Meta launches AI Design Tool SAM 3D for Realistic 3D Reconstruction from Single Images
Facebook parent company Meta has introduced SAM 3D, a new technology designed to transform 2D images into highly detailed 3D representations of object…
Farsoon unveils HT601P-2 large-format CO₂ PBF system at Formnext 2025
Farsoon, a global manufacturer of industrial polymer and metal 3D printing systems, introduced the HT601P-2 at Formnext 2025 in Frankfurt. The new lar…
Stratasys Rolls Out New Materials and Software Capabilities at Formnext 2025
3D printer OEM Stratasys launched an extensive suite of material and process innovations across its FDM, SAF, P3 DLP, and software platforms at Formnext 2025. Attendees were shown updates aimed at imp…
LAYBRICK – A New Filament From the Creator of LAYWOO-D3
LAYBRICK is a new rough filament from inventor Kai Parthy from CC Products, the same man who brought the name of the wood-like LAYWOO-D3 to everyone’s lips last year. LAYBRICK has many of the same qua…
A Sea Full of Mermaids & One 3D Printed Mermaid
This summer sees the Teylers Museum in the Netherlands curating and hosting an exhibition dedicated to the subject of mermaids. Running from last Saturday, 25 May through until 15th September 2013 the…
Shape-It-Up: Hand Gesture Based CAD
Shape-It-Up is a new interactive based interface for CAD. It comes from C-Design Lab at Purdue University and the output appears surprisingly good, appearing to be aimed at a general amateur, although…
DeadCatDot Increases Audio Fidelity with 3D Printing Technology
The aural-terror of wind-shredded audio is a scourge that must be stopped ‒ and only you can prevent “Wind Fail.” But who ever said that the means to do so would be pretty? Mark ShoreyR…
Cubify’s Draw 3D Printing App
Cubify has recently launched the robust and intuitive Cubify Draw free Apple iOS app, that allows those just starting out with 3D design and 3D printing to create a 3D doodle, that can be subsequently…
3D Printing Material — Rock, Paper….. Salt
As the list of materials that can be used in 3D printing expands daily, Oakland-based research and design firm Emerging Objects does its part to contribute to and utilize that list in its quest to red…
A New Mbot Cube Iteration
Last month I reported on the Mbot Cube from Chinese manufacturer, Mbot 3D. I highlighted this derivative/clone (there is some debate in a few circles as to what it actually is) with the view that they…
Deezmaker's New Bukito Portable 3D Printer
At $699 Deezmaker unveiled Bukito — its equivalent to the FoldaRap (USD$775 kit), Portabee (USD$499 kit), PrintrBot Jr. (USD$499 kit) and the forthcoming FoldaRap ‘2’ (which has just met i…
3D Printer Test Kit – Printable Calibration/Testing Blocks
A group of toy devs have a created an interesting Kickstarter project, which suits the current phase of consumer-level 3D printing market spot on. Even though several companies claim to already have w…
3D Print Cup — An Opportunity to Win a Makerbot Replicator 2X
The folks at cartridgesave.co.uk are due to launch their 3D Print Cup challenge on June 13th, giving fans of 3D printing and budding action figure designers not only a chance to win a Makerbot Replica…
The Buccaneer 3D Printer is Launching on Kickstarter in 2 Days
The much vaunted and long-awaited launch of Pirate3D’s Buccaneer 3D printer is just around the corner. The pirates (not really!) from Singapore have finally got the go ahead from Kickstarter and will …
3D Printing Industry Stalwarts Line Up for TCT Show
The TCT Show + Personalize, which will take place in the UK this coming September, is gearing up for another cracking programme of presentations with some great speakers being lined up. Two notable sp…






