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…
UltiMaker Factor 4, a new industrial 3D printer for the factory floor: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has launched Factor 4, its new FDM 3D printer for the industrial market. The new 3D printer supp…
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…
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…
Giving New Meaning to the Phrase Photo-Bombing
We’ve seen it before, the use of 3D printing to bring idle objects back from the brink of obsolescence. In fact, some of the first news about 3D printing to hit the mainstream was of Jay Leno…
3D Systems Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
In an announcement that reflects the growth of the 3D printing industry as whole, 3D Systems, the South Carolina based leading global provider of 3D print solutions announced a $250 million stock offe…
VEEMEE’s Virtual 3D Printer App at PlayStation®Home
VEEMEE, a digital marketing / content dev agency specializing in the gaming system / portable device sector, is betting on 3D printing to be the missing link between the physical and digital worlds. T…
Pirate3D Reveals the price of its Buccaneer 3D Printer — An Accessible US$347
Following on from its highly publicized “guess the price” competition over the last couple of weeks, which received over 4000 entries, and true to their word, the team at Pirate3D has announced the of…
Mcor Does Generic too
Since its earliest days the 3D printing industry has been awash with acronyms — the umbrella terms used to denote the technology and its applications (RP, RT, RM, AM, 3DP etc) and also the generic nam…
Leapfrog’s 3D Printer Giveaway Celebrating A Year in Business
After one year of leaping through the additive manufacturing market, Netherlands-based Leapfrog is joining the spree of online 3D printing giveaways. They’re celebrating their one-year anniversary by …
The Everlasting Gobstopper: 3D Printing Models & Markets
3D printers are getting cheaper. The home-designed home 3D printer community continues to thrive and produce ever-increasing numbers of 3D printer models, at ever-lower prices. Whilst MakerBot maintai…
Museums in the 3D Printing Era – Gallery of Artwork and 3D Scans
Museums might be considered as general conservativeness-defining institutions by the (very) occasional visitor, which are more focused on metaphorical and literal dust-gathering rather than implementi…
Are you a Lucky Lulzbot Hackerspace Winner?
Lulzbot’s first hackerspace giveaway competition has been a roaring success. Over 200 people entered and impressed the judges with their creativity and innovation. The competition was open to communit…
3D Printed Motor Runs on Almost Nothing!
In today’s Video Feature you can see a 3D printed EZ Spin motor that runs for hours on almost nothing. You only need 1µA to power the motor! This experiment is done by Laserhacker.com and they u…
3D Printing Mechanical Hands – Robohand and Makerbot
Here is a great example of how 3D printing can be used for some inspiring causes. After losing four of his fingers in an unfortunate work accident, Richard Van As decided to “fix” the situ…