Meta launches “world’s largest” 3D Model Digital Twin Catalog for AI-driven research
Facebook’s parent firm Meta has launched its new Digital Twin Catalog (DTC), advertised as the world’s “largest and highest quality 3D object model da…
New Bambu Lab 3D Printers Announcement
Bambu Lab has delayed the launch of its new 3D printer to Q1 2025, having previously stated that the “new generation” 3D printer would be released thi…
BigRep launches new large-scale 3D printing filament dryer: technical specifications and pricing
German large-format 3D printer manufacturer BigRep has launched the DRYCON, its new filament dryer for industrial 3D printers that use high-performance, flexible and high-temperature materials. …
3D Printing In India – 3D Printronics & the Felix 2.0
How is the state of 3D Printing in India? We have just wrapped up the Inside 3D Printing conference in Singapore, and being at the 3DPI booth there, I have to say we met and had a chat with a lot of p…
3D Scanning & 3D Printing Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday is 222 this year! As a fitting tribute to the pioneer in experimentations involving electricity, the UK’s most experienced 3D scanning bureau, with the assistance of 3DScanners.c…
NASA Contractors Work to Provide World Wide WiFi, Space Station Pizza, and Everything in between
Working with contractors who spoke at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo, NASA hopes to utilize 3D printing technology to deploy wafer satellites and 3D printing stations for manned missions. …
What 3D Printing Could Mean for China
In June, the South China Morning Post reported that billionaire Terry Gou called 3D printing technologies “a gimmick.” As the founder of the world’s largest contract manufacturer of …
Drilling into Additive Manufacturing
BlueFire Equipment Corporation (OTCQB: BLFR) announced recently that it is exploring additive manufacturing techniques for the production of its proprietary polycrystalline diamond cutter (PDC) drill …
Space Qube – Old School Shoot 'Em Up with 3D Printable Space Ships – Done Correctly!
The universe is infested with dangerous monsters threatening all life! An outcry which sounds quite ominous, but despite the immediate associations to colonies of planets struggling under an Ridley Sc…
3D Metal Printing Supports Production of Better Irons
Most of my shirts never see the heat of an iron, but I do have one for funerals and weddings and I know that better groomed people use them all of the time, so I know how important they can be. Rowent…
Autodesk's Video Take on Maker Faire Toronto 2013
In case you missed Maker Faire Toronto, here’s a small video from Autodesk to see how it was. There’s some cool 3D Printed objects to be seen and one cardboard knight!…
3D Models For UK – 3D For US
The latest start-up to offer a miniature model has hit the web recently, a UK company called ‘3D For US.’ The company produces models for you directly from your photos, creating a realisti…
Copyright and 3D Printing: Everything Old is New Again
From “Player Piano”[1] rolls to “Betamax”[2] to “Napster,”[3] the American Judiciary has hosted a seemingly endless parade of intellectual property disputes over the years all foretelling the end of c…
Radiant Li: Democratizing 3D Design
Last week, we covered the Lionhead 3D printer and its launch on Kickstarter, but I wanted to elaborate a bit on a couple of important aspects of this machine, the Radiant Li software and some of its a…
LumiFold – a Maker-friendly, Truly Portable 3D Printer for $400
Even though there have been a few attempts to create a portable 3D printer – Ben Heck’s iterative projects being probably the most famous ones – real commercial applications in this sector have …