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…
Middle School Lab Devoted to Advanced Manufacturing Education
In what seems to be the fulfillment of a promise by Barack Obama to increase the competitiveness of US schools, Buford Middle School in Charlottesville, Virginia will be opening a lab school devoted t…
RappiDelta on Kickstarter
Large scale 3D printers are of interest to many industries and individual makers. UK-based David Akers has developed his own version of a delta type 3D printer that can produce objects beyond the boun…
Mbot Cube 3D Printer – Just a little bit naughty!
I think I may be somewhat behind the curve on this one but I don’t appear to be the only one. I had one of those weird moments the other day when I saw something that is obviously intended to discombo…
German RepRap’s X400 Receives a CE Certification
X400, the moderately priced prosumer-grade 3D printer from German RepRap with a huge build volume, has received CE certification according to DIN ISO 9001 proven standards. In practice – and using the…
Develop3DLive 2013 – Round 2 of this Annual Event went Bigger and Better
I spent an informative 24 hours at Develop3DLive 2013 – the very successful second edition of the product design and development event held at the Warwick Arts Centre hosted by the X3D Media team — an…
Doodle3D – Simple Sketching Tool for 3D Printing Goes Live on KS
Doodle3D – not to be confused with the 3Doodler pen – is a simple software based sketching tool, specifically designed by the creator Rick Companje of FabLab Amersfoort for WIFI compatibility with 3D …
PENROSE — An Open Research Programme from TNO
‘Penrose’ is an open research consortium based on the premise of sharing information with a view to facilitating the rapid adoption of Additive Manufacturing. Initiated and launched by TNO, based in t…
3D Printer Manufacturer voxeljet Takes Over British 3D Service Provider Global TCT
By the end of this month, leading industrial 3D printer manufacturer, voxeljet, will be adding a UK-based 3D printing service to its extending portfolio. Voxeljet is taking over the British service p…
Championing 3D Printing Innovation & Freedom — EFF leads a Challenge on Six 3D Printing Patent Applications
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in the US has let it be know that it has identified — and challenged — six pending patent applications that, if granted, it considers would particularly threat…
Dyvsign
An increasing number of designers and online service companies are seeing the potential of making unique jewellery and utilizing the latest 3D printers to create them. Yvonne van Zummeren, Netherlands…
Kickstarter: 3DAGOGO – A Repository of Tested 3D Models
3DAGOGO – a company founded by Drew Taylor and Josh White – offers a quite novel angle to be added to the spectrum of 3D printing related business models, and is currently looking for some…
A New Study from Lux Predicting the Future of 3D Printing
Lux Research, a global consulting company, has conducted a vast study – called Building the Future: Assessing 3D Printing’s Opportunities and Challenges. Based on the research, Lux estimates that the…