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…
MTC leverages AMCM’s unique multi-laser beam shaping system
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has acquired the AMCM M 290-2 FLX, an industrial 3D printing system from AMCM, a company affiliated with EOS…
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…
Smallholder Women Farmers in Africa To Be Aided by 3D Printed Prototype Tools
With new funding, 3d4AgDev hopes to develop labour-saving tools for smallholder women farmers in Africa. The program has kickstarted funding with efforts from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gr…
Israel to Provide 3D Printers from Top to Bottom
The Reut Institute, a non-partisan and non-profit organization, is based in Tel Aviv, Israel that helps to shape policy in the region. The group set up Israel’s first open source 3D printing lab late …
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…