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…
Afinia Adds New Filament Options to 3D Printing Material Range
Afinia, suppliers of the Afinia H-Series 3D printer, has just recently introduced three new varieties of its ‘Value Line’ ABS Filament. The newly added materials include transparent filament as well a…
How 3D Printing fits into My Chosen Career of Model Making
Amanda Darby is a freelance sculptor, model maker, CG modeler and 3D printing specialist. She is based in Bristol and works with a wide range of companies across the UK. Here she shares some of her ex…
Scaling Up With the Spiderbot 3D Printer
Ben Peters – an MIT student studying new fabrication techniques at the Media Lab’s Mediated Matter group – is responsible for developing an interesting 3D printing project called Spi…
3D Print Barometer — To Print or Not to Print
One of the often overlooked realities about 3D printing is that it cannot print anything and everything. So even while 3D Printing tech continues to improve and become an even greater value propositio…
Something for the Kids: Printrbot jr. @ Kickstarter
The man behind the successful Printrbot 3D printer, Brook Drumm, is sourcing funds for another project at Kickstarter: Printrbot jr – a 3D printer aimed directly at kids. Printrbot jr. is not just any…
Improbable Objects at the Beach
3D printed art from Improbable Objects and What It Is will be on show at the 2012 Aqua Art Miami exhibition. The four-day exhibition will start tomorrow 6th December and is held at the AQUA Hotel in M…
3D Printed Ceramic Products: Intersection of Art & Engineering
One of the most intriguing application areas of 3D printing comes from the developments that are happening with ceramic materials. And a company that is wholly focused on this is Figulo as it explores…
Supersized Industrial 3D Printing in Metal
Concept Laser, a manufacturer of industrial grade, metal 3D printers introduced its latest, large-scale laser melting system at this year’s Euromold event. As I mentioned in my review of the show this…
Open 3D Printing Design Office in London
An interesting new concept has spun out from 3Dprintuk — called mak3D — which introduces an open, co-working design office with 3D printing facilities in the city of London. The premise for mak3D is t…
A Gallery of 3D Printed iPhone 4 and 5 Cases
Hugo Arcier sent us an image collection of recently created Skull iPhone cases that were inspired by his artistic project “Degeneration” based on a face reduction algorithm and produced using 3D print…
CSI Features 3D Printing
The American hit series CSI informed viewers in the latest episode (season 13, episode 9) with a plot twist that featured 3D printing. The 3D printed gun issue has received wide coverage in the media …
Geomagic Studio 2013 – More Speed and Customisation
Geomagic has released an upgraded version of its 3D data processing software – Geomagic Studio 2013. Conceived to enable a smooth transition from 3D scan data into accurate surface, mesh and 3D …