Maxon Introduces Digital Twin for Streamlined Product Marketing
Maxon, a software company specializing in professional 3D graphics, modeling, and rendering tools, has unveiled Digital Twin, a standalone application…
CurifyLabs Introduces PharmaPrinter Aurum for Faster, Precision Compounding
CurifyLabs, a company developing 3D printing technology for compounded medications, has launched its newest 3D compounding printer, the PharmaPrinter …
Why Pro PCTG Is Emerging as a Go-To Material for Durable, Impact-Resistant 3D Printed Parts
For years, PETG has been the material many FDM users reach for when PLA is no longer enough. It prints easily and behaves predictably, producing parts that look good on the print bed. The problem come…
Windows 8.1 will Feature Native Support for 3D Printing
Microsoft is equipping the next iteration of its computing standard operating system, Windows 8.1, with a new API: native support for 3D printers. As part of its ongoing unveiling of Windows 8.1, Micr…
Runner’s Bicycle: Pedalling Made Easy with MakerBot 3D Printer
Operating from his manufacturing facility in Taiwan, Dr. Henry Thomas utilized the abilities of MakerBot’s new desktop 3D printer to find models for his novel bicycles that would save millions in prod…
Geek Dad Geek-Mad About 3D Systems Cube
Over at GeekDad, the Wired spin-off blog devoted to fathers with nerdy inclinations, one dad has written about his experience with the desktop printer from 3D Systems, the Cube. In it, the self-descri…
ExtrusionBot – The Fastest Filament Maker
The high (fixed?) pricing of plastic filament for an FDM/FFF 3D printer is a known issue in the industry, preventing it from being a more suitable solution for more cost-effective purposes (read: has …
Layer by Layer – A New 3D Model Marketplace ……. with a Difference.
Ok, keep reading, I know, yes it’s another article about a 3D model repository, but this one appears to be a departure from what you’d expect. Founded by Max Friefeld, Oliver Ortlieb, and Jonathan Sch…
The Next Frontier for Stratasys is Metal
According to a report from Bloomberg yesterday, who has the information straight from the horse’s mouth, Stratasys, following its acquisition of Makerbot last week, is now looking to further consolida…
From the Inventor of LayWoo-d3 and LayBrick comes BendLay
Within the borders of Germany there’s a man named Kai Parthy who spends his time inventing innovative and affordable new printing materials for fused filament 3D printers. He first created LayWoo-d3, …
PrintDDD – The yellow pages of 3D printing
As new companies keep emerging all over the 3D printing space, getting a grip of the industry as a whole might prove to be somewhat intimidating or even aversive for those interested in the sector, bu…
Chicago Public Library Due to Open a Free Maker Space Next Month
The Chicago Public Library will open the CPL Innovation Lab at the Harold Washington Library Center next month. The Pop-Up style maker lab will open its door on July 8. Initially trialled over six mon…
David Braam, the Creator of Cura, Video Interview
David Braam, the 3DP brains behind the still relatively unknown all-in-one 3DP slicer & UI software for RepRap (but especially Ultimaker) 3D printers called Cura, has given 3dhacker an interesting…
Success! Zero-G Tests Passed to Send First 3D Printer to Space
Organizations like NASA and the European Space Agency have developed such ambitious additive manufacturing plans as 3D-printed space food, laser sintered moon bases, and printer-mounted robospiders, b…
Danish BluePrinter Appoints UK & Ireland Reseller — John Burn
John Burn Ltd, based in the UK’s manufacturing heartlands, and a reseller of a growing number of industrial and entry-level 3D printers has added the innovative BluePrinter 3D printing technology to i…
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