain. Our favourite haunt for crowd funded 3D printers and 3D printed objects, Kickst…
NTU in Singapore Driving Interest in 3D Printing with a Series of Competitions
The Nanyang Additive Manufacturing Centre (NAMC), part of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, is looking to focus on developing — and sustaining — a skilled global 3D printing and…
Skanect Scanning Version 1.5 Officially Available for Mac Lineup of Usual Suspects
Developed to run optimally on Mac’s standard platforms, Skanect has officially released its Skanect 1.5 for the Mac OS X. Bug fixers come included as well as predictable offline reconstruction and vol…