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…
3D Systems Does Metal — Finally
There has been speculation for some time that 3D Systems was looking to acquire metal 3D printing technology to complement its existing and extensive 3D printing portfolio. Metal capabilities were the…
Amazon’s New 3D Printing Store
Did you ever have a small band that you loved? You followed and consumed everything they did? You and 11 other people? Then they had a huge mega-hit and became a world-wide phenomenon and instead of j…
Design Reality Realises Advantages of Multi-material 3D Printing for its Respirator
The design consultancy group Design Reality is excited, as creative minds with access to 3D printing ought to be with the capabilities of multi-material printing displayed by Objet 3D printers. Objet,…
Kickstarter: Xbox 360 in Open Source Laptop Form
Started by family man, entrepreneur and computer engineer with a degree from UT Austin, Amir Husain; and all-around hacker and self-described rock star and soon-to-be ineligible bachelor, Azam Shahani…
Graphene + Boron Nitride = Semiconductor
MIT researchers have taken a major step towards making wonder material graphene with a property called a band gap, which is required to utilize graphene in the manufacturing process for electronic dev…
Florentin Hofman’s Rubber Duck arrives in Hong Kong – With a Miniature 3D Printed Version at Hong Kong’s Toys-R-Us
Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman’s famous inflatable rubber duck has seen many continents and corners of the internet during its travels around the world of both digital and physical. It was …
3D Printing & China – Umbrellas, Ninja Scooters & Illicit VPNs
If you ever get the chance to eat pumpkin dumplings – just do it! Ride the Shanghai metro, take a cab, compare the civility of the French Concession with the sterility of the Bund, and visit the peopl…
Laser 3D Printing Breakthrough in China
The Chinese Dalian Municipal Government reports that a team at the Dalian University of Technology have developed a trial version of a new type of 3D printer: with an industrial scale output of some 1…
3D Print with Play-Doh or Clay for a Day
There’s a supremely cool new extruder with accompanying materials just released by the folks at Hyrel 3D. They’ve done what Play-Doh wished it would have thought of years ago by making a 3…
The Economic Consequences of Misguided Educational Decision Making
Knowing Maggie Philbin’s background – a technology orientated BBC presenter, who has set up her own children’s ‘TeenTech’ enterprise to counter her frustrations at the UK government’s “lack of action”…
Trains Trams and 3D Printed Models
Guido Mandorf, a vintage tram enthusiast, living in Dusseldorf, has found a better way to bring back the past by utilising cutting edge 3D techniques, including 3D printing, to fuel his hobby. From th…
Updated version of Faro’s free SCENECT 3D scanning software
FARO, the US-based NASDAQ-listed company specializing in 3D measuring and imaging software and devices, has released a new version of its Scenect 3D scanning software, with the latest iteration being …