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…
Project RE_ – Upcycled Industrial Design With a 3D Printing Twist
RE_ is a design project by Samuel N. Bernier, an award winning Canadian industrial designer, focusing on upcycling everyday things into something new, stylish and useable. Upcycling – as opposed to re…
3DPI Interviews Deelip Menezes
Deelip Menezes is in a fascinating position — he has served the 3D software market for 13 years and is renowned as a passionate and vocal advocate of innovation and development within this arena. His …
KIDE – 3D Printing Workshops for Kids
KIDE is an educational project founded by Dejan Mitrovic in the UK in 2009 with an emphasis on 3D printing. The key premise behind the project is to apply the natural creative instincts of primary/ele…
And the Winner is …. 3D4D Challenge Results
The 3D4D Challenge Finals, organized by the techfortrade charity, were held on Friday at the 3D Printshow London 2012. The seven finalists came from all over the World and at the event they were pitch…
Video Overview of the 3D Printshow
For those who missed the 3D Printshow London 2012, Christopher Barnatt did a nicely edited video overview of the event: Video credit: Christopher Barnatt…
A Quick(ish) Overview of My Day at the 3D Printshow
Well I am struggling to know where to begin to write up my day at the 3D Printshow at the Brewery in London yesterday! As I travelled home on the train, I wrote copious notes about what I had seen, th…
Shapeways Building a 3D Printing Facility with 5m annual production capability in New York
On Thursday Shapeways opened its Factory of the Future, citing plans of bringing manufacturing back to the western world enabled by 3D printing. The manufacturing site located in Long Island City, NY,…
Autodesk 123D Catch Scanner App for iPhone
Something for the weekend: If you haven’t seen the Autodesk 123D Catch for iPhone in action, below is a cool video presentation illustrating how it works. While there is still room for improvement, it…
Making Multi-colour Art Prints on a Hobbyist 3D Printer
Andre Tiemann, a 3D printing enthusiast from Toronto, was faced with a problem when asked to 3D print a university logo. He wanted to use three colours, but his MakerBot Replicator could only print tw…
Educating the future Workforce in 3 Dimensions!
This video is an inspiring example of an industrial and educational collaboration that brings 3D printing to life, and more importantly, puts it in to the hands of young people at Belton New Tech High…
The Era of the 'Prosumer' & 3D Printing
“Prosumer” — Anyone following the 3D printing industry will have heard that term a lot lately, especially around the recent launches of MakerBot’s Replicator 2 and Formlabs’ Form 1 3D prin…
Original 3D Printed Art Via Polychemy
The online consumer market for 3D printed goods is continuing to evolve, with more and more channels offering the key advantages that this technology offers a discerning clientele, namely stunning vis…