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…
Velleman & Maplin Swoop into the 3D Printer Space
I’ve just picked up on an interesting development in the 3D printing retail space and on the back of the recent Amazon and Tesco news, as well as the Staples service and retail offerings — the phenome…
It’s a BIG Deal — Stratasys & Makerbot
So, after the initial leak following an investor meeting a couple of weeks ago, which was followed by numerous rumours and rather a lot of speculation (ours included), the news comes through that yes …
3D Printed Surgical Guides Make Their Malaysian Debut
[Disclaimer: If you are squeamish, you may find the images distressing.] A 37-year-old Malaysian man has now joined the growing number of people worldwide whose lives have been significantly improved …
Bitscape – An Online City Building Game with a 3D Printed Twist
Rhett Dashwood, an Australian designer, has combined elements of scale modelling, social and communal interaction and gaming in his Bitscape project, which is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.…
Forget Photos, Twinkind’s 3D Prints are Portraits from the Future
One of my favourite technologies from sci-fi is the transporter room. Scanning and converting yourself into ones and zeros and reconstructing you seemingly from nothing. Sounds eerily similar to a cer…
3D Printing On-Demand: MixeeLabs Mixes It Up
There are certainly a lot of online services for buying and selling 3D-printed designs. At first glance, MixeeLabs would appear to be simply another iteration, but, you soon realize that it’s no…
Miniature Batteries — 3D Printed
Batteries – those oft vital, oft overlooked items that power many facets of the electronically-driven lifestyles that many of us have succumbed to. And batteries are the latest “thing” undergoing rese…
3D Printing in Malaysia Highlighted by Materialise Conference
At the end of last week, and into the weekend, Materialise Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian branch of the pioneering 3D printing company, hosted a conference for the region. The conference, which utilized the t…
Pirate3D’s Buccaneer Sailing Close to $1m & Now with Smart Support
With less than two weeks until their Stretch Goal deadline, Pirate 3D Inc is within $50,000 of the proposed one million dollar mark. Close to 2,500 contributors have invested in the Kickstarter as of …
Filabot: Free Your Legos and the Rest Will Follow
Take your children’s toys, grind them up, and print something you like. That’s what Filabot is all about! Well, so, they don’t actually do that? But the company, famous for the Filab…
3D Printing for Prototyping — The iDevice Pocket Tripod, Part 2
In this, the second of a two-part interview with Rambod Radmard, the designer and creator of a new, innovative iPhone case that is currently on Kickstarter, Shane Taylor continues to ponder, along wit…
Siderits’ 3D Printed Bird Cage
Every pet owner knows that keeping the beloved animal(s) stimulated both mentally and physically and thus content can sometimes prove to be an enduring and challenging task and invariably has a signif…