3D Printer Simulator Emulates FDM 3D Printing Workflows
5minlab, a software development studio, has released a standalone simulator that emulates fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing workflows in a d…
TissueLabs Scales Bioprinting with Launch of TissuePro: Technical Specifications
TissueLabs, a Swiss biotech firm, has unveiled TissuePro, a bioprinting system engineered for sophisticated tissue applications. This new system build…
U.S.-Based Elmet Technologies Signs Strategic Supply Agreement with TANIOBIS
Elmet Technologies, a fully integrated U.S.-owned manufacturer of tungsten and molybdenum, has signed a strategic agreement with TANIOBIS GmbH, a German company specializing in high-purity niobium and…
3D Printer Launches — Is the Market Reaching Saturation Point?
As I was writing the post about the PrismX 3D printer — yet another RepRap derivative sourcing funding via Kickstarter as a commercial venture for producing 3D printers — and after months of reading a…
Hands-on Education with 3D Printing at ACS Egham
An international trend to incorporate additive manufacturing into pre-college education seems to be taking place as the United Kingdom is starting to see 3D printing programmes appear in different pri…
Ultimaker 3D Printer Toy Design Challenge on GrabCAD
In line with its growing tradition for engaging people with 3D design and 3D printing, GrabCAD has launched its latest challenge with Ultimaker, credited with being one of the best-known and best-sell…
The 3D Printed Gun: The Calm After the Media Storm
The web is on fire with reports of the world’s first 3D printed handgun. It’s been a perfect media storm fuelled by two high-level news cycles. First, the public is concerned about gun violence in t…
3D Sytems’ Cube 3D Printer moves Closer to Mainstream with Staples
3D Systems says it is devoted to the “democratization” of 3D printers and to that end, Staples, the US and global office supply chain behemoth has begun selling 3D Systems’ Cube printer on…
Free eBook Frees 3D Printing Education
Man, I love free education. I don’t know when it stopped being free, but it’s really exciting to see it become free again because learning is something that animals just do. It’s what life is! Even w…
TBWA’s Aki Spicer Divulges his Thoughts on the Future of Advertising and 3DP for Fast Company
The global advertising agency TBWA’s Head of Digital and Content Strategy, ad man extraordinaire Aki Spicer paints a future-oriented portrait of marketing and how 3D printing fits into that equation &…
Loci’s Sculptural 3D Printed Flight Paths
3D printing has always been about making the virtual tangible. But have you ever considered making the aerial tangible? If you have a treasured memory of a flight, be it a family holiday, a honeymoon …
Top Office Brings 3D Printing Service on Board
Following the stream of news detailing how Staples, the global office supply store, has embraced 3D printing technology through a two pronged approach by offering a 3D printing service and retailing e…
3D Systems Launches Customisable Star Trek App on Cubify
Today, 3D Systems has introduced a 3D printing-based Star Trek app to create customized 3D printed products and collectibles based on the iconic Star Trek series through the company’s content hosting …
Mecube — Voxel Simplicity for Accessible 3D Design & 3D Printing
Last week I got a lead about a new design app for 3D printing that essentially ‘makes the whole thing more accessible and is really easy to use.’ I’ll confess, my first reaction was similar to every t…
The Kühling&Kühling 3D Printer is Not Your Grandmammy's RepRap — And is now Available to Preorder
When one thinks of the RepRap 3D printer, it’s possible that what comes to mind is hobbyists tinkering in their garage or local hackspace. However, as Ari reported on 3DPI a couple of months bac…