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…
Key UK 3D Printing Survey
The UK’s Design Museum recently conducted a survey with Ipsos MORI regarding the future of manufacturing, and yielded some interesting results for public awareness, perception and opinion of 3D …
3D-Printed Banjo-Ukulele!
I’ve written before about the weird and wonderful things that can be found on Makerbot’s famed online 3D model repository Thingiverse… and another unusual item has popped up. Have you ever playe…
3D Printing A Solution To Cervical Cancer
Great progress has been made in the developed world into the horror of cervical cancer, the third most common cancer in the world. But there is still a long way to go, with the World Health Organizati…
Shapeways & Make-a-Wish Grant, a 3D-printed Wish!
In the US, The Make a Wish foundation grants the wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening, progressive or degenerative medical conditions. Wade Sharp is one of those children. He has Osteoge…
Real Pacific Rim 9.5-Foot 3DP Robot
This year’s annual Comic-Con has produced some interesting 3D printing related stories, including the customized Predator model we looked at in our previous article. Wired, the technology magazi…
MAKEwithMOTO Makes Makers into Ads for Motorola
In an attempt to profit off of the emerging Maker movement, Motorola has developed the MAKEwithMOTO ad campaign, leading to an outcome with a double-edged sword. The MAKEwithMOTO campaign has a techie…
3D Printing Micro-Satellites
Last year, the whole Twittersphere lit up with excitement over the announcement that a team at the University of Washington lead by Amit Bandyopadhyay had created a 3D printer that could use lunar reg…
Future War – 3D File Data Security
With the recent announcement of a partnership between 3D Systems, now one of only two 3D printing giants in western markets, and Deloitte, the internationally renown audit, consultation and advisory b…
Handy 3D Printing Size Guide from iMaterialise
iMaterialise, the popular online based 3D printing service and marketplace, has been running a series of Summer tutorials on their blog. And one of them specifically deals with material choices verses…
Zip-Bit Approved as Authorized Silicon Valley MCOR Reselling Partner
If you’ve never heard of Irish 3D print superstars, MCOR, then you probably should visit their site as soon as you’ve finished reading this article! Dunleer, Ireland based MCOR has a uniqu…
Stratasys To Expand In China
Stratasys, who achieved a global revenue of US$359 million last year, is to meet demand in China and support Beijing’s efforts to further develop it’s additive manufacturing capabilities a…
The Great Fredini’s Scan-A-Rama 3D Portrait Booth
Who said that magic is dead? I didn’t say that. Did you say that? Well, it’s not. The Great Fredini, the self-described “world’s worst magician”, has found a trick that actually works, onl…