Materialise Enhances Customization in 3D Printing Through New Collaborations and Software Upgrades
Materialise, a global leader in 3D printing software and services, has introduced significant software updates and forged key partnerships to enhance …
Formnext Frankfurt 2024: all the new 3D printers and launches
Early news from Formnext 2024 indicates that many new 3D printers and the latest additive manufacturing technology will be announced at this monthR…
University of Cyprus leads EU-Backed initiative to develop superior materials for aerospace applications
With the funding from the European Union, the University of Cyprus (UCY) is spearheading the establishment of the Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Competence Centre (AM2C3). Althoug…
An Update on AMF — Additive Manufacturing File Format
While news around the AMF has been pretty quiet recently, it transpires that plenty of work has been going on to improve the new standard for converting 3D models into digital files for 3D printing an…
CeraFab 7500 – A New 3D Printer for Ceramics
Lithoz, an Austrian company focused on development and manufacturing of Additive Manufacturing tech, has released a new manufacturing system called the CeraFab 7500. The fabrication machine – us…
Executive Interview – Fried Vancraen
Fried Vancraen is the founder and CEO of Materialise, the Belgian 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing service, software and medical company. Fried is a tireless and true evangelist when it comes to…
Want a Different Perspective on Euromold 2012?
Fabbster 3D Printer produced a cool video from Euromold 2012, where they placed a Fabbster 3D printer on an electric skateboard and toured around the exhibition area, while the 3D printer was in actio…
CNN Video: Printing Toys in 3D
This CNN video features ‘a toy shop of the future’ — as they call it. The Makielab store is located in central London and opened its doors recently —just in time for Christmas. We have covered the Mak…
MakerBot & GrabCAD Present Desktop 3D Printer Challenge – Think 2040!
The latest design challenge for 3D printing comes from MakerBot and GrabCAD. The premise for this collaborative challenge is to design a futuristic vehicle that would exist in the year 2040. It’s a f…
A Slic3r Update
Slic3r – software that generates the required G-code for 3D printing — has recently had an upgrade with improvements and new features added to ‘enhance the printing experience.’ The primary added feat…
Ishtar’s Temple Lion Being Recreated With 3D Printing
The latest member of the league of extraordinary recreations to accompany the dinosaurs and other mythical creatures is one of the lions (believed to be one of four) from a temple dedicated to the god…
3D Printing, Open Source and Arduino — Changing Speaker Design
Robert Scoble from Rackspace interviews Charles Sprinkle an acoustics engineer at Harman – a speaker builder for various brands, such as the high end JBL. He shares his excitement regarding the new so…
New 3D Printing Retail Space in The Netherlands
The Netherlands is the latest country to get a physical 3D printing retail space. 3DSVP is the organization behind this new 3D print shop, which is due to open officially in January 2013. 3DSVP does a…
Key Waffle – DIY Problem Solving With 3D Printing
Tim Potter is a self-proclaimed ambassador for the Libertarist Seasteading Insititute, thus not someone to always necessarily look for the easiest or simplest solution to a particular problem. With hi…
Building Enclosures with a 3D Printer
Landon Cox from Inhale3D.com has been designing electronic enclosures for DIY makers. There are a number of options available these days, and for most cases the standard one-size-fits-all enclosure mo…
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