Update: Ultimaker Unveils Ultimaker2 Extended and Go at CES

As a norm, we do not usually write up articles on teaser videos on news that will be announced within hours. For Ultimaker, this time we have to make an exception. The Dutch company just released a fairly explicit teaser…

Authentise Gives Computer Vision to 3D Printers

It is amazing and fascinating to me every time I realize how many different fields of expertise need to converge to make 3D printing work. Design, material science and hardware engineering are just the main parts, there are so many…

3D Systems Stitches Digital 3D Printing Thread with Haptic Stylus, VR Game, and $50k Challenge

In addition to the breaking news that 3D Systems has acquired botObjects, as a means of releasing their CubePro C full-color 3D printer, the 3D printing leader also announced the new Touch Haptic 3D Stylus and SDK. The Touch, which…

Spark Flies as BigRep Partners With Autodesk

BigRep, the Berlin based manufacturers of the biggest reprap 3D printer on the market, have announced at CES that they will be joining Autodesk’s Spark open creative platform, along with other 3D printer manufacturers such as Ultimaker, Dremel, ExOne and…

3D Systems Acquires botObjects for CubePro® C Full-Color 3D Printer

Along with the Touch haptic stylus and demonstration VR software, 3D Systems will be showcasing a brand new desktop 3D printer.  Industrial 3D printing leader, 3D Systems, has today announced the acquisition of botObjects, the UK manufacturer of a unique…

3D Printing Pen 3Doodler Gets Even More Consumer-ready with 2.0 Version

There probably is not better time than the beginning of CES, the world’s leading consumer electronics show, to announce the new version of one of the most consumer-focused products in the entire 3D printing scenario. 3Doodler, the 3D printing (or 3D drawing)…

BREAKING: Voxel8 Unleashes the First Electronics 3D Printer on CES, World

Just before the holidays, we covered news of a startup that had just received a round of venture capital from Braemer Energy Ventures to develop a very unique product. Details about the product were kept under wraps at that time,…

CLIMAXX Fashion Underscores Climate Change with 3D Printed Accessories

When considering the quote that “all art is political,” the political includes various issues determined by our actions, and the art definitely extends into the realm of fashion. In fact, fashion is one of the most blatant sociopolitical statements designers…

Cartilage Forming on 3D Printed Scaffold May Speed Up Research

In yet another big step toward the development of functional 3D printed “bioficial” cartilage for use in humans, scientists at University of Melbourne have shown that infrapatellar fat pad adipose stem cells (IPFP-ASCs) can leverage 3D printed scaffolds to aid…

Google’s Project Ara Looking at 3D Printing for Future

As a long time iPhone and Mac user, I am extremely unlikely to change to another mobile operating system. However the one smartphone that could make me take the plunge would be Project Ara. Its dream of doing for hardware…