Aibuild integrates thermal simulation into LFAM toolpath software
Aibuild, a UK-based developer of software for large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM), has introduced an integrated finite element thermal simulati…
E3D High Flow ObXidian Hotends Now Available via Bambu Lab Webstore
E3D, a UK-based developer of extrusion systems for 3D printing, has announced that its High Flow ObXidian hotends are now available for purchase direc…
[INTERVIEW] Alloyed builds momentum with full-stack metals optimization platform
Alloyed, a University of Oxford spin-out founded in 2017 as OxMet Technologies, is gaining traction with its vertically integrated approach to metallic component design, driven by computational alloy …
With a little help from 3D printing anyone can use The Force, Midichlorians not required
An NYU student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program has hacked The Force. Until now, we thought that only people with very high concentrations of Midichlorians in their blood were capable of …
3D Print Your Own Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover
UPDATE: 123D was discontinued in 2017, therefore links to the Autodesk 123D may no longer function. Autodesk may be helping its partner Makerbot in the advancement of 3D printing in education through …
NASA’s Goddard Center Pursues the Many Space Applications of 3D Printing
You may hear about some of the more game changing developments occurring at NASA with regards to 3D printing, such as the SpiderFab project, the 3D-printed pizza, or the NIAC project for molecular bio…
Polygonica Preps for 3D Color Printing Revolution
Say you’re a company that develops CAD software for 3D printing and a new printer comes out – we’ll call it the Connex3 – that prints with a wide gamut of colours. What would you do? Well,…
DoubleMe3D offers full 3D Scan & 3D Print Services. And takes Bitcoin
You can call them 3D selfies or 3D self cloning, 3D auto-copy or maybe even the familiar 3D scan & print service: we are all a bit narcissistic and the possibility to make a miniature copy of your…
When Pigs Fly: Air Hogs 3D Files are Released for 3D Printing
The Air Hogs design team released the 3D files for the 3D printed cage for their Air Hog helicopters, the Heli Caged Armored Edition. With the release, 3D printer users can obtain and add their own “a…
Fanny's 3D Printed Hip Implant
Just a couple of years ago Fanny, a 16-year-old Swedish teenager, was facing a life in a wheelchair. She suffers from a rare degenerative condition causing skeletal deformities. Fortunately now Fanny …
Rest Devices is 3D Printing Tech That Makes Life Easier
Rest Devices is a start-up company with a couple of MIT grads, who like to tinker. They aim to make simple devices that keep people healthy and relaxed. Planning for their next product they found out …
How Does the Mcor Iris 3D Printer Work?
Mcor’s paper 3D Printer Iris is capable of some really cool full-color prints, but have you ever wondered how it really works? Now is your chance to see inside it!…
3D Printed Eyewear Design Workshop
Eyewear Designer Jeffrey Leung partnered up with SizeChina, a 3D anthropometric research project at the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, for a 3 day weekend workshop on 3D Pr…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – February 8
Continuous Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Unveiled at SolidWorks World When we wrote about the SolidWorks World expo – devoted to 3D modeling and its applications – last week, I mentioned that “a…
So what is 3D Printing Anyway? Reflections for the Un-initiated…..
Over the last year or more the buzz word in the media as the next big thing for the future has to be “3D Printing”. But if you ask people what they know about 3D printing, as I have been doing, many r…