Maxon Introduces Digital Twin for Streamlined Product Marketing
Maxon, a software company specializing in professional 3D graphics, modeling, and rendering tools, has unveiled Digital Twin, a standalone application…
Metal-Base pre-launches sub-€10,000 LPBF metal 3D printer on Kickstarter
Dutch startup Metal-Base has announced the pre-launch of The Metal 1.0, a compact Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printer priced below €10,000…
Tekna expands titanium powder supply to U.S. aerospace Tier-1 supplier
Tekna, a supplier of advanced materials and plasma systems for industrial applications, has received a CAD 2.0 million order for high-performance titanium powder used in Laser Powder Bed Fusion additi…
Google Enters 3D Printing Arena
3D Systems has entered into a multi-year development agreement with Motorola Mobility LLC, a Google company, to create a continuous high-speed 3D printing production platform and fulfilment system in …
Airwolf 3D Drops its Larger Printer on 3D Printshow Paris
SoCal 3D printer manufacturer AirWolf 3D’s latest desktop 3D printer made its big debut last week at the Paris 3D Printshow and, in the AirWolf line, this debut really was big. The latest machine, the…
3D Printing Human Evolution, and the Geologic Material Around It
The Smithsonian recently announced its X3D project to digitalize the 137 million priceless items in its collection and make them available for 3D printing everywhere. Even before the largest museum in…
Bud-Es: Friends for Your Buds
Pretend you didn’t see the feature image. What do you think Bud-E is? Is it a revamp of the My Buddy dolls from the 1980s? Possibly an electronic joint sold as a response to Colorado’s recent co…
i.materialise Moves to the Cloud
In a move that seems essential in the 21st Century, Belgian 3D printing company, Materialise, has shifted its operations to the effervescent, ethereal cloud — where fairies are born and so are thunder…
Kinect yourself a 3D printed mini-me with Shapify
3D printed figurines – or miniatures – of oneself are all the craze lately in the UK. Prices are still steep (starting at £160 for a high quality “clone”) but a company called Shapify want…
Chuck Hulls' Award From The Economist
Chuck Hull, 3D Systems’ founder and the original inventor of 3D printing with the Stereolithography process, has received The Economist’s prestigious 2013 Innovation Award. The Awards aim …
The F-Word at Industry City in Brooklyn
Since shoppers have abandoned the shopping malls their forefathers built in favour of online retail, Michigan Avenue has become a barren wasteland during the holidays (I’m assuming). To bring consumer…
MAD Honour for Wilfried Vancraen
The Museum of Art and Design has chosen Wilfried Vancraen as one of this year’s honourees. The distinguished award is for the decades that Materialise has been working with designers and scientists to…
Smithsonian 3D Scans Bring Museum to Your Files and 3D Printer.
It may start with a few dedicated individuals, but the trail now blazed at the Smithsonian will lead to a proliferation of data, culture and history with its new X 3D project. The project currently wo…
Philadelphia Becomes First City to Grandstand with Banning of 3D Printing Guns
In what is most likely an act of paranoia or a strange sort of marketing campaign for the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia has become the first city to ban the practice of 3D printing guns. This c…
Mediabistro Gains Momentum in the 3D Printing Industry
Nasdaq listed Mediabistro Inc. (MBIS) has made an early and swift move into the leadership position of the 3D printing business-to-business trade show market and it’s beginning to pay off in the…
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