Endeavor 3D integrates CO-AM software in its powerful HP printer fleet
Additive contract manufacturer Endeavor 3D has partnered with HP and Materialise to leverage the Materialise CO-AM software platform for improving its…
Boston Micro Fabrication launches new dual-resolution, high-precision 3D printer
US-based 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched the microArch D1025, a new 3D printer for the production of micro-scale p…
American companies to make and sell NASA’s GRX-810 superalloy
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has announced that it has licensed its GRX-810 superalloy to five US-based companies. Unveiled last year, GRX-810 is an Oxide Dispersi…
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…
Forbes Ranks 3D Systems Fourth on its ‘America's Fastest Growing Tech Companies 2013’ List
Forbes likes lists, and lets face it, we like lists too, particularly if we’re featured on those lists and even more so if it’s near the top. So the great and the good at 3D Systems are likely doing a…
The RepRap Simpson Revolution
Here is a thing that looks like it won’t work. When its designs were first introduced to the RepRap forum/community, some members immediately began speculating that it lacked the sturdiness to complet…
Daily Mail Reports on a Personal 3D Printing Application — Shoes — with Mixed Results
In recent months the volume of texts and phone calls I get from my nearest and dearest has increased quite significantly. The volume increase of my digital communications is almost entirely due to the…
3D Printing Sculptures: After the Mermaid … The Pig …..
If you haven’t checked out the contemporary sculptural genius of Eric van Straaten, you really should — whether you are interested in 3D printing (the sculpting medium), or not. I highlighted his merm…
Scientists in Japan Create 3D Printing Resin with Bionic Brain Implications
When my grandfather developed Parkinson’s, I started undergraduate school as a Biological Sciences major. He knew this and pulled me aside during a family visit to tell me with a smile and a wink, “Ma…
A 3D Printed Scale Model of the Entire City of Stockholm
Mitekgruppen, a Swedish scale-model company, created an almost exact replica of the city of Stockholm using Stratasys Dimension Series FDM 3D printers. Even though scaled down replicas of practically …
Makerbot Digitizer Approaches Reality – Almost
Makerbot is continuing its Digitizer updates to ensure that, since the product’s unveiling at SXSW, the public’s excitement can be maintained until its actual release this fall. In their l…
Extraordinary Exploration of 3D Printing in Fashion by Catherine Wales
Another notable fashion designer has started experimenting with 3D printing and some of it is rather startling — but exciting and appealing. Cathering Wales began her career in fashion over 15 years a…
Maker Machine: Bringing 3D Printing Tech to Aussie Schools
Melbourne based Industrial Designers Jethro Pugh and Sam Nikolsky are part designers, part engineers, part makers and totally committed to bringing cutting edge tools and technologies to schools, club…
GetPrinting3D offers brick and mortar experience of 3D printing to Evanston locals.
There is a certain magic found in firsthand experience, suddenly what once was abstract or passively understood as with video becomes real, tangible, possible in your hands. GetPrinting3D has set up s…