3D People launches cloud platform to decentralize part production
3D People, a UK-based 3D printing service provider, has launched PartsVault, a secure cloud-based platform for storing and producing digital parts on …
ADDiTEC Unveils New Metal 3D Printing System with Laser Powder Bed Fusion at RAPID + TCT 2025
ADDiTEC, a US-based developer of advanced metal additive manufacturing technologies, unveiled its first Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) system during R…
Rare quasicrystal discovered in 3D printed metal alloy by NIST researchers
Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a previously unknown crystal structure while studying a 3D printed aluminum alloy, a finding that could le…
Apple Files A Host of Patents Related to Liquidmetal and 3D Printing
One of the biggest (and most secretive) companies in the world is always going to court a vast amount of speculation. Yesterday saw the wires heat up following the application for a series of patents …
Sneak Peek of Lady Gaga’s 3D Printed Dress
imaterialise has revealed an initial peek of the 3D printed dress designed and produced specifically for Lady Gaga on their Facebook page. Love her or hate her, you just knew this had to happen! There…
Kele, Bobbie Gordon and the World's First 3D Printing Record Store
BACARDI Beginnings is a music mentoring programme teaming up newcomers with more experienced artists in hopes of producing some gems. Well, what has this got to do with 3D Printing, you might be wonde…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – November 23
The Best Free 3D Program Ever? ShapeShifter This is ace. Autodesk has created the simplest way into creating complex shapes for 3D printing yet seen. Beginners: you’ll love this, whilst it takes…
Maker Tests – Melting Point of Nylon
Let’s take a look at things melting! Oh wait, I mean let’s take a look at scientific tests. Brandon Enright plans on experimenting with Shapeways WSF (White, Strong & Flexible) materia…
Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts Announces £350 million funding to support 70 New Centres to Train Tomorrow’s Engineers & Scientists
We all know there is a skills gap, we know it’s going to be a really serious problem unless we train the next generations to fill that gap properly. Today the UK government is announcing steps towards…
Fripp Design and Research to Release Soft Tissue Prostheses Printer Picsima
3DPI’s newest writer, Davide Sher, recently relayed the stunningly real prosthetics of Fripp Design and Research, based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park of Sheffield in the UK. The company behind th…
Robox 3D Printer Kicks off on Kickstarter Ahead of CES in January
Mike introduced the Robox 3D printer earlier this month, and now there is some clearer visibility on this new system as it kicks off on Kickstarter. Apart from the rhetoric typical of new 3D printers …
Sigma Labs Extends Contract with Honeywell Aerospace
With 3D metal printing still in its toddler stages, quality control still leaves a lot to be desired. Sigma Labs is one of the few companies publicly working to solve the problem of ensuring repeatab…
Competing on the Education Front
Both of the major 3D printer vendors (Stratasys via Makerbot and 3D Systems with the Cube range) are taking education very seriously these days — it’s almost as if they are spurring each other on to d…
The Holidays Are Coming – And So is Santa on His New 3D Printed Sleigh
Christmas is always coming, and these days the consumer frenzy starts earlier and earlier, which personally I think is a shame. Don’t get me wrong, I do get all gooey around Christmas — the nativity p…
Portabee GO Portable 3D Printer is Go!
One of the most recent trends in desktop 3D printers is to take it off the desktop and make it go portable. Examples include, in order of recency: the Lumifold, the Tobeca, and the Bukito. The most re…
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