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…
UP! Plus2 – Automatically Calibrating Sub-$2,000 3D Printer
Unsurprisingly, there have been a lot of new hardware announcements in the 3D printer sector this year, with some trying to completely rewrite the rules and some offering more ‘traditional’ solutions.…
Justappi Update
A month or two back I reported on the emerging Justappi 3D file repository and hosting service. Since then, having checked back a couple of times, things have gone rather quiet. Until, that is, I rece…
3D Printing Hits Mainstream in Finland – In the Form of The Liberator
Living far up north – more specifically in Finland in my case – typically means, that even though the so called ‘western world’ that we Finns live in is digitalized and globalized, new ideas and…
InMoov, the Free, Open Source 3D Printed Robot is Motoring
It’d been awhile since I caught up with Gaël Langevin and his awesome InMoov robot, but when I did, I found that Gaël was still able to impress. The robot, designed by a prop sculptor based in Paris, …
History in Another Dimension – Scanning the Smithsonian in 3D
From scanning and printing a statue of Thomas Jefferson to scanning an entire find of whale fossils, the staff at the Smithsonian Museum are no strangers to 3D scanning and 3D printing technology. Fou…
Makerbot Webinar
Anthony Moschella, Makerbot’s Director of Product, will be hosting the company’s first webinar, titled ‘How to Use Desktop 3D Printers to Dramatically Reduce Product Design & Development Costs’ th…
FormLabs Starts Shipping the Form1 3D Printer — With Clear Resin
Following its precedent-setting Kickstarter campaign last year, FormLabs started shipping the Form 1 SL 3D printer on Friday last. This initial shipment saw the Collector’s Edition Form 1 printers and…
Tinkercad Rises from the Ashes
Kai Backman, the original founder & CEO of Tinkercad 3D design software, last night announced that the platform has found a new home – at Autodesk. This is welcome news to many, following the ann…
Rackspace Interview: Type A Machines' CEO Kevin Rowney
Type A Machines was founded in 2012 and has since focused on designing and building reliable, easy to use desktop 3D printers. Their CEO Kevin Rowney sits down with Rackspace to talk about how 3D prin…
iMakr – Peak Inside The 3D Printer Store
In today’s video feature Christopher Barnatt from ExplainingtheFuture.com explores the recently opened iMakr store (read 3DPI’s report on the opening day). Take a look at what iMakr has to…
Crowdsourcing Prior Art to Defeat 3D Printing Patent Applications
The America Invents Act changed U.S. patent law to allow preissuance submissions, a mechanism by which third parties can submit patents or printed publications to the United States Patent & Tradem…
The Bay Area Goes Maker Mad
And so it begins: the rallying cry has been made for Makers from all over to descend on the Bay Area to connect, learn, and make. The Bay Area Maker Faire 2013 begins this weekend May 18th – 19t…
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