CADchat’s cloud-based platform offers a better way to manage product development projects
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Software development firm CADchat has launche…
Meltio and Accufacture launch new large-scale DED 3D printer for the US market
Metal 3D printer developer Meltio and Michigan-based industrial automation firm Accufacture have introduced the Alchemist 1, a new large-scale robotic…
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…
Pirate3D Share the 3D Printing Happy and Reveal Their Own Pirate Code — Corporate Social Responsibility
The pledges just keep on coming for the Buccaneer 3D printer on Kickstarter. As I write, the total no of pledges stand at 1385, with a total fund of $532,140. Having passed the $500k mark, Pirate3D ha…
The Living Wall Bridge and Platige Bring Art to Life
Man, I love the world. It’s always been really beautiful, but sometimes we humans actually realize that it is and respond accordingly. And, to me at least, that’s the sign of good abstract…
Potential Cost, Eco & Functional Benefits of 3D Printing Mobile Device Antennae
Optomec Inc, an often overlooked OEM of industrial 3D printers, recently announced the development of a digital production solution that enables the direct printing of mobile device antennae. This sol…
Design Your Personalized 3D Printable Jewellery Online – Suuz.com
Suuz is a new Dutch online service for designing personalized jewellery. The company – founded by five former Technical University of Delft students – first launched its site in a beta phase in Februa…
Insider Insight — Fighting the 3D Printing Patent Applications
I’m Kit Walsh, an attorney at the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. We have been working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help prevent overly …
3D Printing Perspectives — Aesthetics of Failure and Automatism
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what constitutes progress within the field of 3D printing. The thought was sparked after Google searching the phrase “3D printed art” and finding that despite being in…
Reprap Morgan in its Natural Habitat
There’s this popular belief, at least where I’m from, that competition and economic incentive drive diversity in the marketplace. What the open source and RepRap movements have continuousl…
Morpheus — Recreating Lost Memories and ‘Things’ With 3D Printing
According to the Ancient Greeks, Morpheus is the oldest of triplets known as the Oneiroi: the attendants of Hypnos, the god of Sleep, bringing dreams to mortals and gods alike. According to a service …
3D-Printed Fully Adjustable Mouse
Charlie Pyott of PyottDesign LLC has created an innovative size-adjustable 3D printed case for a mouse. The outer surfaces of the mouse can be individually positioned for an ergonomic fit, then locked…
3D Printer Boldly Heading to Space Station in 2014!
NASA intends to send a 3D printer boldly where no 3D printer has gone before — next year — to the International Space Station (ISS). According to Made In Space, the organization that is working NASA…
3D Printing Baby Talk
Baby girl talks about her 3D Printer, or should I say “Fee-Dee Printer”. She’s only 2.5 years old, but she’s already embracing this technology. Future generations are truly lea…
Example of Home 3D Printing
What do people really do with their 3D Printers at home? Andrew Man-Hudspith is 11 years old, and already he is becoming quite the inventor and maker. This kid even made a powerpoint presentation to …