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…
3D Scanning Via Google Glass and 3D Printing the Result
Empires, it could be argued, are built upon successfully incorporating a vision as figurehead. Anyone can become as the figurehead, and one with the figurehead, by assimilating that vision. Be it Roma…
Bone Buildings and Cars? New Fracture-Resistant Bone-Like Material Developed by MIT
In a project funded by the U.S. Army, researchers at MIT have 3D printed a new material that they say is fracture-resistant and resembles human bone. The goal, one might think, would be to develop ide…
Mcor Further Expands its Global Reach
In the professional 3D printing market, Mcor continues to push out across every continent with its professional, paper-based, full colour 3D printing solutions. The company, based in Ireland has long …
Agents of the 3D Revolution – Promoting 3D Printing in South Africa
The main type of 3D printing related news from Africa has been mostly associated to the humanitarian sector, as potential innovations to provide help for those most in need – in the future. However, t…
Mediabistro Launches 3D Prints of the World Website
After creating advertising community at Ads of the World and the largest collection of vector logos at Brands of the World Mediabistro has added another site to their ‘…of the World’…
PolyChemy is a High-End File Repository From Singapore
Polychemy (Polygon-Alchemy — clever!) boasts the pride of being one of the first 3D printing companies based out of Singapore — another is Pirate3D the 3D printer developer that has achieved huge succ…
Windows 8.1 will Feature Native Support for 3D Printing
Microsoft is equipping the next iteration of its computing standard operating system, Windows 8.1, with a new API: native support for 3D printers. As part of its ongoing unveiling of Windows 8.1, Micr…
Runner’s Bicycle: Pedalling Made Easy with MakerBot 3D Printer
Operating from his manufacturing facility in Taiwan, Dr. Henry Thomas utilized the abilities of MakerBot’s new desktop 3D printer to find models for his novel bicycles that would save millions in prod…
Geek Dad Geek-Mad About 3D Systems Cube
Over at GeekDad, the Wired spin-off blog devoted to fathers with nerdy inclinations, one dad has written about his experience with the desktop printer from 3D Systems, the Cube. In it, the self-descri…
ExtrusionBot – The Fastest Filament Maker
The high (fixed?) pricing of plastic filament for an FDM/FFF 3D printer is a known issue in the industry, preventing it from being a more suitable solution for more cost-effective purposes (read: has …
Layer by Layer – A New 3D Model Marketplace ……. with a Difference.
Ok, keep reading, I know, yes it’s another article about a 3D model repository, but this one appears to be a departure from what you’d expect. Founded by Max Friefeld, Oliver Ortlieb, and Jonathan Sch…
The Next Frontier for Stratasys is Metal
According to a report from Bloomberg yesterday, who has the information straight from the horse’s mouth, Stratasys, following its acquisition of Makerbot last week, is now looking to further consolida…