[INTERVIEW] ModuleWorks CEO on How the 3D Printing Industry can learn from CNC’s History
The banishment of CNC or injection molding to join flint knives, warp-weighted looms, and other archaic tools in a cobweb-strewn museum is not happeni…
Stop the World: New Bambu Lab 3D Printer Announcement
Leading desktop 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab has released new information regarding its upcoming H2D 3D printer. The Shenzhen-based company will …
Sculpteo Unveils PA12 Blue: A New 3D Printing Material for Food Safety
Sculpteo, the France-based digital manufacturing company and subsidiary of BASF, has introduced PA12 Blue, a new 3D printing material designed specifically for food handling, preparation and storage. …
Camtek Circuit 3D Printer Imminent & Causing a Stir
Camtek is provoking excitement in the stock markets, probably even more than in its potential customer markets right now. The mention of the term ‘3D printing’ earns publicly listed compan…
Stunning Kinematics from Nervous System
It seems we have the first proprietary name for an application of “4D Printing”. Coming from Nervous System, a generative design studio, which was founded in 2007 by Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Loui…
New Graphene 3D Labs — To Develop Graphene Based Materials for 3D Printing
If 3D printing is the wonder technology of the early 21st century then graphene is the wonder material of this era. From solar power to air travel, contraception to DNA sequencing, graphene is increas…
Google Enters 3D Printing Arena
3D Systems has entered into a multi-year development agreement with Motorola Mobility LLC, a Google company, to create a continuous high-speed 3D printing production platform and fulfilment system in …
Airwolf 3D Drops its Larger Printer on 3D Printshow Paris
SoCal 3D printer manufacturer AirWolf 3D’s latest desktop 3D printer made its big debut last week at the Paris 3D Printshow and, in the AirWolf line, this debut really was big. The latest machine, the…
3D Printing Human Evolution, and the Geologic Material Around It
The Smithsonian recently announced its X3D project to digitalize the 137 million priceless items in its collection and make them available for 3D printing everywhere. Even before the largest museum in…
Bud-Es: Friends for Your Buds
Pretend you didn’t see the feature image. What do you think Bud-E is? Is it a revamp of the My Buddy dolls from the 1980s? Possibly an electronic joint sold as a response to Colorado’s recent co…
i.materialise Moves to the Cloud
In a move that seems essential in the 21st Century, Belgian 3D printing company, Materialise, has shifted its operations to the effervescent, ethereal cloud — where fairies are born and so are thunder…
Kinect yourself a 3D printed mini-me with Shapify
3D printed figurines – or miniatures – of oneself are all the craze lately in the UK. Prices are still steep (starting at £160 for a high quality “clone”) but a company called Shapify want…
Chuck Hulls' Award From The Economist
Chuck Hull, 3D Systems’ founder and the original inventor of 3D printing with the Stereolithography process, has received The Economist’s prestigious 2013 Innovation Award. The Awards aim …
The F-Word at Industry City in Brooklyn
Since shoppers have abandoned the shopping malls their forefathers built in favour of online retail, Michigan Avenue has become a barren wasteland during the holidays (I’m assuming). To bring consumer…
MAD Honour for Wilfried Vancraen
The Museum of Art and Design has chosen Wilfried Vancraen as one of this year’s honourees. The distinguished award is for the decades that Materialise has been working with designers and scientists to…