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…
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 …
Buccaneer Update: X Marks the Spot on Kickstarter
Great things have been promised by Pirate3D regarding the democratisation of 3D printing, with the introduction of the Buccaneer 3D printer, which went live on Kickstarter today. It seems many are buy…
Shapeways Introduces A New, Experimental, Bendy, Stretchy and Sometimes Squishy 3D Printing Material
Following the announcement of Materialise’s rubber-like 3D printing material earlier today, word has reached us that Shapeways too, is pushing the bendy and stretchy with the introduction of the new, …
Can 3D Printed Jet Engine Parts Save Us from Global Warming?
With air travel steadily increasing and jet exhaust contributing to about 3% of global CO2 emissions, it’s become clear that something needs to be done about the effect that jet engines have on …