Graphics and signage company FASTSIGNS is launching a new 3D printing services pilot program at select FASTSIGNS locations. The chain of privately owned and franchised locations will begin offering multiple 3D printing options in three US markets. FASTSIGNS International, Inc.…
On Time & On Trend with a 3D Printed Wood-Like JELWEK Watch
A delightful combination of style, elegance, and modern design, the JELWEK 3D Printed, Eco-Friendly Watch was designed by a young engineer at the Rzeszow University of Technology who wanted to introduce a line of wood-like, 3D printed watches to the…
Printrbot Learn Crowd Sourced a 3D Printing Curriculum in 3 Days
Last week the head of Printrbot Learn, Clarence Fisher, announced that he was going to crowd source a new 3D printing curriculum and it took less than three days for a nearly complete first draft of the curriculum to be…
ViscoTec Dosing Technology Enables Precision 3D Printing with Silicone and Paste
Viscosity is the enemy of 3D printing. It is the rate that a liquid deforms when placed on a flat surface, and materials that are pumped through printing heads, regardless of the size opening, are held hostage to it. The…
Columbia Researchers Successfully Grow Knee Tissue with 3D Printing
There are a few different ways to go about 3D printing organs. One, possibly the simplest, is to 3D print a scaffold using a biocompatible material and then grow the tissue cells on it. This approach works on monocellular tissues…
SmarTech Report: Automotive 3D Printing to Pass $1.1 Billion by 2019
Although some other sectors such as aerospace and biotechnology make the 3D printing news more often, the automotive industry is the biggest adopter of 3D printing technologies and has been one of the main drivers for their growth and evolution…
3DPI.TV – SMARTTECH Unveils Micron3D 3D Scanner
Even before the rising competition for 3D printing technology in the Polish and Eastern European markets, Polish manufacturer of 3D scanners SMARTTECH has been at work refining its scanning technology. The most recent high-end scanner, the MICRON3D, made its debut…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printing Silicone without Support Structures
Fripp Design and Research has released a YouTube video teasing their new 3D printing Picsima technology capable of printing medical and food grade parts using linked polymers like silicone, epoxy resin and acrylics without the need for support structures. The…
3DPI.TV – Patient Specific 3D Printed Medical Implants
Recently, at The Hub in Philadelphia, US veterans had an opportunity to fund their entrepreneurial dreams as a part of the Greater Philadelphia Veterans Network’s (GPVN) 2nd Annual Veteran Entrepreneur “Shark Tank” Business Pitch Event. One company pitching its business…
Re-Discovered Digital Art Leads to Perfect Plastic 3DP Warhol Signature
If “Art is anything you can get away with,” for which Warhol is quoted, then the polarizing artist would appreciate what has been done with his signature in the hands of 3D printers. Work once thought lost to history by…
