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…
UMaine unveils its largest next-generation polymer 3D printer
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! The University of Maine (UMaine) has demonstr…
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…
New UK National Curriculum Specifies 3D Printing is to “Become Standard”
I try to keep politics out of my writing – not always successfully I might add. I am not a fan! I no longer have any trust, not even a shred, in what politicians say. So, with the news on in the backg…
CL3VER Gets Clever with Interactive 3D Models
With 3D models taking up huge amounts of memory, it’s difficult for designers to display the true depth of their products over the Internet without the clunky and cumbersome method of .zip files and m…
3D Printing a Fix – Jake Evill’s Cortex Cast
I have never broken a bone, and slightly regret writing that phrase as if it foreshadows imminent harm, but I have signed a few casts in my time. The smelly bulky plaster that wraps around limbs feste…
London’s First Mini Maker Faire
London hosted its first Mini Maker Faire this weekend past. The Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire was the UK capital’s first event with the specific Maker Faire moniker and saw some of the UK’s m…
3D Printing+ – Iris van Herpen’s Hybrid Dress
The focus was on the footwear last week when Iris van Herpen’s latest fashion collection hit the catwalks in Paris. However, I was also interested to learn, via 3D printing company Materialise, that I…
3D System’s Cube at Microsoft’s Build Conference
Microsoft’s Build Conference, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, June 26-28, saw 3D printing giant 3D Systems showcase its Cube home 3D printer on Microsoft’s new operating system iteration…
Smuggled 3D Printed Gun Meters from Israeli Prime Minister
The staff of Israeli Channel 10 television have performed the increasingly obligatory media scare story by smuggling a 3D printed gun into the Knesset building in Jerusalem… getting within a few…
An Introduction from Mark Lee, Writing for 3DPI from South Korea
I grew up in the 1980’s when the PC first made its appearance, but I was too young and inexperienced to appreciate the disruptive influence that that contraption would bring. I watched as the computer…
3D Printing Makes Coffee Stand Out
We all know that a 3D printer can produce some amazing objects but could I make you believe that a Makerbot Replicator could make coffee? Well almost. Nespresso is one of Europe’s most successful prod…
Future Talk: 3D Printing
Are you having a lazy sunday? Perfect time to check out this Future Talk video with Martin Wasserman. What is the future of 3D Printing? Are there any killer apps in the horizon? Clay Lambert of TechS…
3D Printing Chat On Australian Radio
Australian radio channel 2ser featured a casual chat on 3D Printing with Matt Cornell and Adam Synott, a couple of 3d printing obsessed guys. These guys are enthusiastic hobbyists with background in a…
Stratasys’ 3D Printed Tribute to American Independence
For the American national holiday to celebrate its independence on 4th of July, Stratasys paid tribute by 3D printing an iconic symbol of freedom – the Statue of Liberty. The original was a gift from …