Endeavor 3D integrates CO-AM software in its powerful HP printer fleet
Additive contract manufacturer Endeavor 3D has partnered with HP and Materialise to leverage the Materialise CO-AM software platform for improving its…
Boston Micro Fabrication launches new dual-resolution, high-precision 3D printer
US-based 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched the microArch D1025, a new 3D printer for the production of micro-scale p…
American companies to make and sell NASA’s GRX-810 superalloy
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has announced that it has licensed its GRX-810 superalloy to five US-based companies. Unveiled last year, GRX-810 is an Oxide Dispersi…
3D Printing 2D Printer Cartridges
Lincolnshire, my home county in the UK, whilst full of rural and agricultural beauty, is one of the most undeveloped areas in Britain. One forward-thinking Lincolnshire-based company has defied itR…
ExOne's New Material & Binders
The ExOne Company, a global provider of 3DP/AM to industry, has announced that it has added iron infiltrated with bronze as a new 3D printing material. ExOne has also increased its suite of binder sol…
Indiegogo: i-AM 3D Metal Ink Printer
The above picture is a rendering of what the i-AM 3D Printer would look like if it could make it into the world. The “i-AM” in i-AM 3D stands for ink additive manufacturing and it represen…
The Science Behind 3D Printed Teddy Bear
MIT researchers have created a new programming language to increase the aptitude of industrial 3D printers to output multiple materials, and multiple properties, within a single print. To demonstrate,…
Stratasys & Makerbot: A Good Cat in the Bag
In this cross-post from his own 3D printing blog VoxelFab, 3D printing Consultant Joris Peels discusses the potential motivations, risks, and rewards behind the acquisition of media darling Makerbot b…
3D Print Your Unborn Baby’s Face
3D Print Your Unborn Baby’s Face. Sounds like a quaint collection of essays by David Sedaris, doesn’t it? Actually, it’s a real thing and not just a work of non-fiction. In an attempt to make childbi…
Internal ID Tagging For 3D Productables
Karl Willis, a recent Ph.D. graduate in computational design at Carnegie Mellon, and Andy Wilson, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, have demonstrated an ingenious tagging technique for 3D …
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…