Metafold revolutionizes additive manufacturing with new features for 3D printing and lightweighting
Cloud and API-based 3D engineering platform provider Metafold has announced new features aimed at promoting wider acceptance of 3D printing and lightw…
BLT’s new product line unleashes unprecedented efficiency and cost-effectiveness in metal 3D printing
Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) has expanded its metal 3D printing portfolio with its new BLT-S400 3D printer and the Powder Circulation System. …
Mechnano and Bomar’s E35B+: A new era in high-performance 3D Printing
Arizona-based 3D printing company Mechnano and Bomar have introduced a novel E35B+ masterbatch utilizing Bomar’s BR-952 oligomer. This product is meticulously crafted for professionals engaged in form…
Unsurprisingly, Wohlers Report 2013 Reveals Continued Growth in 3D Printing
The 2013 edition of the Wohlers Report from 3D printing industry analyst Wohlers Associates has been published today. It can not come as a shock to many that overall things in the 3D printing/AM secto…
Math Mobiles Made Possible with 3D Printing
Earlier this year, 3DPI reported on the Bits to Its 3D Printing Art Show that selected artwork from around the world to display in the Landing Gallery in Rockford, Maine. The show was the result of a …
IC3D's Campaign for Higher-Quality 3D Printing Filaments
IC3D‘s Michael Cao and Larry Knopp are seeking to solve some common plastic filament-related problems that face 3D printers. Avid users of 3D printers themselves and tired of clogged nozzles, ma…
Crowd-funding to Buy a 3D printer in the Dominican Republic
Luis Liriano, a chemical engineer student in the Dominican Republic, knows that the potential of 3D printing to aid technological advancement for social benefit is becoming increasingly recognized. No…
Emerging Topologies – A PhD Exhibition From Josh Harle
When an artist reaches a doctoral degree in computer science with extensive academic studies also in philosophy and sculpture, the outcome – the showcasing where it all comes together – is bound to be…
The botObjects Conundrum Continues – Pics, Prices and Pre-orders but Nothing Conclusive
botObjects has stuck to its word and, late yesterday (even in the EST time zone where the company is based), released further information on its ProDesk3D 3D printer, which is now ready for pre-order …
Flying the UK Flag in NYC – MakieLab Makes two Very VIPs
MakieLab, our favourite 3D printed custom toy makers were recently invited to New York City to present their custom made, cutting edge, Makies toys at the ‘GREAT Britain / Innovation is GREAT’ show. M…
AM — The Voxel Method (Part II)
Issues and Challenges in R&D In my previous article I introduced the novel Voxel method of 3D printing, which is still very much in its infancy. As a result, the embryonic work in this area faces …
3D Printed Titanium Bike Parts for Charge Bikes
Charge Bikes, a UK-based manufacturer of manpowered two wheelers, has joined forces with EADS Innovation Works, a branch of the global aerospace-slash-defence group, to create a super bike. We’re not …
3D Printing Enables Guide4Blind Experience in Soest, Germany
Soest is a beautiful city in central Germany where a couple of local organizations — Kreis Soest and Wirtschaft & Marketing Soest GmbH — are promoting a trendsetting project that they are using en…
NASA Funds 3D-Bio-Printer Development to Combat Universal Hunger
In a fantastic development, the application of additive manufacturing technologies that other 3D printing enthusiasts and myself have long been promoting, NASA has recently awarded a $125,000 grant to…
Too Short to be a Stormtrooper? 3D Printing Will Help
Hands up who hasn’t seen Star Wars’ Master Yoda’s head smiling beatifically from the bed of a 3D printer? Our favourite little Master Jedi’s features have become the 3D industry’s staple test subject,…
