Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
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…
The Replicator 2: An Honest Overview of the Machine and the Experience
The Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer has been out for a while now and yet every review I have seen has been about the same or thereabouts. There have been many that purely praise the Replicator 2 and …
Obama’s 3D Printing Plans to Up US Manufacturing Take Shape
Changing the spotlight from 3D printed weaponry to using 3D printing to get the country working, US President, Barack Obama has announced a $200 million federally funded competition to create three ne…
3D Printed ‘Shoes by Bryan’
I was delighted to get a note from Bryan Oknyansky, a shoe designer based in London that retails under the name “Shoes by Bryan.” Bryan is a designer that has fully embraced 3D printing technology in …
German Students Use Voxeljet’s 3DP Tech for Making Racing Seats
An academically-oriented racing team called Elefant Racing, which consists of students from the German University of Bayreuth, have teamed up with Voxeljet in their quest for the perfect racing car se…
The 6th Relic — A 3D Printed Smart Watch
Dominic Prescod is a Brooklyn based designer who has produced a new Smart Watch design for which the manufacturing process is 3D printing. Dominic has totally bought into the 3D printing revolution of…
Pirate3D Unveil Initial Specs of the Buccaneer
The drip feed marketing strategy (an increasingly common, and rather frustrating tactic of tech companies) from Singapore based 3D printer manufacturer, Pirate3D, continues in the run up to the full i…
3D Printing Invisibility
Whether you’re a mercenary who wishes to remain undetected as part of a covert war in Yemen or just a pimply teenager who wishes to remain undetected in high school, everybody wants to be invisible at…
A Customised Concept – The DNA 3D Printed Shoe
Customised footwear courtesy of 3D printing has been expounded before, notably for elite sports men and women to improve comfort and performance. However, the Seattle-based organisation Pensar is deve…
Armac Martin – A Traditional Manufacturer Using 3D Printing Tech to Increase Productivity
Armac Martin is a UK-based manufacturer of metal household/furniture parts such as handles, knobs and door knockers, that has invested in a Stratasys Objet24 Desktop 3D Printer to improve in-house wor…
For Every Action There is a Reaction ….
I have to admit to a rather childishly gleeful reaction of my own to this video, published today by Digital Barriers: The video shows the ThruVision system from Digital Barriers, which reportedly offe…
Stratasys’ Record Results and New Medical Material
Yesterday Stratasys announced record financial results for the first quarter of 2013 based on a number of factors, not least strong sales following the merger of Stratasys and Objet at the very beginn…
Ultimarker — Augmented Reality Converges with 3D Printing
Two of the most radical technological developments of the past few years, that have both seen increasing accessibility and applications, are 3D printing and augmented reality. On 3DPI we have reported…