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…
Shape-It-Up: Hand Gesture Based CAD
Shape-It-Up is a new interactive based interface for CAD. It comes from C-Design Lab at Purdue University and the output appears surprisingly good, appearing to be aimed at a general amateur, although…
DeadCatDot Increases Audio Fidelity with 3D Printing Technology
The aural-terror of wind-shredded audio is a scourge that must be stopped ‒ and only you can prevent “Wind Fail.” But who ever said that the means to do so would be pretty? Mark ShoreyR…
Cubify’s Draw 3D Printing App
Cubify has recently launched the robust and intuitive Cubify Draw free Apple iOS app, that allows those just starting out with 3D design and 3D printing to create a 3D doodle, that can be subsequently…
3D Printing Material — Rock, Paper….. Salt
As the list of materials that can be used in 3D printing expands daily, Oakland-based research and design firm Emerging Objects does its part to contribute to and utilize that list in its quest to red…
A New Mbot Cube Iteration
Last month I reported on the Mbot Cube from Chinese manufacturer, Mbot 3D. I highlighted this derivative/clone (there is some debate in a few circles as to what it actually is) with the view that they…
Deezmaker's New Bukito Portable 3D Printer
At $699 Deezmaker unveiled Bukito — its equivalent to the FoldaRap (USD$775 kit), Portabee (USD$499 kit), PrintrBot Jr. (USD$499 kit) and the forthcoming FoldaRap ‘2’ (which has just met i…
3D Printer Test Kit – Printable Calibration/Testing Blocks
A group of toy devs have a created an interesting Kickstarter project, which suits the current phase of consumer-level 3D printing market spot on. Even though several companies claim to already have w…
3D Print Cup — An Opportunity to Win a Makerbot Replicator 2X
The folks at cartridgesave.co.uk are due to launch their 3D Print Cup challenge on June 13th, giving fans of 3D printing and budding action figure designers not only a chance to win a Makerbot Replica…
The Buccaneer 3D Printer is Launching on Kickstarter in 2 Days
The much vaunted and long-awaited launch of Pirate3D’s Buccaneer 3D printer is just around the corner. The pirates (not really!) from Singapore have finally got the go ahead from Kickstarter and will …
3D Printing Industry Stalwarts Line Up for TCT Show
The TCT Show + Personalize, which will take place in the UK this coming September, is gearing up for another cracking programme of presentations with some great speakers being lined up. Two notable sp…
3D Printing Perspectives — Freedom to Explore Illusion & The Impossible
I get to teach and work with elementary school students on a range of projects based around software and programming. A recent project got us modeling characters with 3DTin, so that once the 3D digita…
Sugar Lab — 3D Printing Just Got Sweeter
Have you ever seen a 3D printed artifact and thought, “Hell, that looks good enough to eat!”, only to find that it’s made of indigestible ABS plastic? Husband and wife team Kyle and …