Direct parameter imports now possible with new CHITUBOX Dental V1.2.0 slicer software
Shenzhen-based 3D printing software company CBD-Tech is set to redefine workflows for digital dentistry professionals with its new CHITUBOX Dental V1.…
Concepts 3D Systems Athena II Smart mSLA Resin 3D Printer: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Concepts 3D Systems Inc., a leader in resin 3D printing technology, has launched the Athena II Smart mSLA Resin 3D Printer. Building on the success of…
Metalysis scaling powder production with new Tekna 40 kW spheroidiser
UK-based metal AM materials producer Metalysis has bolstered its capabilities by acquiring a 40 kW Tekna spheroidiser, aka Teksphero-40. Designed for the production of spherical powders, Tekna’s…
Forme It — A Digital Design Library for 3D Printing
Forme It is a new — and somewhat different — start up website built around digital models for 3D printing. ‘What’s so different?’ you may ask, well, a number of things actually. I met and spent some t…
Carl Bass Expertly Managing 3DP Expectations
About a month back, Carl Bass did an interview with PopSci in which the CEO of Autodesk reflected on the current state of 3D printing and its possible future. He said that, while the technology has ma…
The Desktop Plastic Extrusion System for Everyone
Besides the 3D printable model repositories, it seems that the filament sector hasn’t gone unnoticed by aspiring 3D printing market entrants either. We’ve seen idea-level concepts such as the Recycleb…
Making Waves with 3D Printed Surfboard
The passionate surfers and environmentally smart geeks at Madeboards have created the world’s first 3D printed custom-made surfboards. As the brainchild of three forward thinking designers — Sha…
A Telephone Call from the Guys at botObjects
Since the ‘soft launch’ of botObject’s ProDesk3D 3D printer — there has been some kickback across various channels challenging the viability of the claims that the developers of this machine are makin…
Pirate’s Treasure — A 3D Printer
Pirate 3D – the company that is developing the new Buccaneer 3D printer in Singapore – is currently running a competition for anyone to “guess the price” of the Buccaneer when it launches very soon. …
Executive Interview – David Burns
David Burns is the President and Chief Operating Officer of The ExOne Company the latest 3D printing system vendor to become publicly listed. Since assuming this role in 2005, Mr. Burns has been respo…
Kickstarting Man’s Ascent — A Sculptural Evolution From Analog to Digital
I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan of art on Kickstarter. It’s not so much that I have something against the art as it is about the art’s relationship to the fundraising platform. Fro…
Printcraft’s Block Manifesto Goes Thingiverse and imaterialise
If the tidal waves of 3D printing related news have pushed Printcraft far away from the shores of your memory, no worries – it’s an application from Paul Harter, designed to easily model and ena…
iMakr — 3DPI was in Attendance at the First Grand Opening
The first of the two Grand Openings of the iMakr 3D printing store in London took place last night. The second is happening tonight. After building up a mystery and much speculative coverage about whe…
Using 3D Printing to Increase the Collective Intelligence of Everything
While Defense Distributed is out creating an open library of dangerous objects to make the world a scarier place, others, like Zhang et al. have begun work on a library of printable optics to make the…
Mcor’s Vision for Accessible 3D Printing is One Step Closer — with Staples’ First 3D Printing ‘Experience Centre’
The reality of Mcor’s deal with stationary giant Staples, which was announced at Euromold at the end of last year, has recently started to come to fruition. The manufacturer of full colour 3D printers…