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…
3D Printed Sculptures from Studio Nick Ervinck
Nick Ervinck is a Belgian artist who creates huge installations, sculptures, prints, workdrawings and animated films, exploring the boundaries between various media as he does so. He applies a number …
Innovation Factory – Another New 3D Printing Start-Up This time in Chicago
Innovation Factory has been conceived as a creative space for designers and entrepreneurs to work together to create innovative new products. The company’s focus area is to produce original CAD design…
Easter Themed Applications of 3D Printing
With the Easter holidays upon us check out some of the best Easter themed 3D printing applications from the last couple of years. Paint and 3D Print an Easter Egg with the Magic 3D Easter Egg Painter …
CRP – UAE Case Study
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have been stirring the public political conversation for some time now, however most people are unaware of the vast applications these unmanned systems are being used for. Two…
Kickstarter: Therminator 5 Hot End for RepRap 3D Printers
Tony May from RepRapTech has encountered issues with their 3D printers – more specifically he has found that the RepRap Prusas’ hot ends are below par for “more demanding print jobs”. He names severa…
3D Creation Systems — Industrial Grade 3D Printing Facility Offering Membership Options
3D Creation Systems has gone live in the last 24 hours – offering production grade 3D printing services to a global market. The business model for the new start-up is quite an interesting one. At firs…
1st Annual Makerbot Hackathon
Earlier this year MakerBot released the Customizer App allowing Thingiverse users to upload 3D designs that can be customised by other users. Following positive take-up, the teams at MakerBot and Thin…
B9Creator – Round 2 on Kickstarter
B9Creator, the open source DLP 3D printer project by Michael Joyce based in South Dakota, US is back on Kickstarter sourcing a second round of funding after successfully raising over half a million US…
Airstone — Simulation Super Power
As the co-founder of Tinkercad announced the sad demise of the 3D software platform Kai Backman also took the opportunity to introduce his new San Francisco-based startup company Airstone Labs, which …
LulzBot AO-100 3D Printer Giveaway Competition for Hackerspaces
The Colorado native Lulzbot has announced a competition, where the company is handing out eight of their AO-100 3D printers to different hackerspaces. The rules are simple – the applicants need to com…
NAMII’s $4.5M Funding for AM Research Projects
NAMII, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, has awarded $4.5M of funding to seven research and development projects within the field of additive manufacturing. The seven projects …
New From Autodesk — ReCap — Creating 3D Data from Photos & Scans
Autodesk has announced a new, free 3D software product: ReCap, which will allow users to create intelligent 3D data from photos and scans. ReCap is set to deliver powerful and easy to use workflow on …