MakerBot continues to make its way into mainstream stores this week. After Home Depot agreed to extend their MakerBot pilot by supplying the company’s 3D printing products in 39 stores across the US, the Stratasys subsidiary has now entered into…
This Friday: The Printrbot Metal Plus 3D Printer for $999
Printrbot CEO Brook Drumm announced that the new single extruder PrintrBot Metal Plus 3D printer will be available for pre-order this Black Friday, November 28th. A dual extruder model with a heated bed and an upgrade kit for previous Printrbot…
3D Systems Releases Mini 3D Scanner and Cloud 3D Printing Software
As part of the annual EuroMold extravaganza, 3D Systems has made two big announcements: the release of a new 3D scanner, the Capture Mini, and a new, desktop and cloud-based 3D printing software called 3DSPRINT, which the company will be…
Cross Lab Network XLN Is Going Global to Become a “CrossFit” for Makers
Almost 10.000 locations worldwide; that is how many CrossFit affiliates there are today. The franchise gym network opened up fitness to the masses, offering an alternative – not a replacement – for other more consolidated gym business models. And that…
Unraveling the XYZ da Vinci 1.0 Price Code for Holiday Gifting
Paul Francois, product manager at Commonwealth Technologies, thinks that 3D printers would make a great gift for the holidays. In a recent press release, he said, “3D printers, which once cost an arm and a leg, are now truly affordable…
Reify Officially Debuts the Solus DLP 3D Printer
The SolusDLP is unleashed! We have reported on the Reify project before, and, now, the announcement has finally breached and the rest of the 3DP world can test for itself the ability of the high-resolution, DLP stereolithography printer. One of…
LeFabShop’s Best Projects and 3D Printing Tricks Featured in New Book
As one of the first consumer-oriented 3D printing services and France’s first official reseller of MakerBot and Mcor 3D printers, leFabShop has built an extensive knowledge of 3D printing over the past few years. Now, the best of that experience…
Ultra Clean Holdings Opens a New 3D Printing Center in Singapore
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc, (UCT) expands its market reach by acquiring 3D printing service company Prototype Asia and launching a new Additive Manufacturing Center in Singapore. As a developer and supplier of critical subsystems for the consumer, medical device, energy,…
For 3D Printed Ceramics Designer Alice Le Biez, Materials Matter
With art, perception is everything and, when it comes to 3D printing arts and crafts, people’s perceptions can often be rather unfavorable. 3D printing can be thought of as cheating or cutting corners. Perhaps on the surface having a robot…
Let Your 3D Printed Baymax Nightlight Protect You from Darkness
New 3D model marketplace 3Denovo – which allows you to purchase and 3D print directly from the internet, without downloading STL files -just posted this awesome Baymax nightlight. Based on the character from the Disney animated film Big Hero 6,…
