3D Printed Explosives Replicas Standardize Bomb Disposal Worldwide

Allen Tan runs a U.S. non-profit lab operating out of Cambodia called Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, funded by the U.S. Department of State.  He reached out to 3DPI to let us know about a unique program that Golden West has…

Wunderkind Inventor Seeks Funding for 3D Printable Robotic Exoskeleton

The 3D printing industry is full of brilliant people who have used their minds to change the world in some pretty spectacular ways. But, even among all of them, there aren’t many out there like Easton LaChappelle. At the tender…

The Secret Sauce of 3D Printable Design Sales

Last April, we launched the Authentise design stream to provide designers and content owners a legal and secure pipe to sell 3D designs to 3D printer owners. In almost a year working on it, we learned that intellectual property protection…

ExOne Announces Innovent: A Binder Jet 3D Printing System for Education & Research

Materials research is vital to those concerned with advancing the capabilities of 3D printing.  Many materials are proprietary, likely causing a number of groups to simultaneously pursue some of the same work to push the boundaries of what properties a…

Ideaz3d: A Small 3D Printing Business Takes Off In Northwest Mexico

Ideaz3d is the first 3D print shop and show room in Mexico that opened its doors to the general public. The company was founded by three people:  Dr. Javier Munguia,a 3D printing specialistat the University of Newcastle in the UK…

Traditional Craftsmanship Combines with Modern 3D Printing for Innovative 3D Printed Shoe Design

South African and Inventor Hans Fouche is never not Making. He’s been doing it for some time, but, in the past month, his work has caught the eyes of media from all over when he 3D printed all of the…

Leapfrog 3D Printers Leaps Across Europe with Ricoh Distribution Agreement

At CES, Dutch 3D printer manufacturer Leapfrog 3D Printers announced that it was expanding its European distribution, after having already made significant leaps in the United States.  The company is continuing to march across their native continent with yet another…

Magazine Subscription Comes with 3D Printer Kit and the Weekly Instructions to Build It

Would you subscribe to a magazine that included a 3D printer?  What if you had to build it yourself? Eaglemoss publishing and designer Sebastian Conran are excited about a new partnership to educate students and those among us who can’t…

Lincoln’s Cottage to be Preserved Digitally with Industrial 3D Scanning

Professor of physics and astronomy at Ithaca College Michael Rogers and a team of student researchers are spending a week 3D scanning the historic Lincoln’s Cottage. Once the project is complete, anyone will be able to take virtual tours of…

NVBOTS’ New 3D Printing Curriculum is Common Core Compliant

NVBOTS officially unveiled their new 3D printing curriculum and they’re Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards compliant! Not only that, but they’ve shipped their first 3D printer to non-profit education program Citizen Schools. This is the first reward shipped…