Spare Parts 3D launches new AI-powered 2D-to-3D model digitization tool
French software start-up Spare Parts 3D (SP3D) has launched the beta program of Théia, its new digital tool that can automatically create 3D models fr…
EOS enables serial production with the new M 290 1kW metal 3D printer
Munich-based 3D printer manufacturer EOS has announced the launch of the EOS M 290 1kW laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printer. An upgraded ve…
AM Forum Berlin 2024 to see HP debut its new material
After announcing its partnerships with DyeMansion and Accel Digital Solutions (ADS), HP is set to exhibit 3D printed parts made from a new material tailored for its industrial 3D polymer solutions, at…
Asia’s Mixed Signals on 3D Printing
Ask anybody at your job or any of your friends and family to tell you which country makes most of the stuff that they use on a daily basis, and the answer you will most likely receive is “China.” For …
3D printed Custom Game Controllers for People with Physical Disabilities
Hack-a-day.com has always been one of my favourite places to while away a few hours/days online! It is full of passionate and knowledgeable makers who always come up with the most amazing software and…
Comparing Comparisons: THRE3D Enters 3DP Directory Space
THRE3D is a new directory for 3D printing and a pleasant surprise. I don’t often offer a wholesale good / bad rating when I review, just observations and conclusions, but, well, I’ll come …
Maryland’s Towson University Object Lab Prepares Art Students for the Real World
Towson University’s Center for the Arts gives its students a valuable skill not always found at the college level: experience. Through the school’s Object Lab, individuals pursuing a Bachelor of…
LUXeXcel's 3D Printed Corrective Glasses Get Royal Seal of Approval
LUXeXcel, the Dutch company known for its awarded printoptical technology – and has also been featured here on 3DPI for their collaboration with the academic world – has now showed that the advanced t…
TV Show Mash-Up: 3D Printed TARDIS Transformer
Happy 4th of July, readers! For those of you who are unfamiliar, July 4th is the day on which Americans celebrate their independence from the Queen by drunkenly shooting explosives into the air within…
Additive Manufacturing and Industrial Tooling (Part 1)
The global tooling industry runs into hundreds of billions of dollars. In fact, I believe it is the single largest ‘horizontal’ industry that effectively caters to all of the major ‘vertical’ industri…
Buttercup the Duck Walks Again Thanks to 3D Printed Prosthetic Foot
Better writers than I have touched on the connection between man and animal, how we are drawn to them, how they illicit our deepest sympathies and millions of views on Youtube. NovaCopy Inc. has given…
3D Printing's Potential in Smart Packaging
When you think about ‘smart’ devices – phones and maybe TV’s come to mind, but now the ‘smart’ prefix is being applied in the area of packaging – where it actually predates the first two c…
Chinese Rocket 3D-Printed Seats
For a decade China has been developing additive manufacturing (3D printing) for advanced space flight. Since 1998 Professor Cui Guoqi, director of the Rapid Prototyping Research Center in Tianjin Uni…
2013 – The Year 3D Printing Arrived at Wimbledon
So while direct advertising at Wimbledon is still prohibited, and always will be, I heard an LTA heavyweight claim yesterday, it seems that gimmicks are not. IBM is a Wimbledon partner, and provides a…
3D Printed Shoes from Iris van Herpen & Rem D Koolhaas Dazzle & Delight in Paris
Anyone that follows high-end fashion AND follows new developments in 3D printing will likely be familiar with the name Iris van Herpen — the pioneering designer that continues to explore the two disci…