AMIS launches Runtime software for industrial additive manufacturing automation
AMIS, a developer of additive manufacturing workflow software and part of Hybrid Software Group, has launched AMIS Runtime, an automation and scriptin…
StoneFlower3D’s New Lab-Scale 3D Printer: Technical Specifications and Pricing
German ceramic 3D printing company Munich-based StoneFlower3D has launched a laboratory-scale 3D printer aimed at researchers working with concrete, m…
Toray develops spherical Toraypearl PA12 powder for PBF 3D printing
Toray Industries, Inc., a Japanese advanced materials manufacturer, has developed Toraypearl polyamide (PA) 12, a spherical PA12 powder designed for compatibility with powder bed fusion (PBF) 3D print…
3D Printing in Malaysia Highlighted by Materialise Conference
At the end of last week, and into the weekend, Materialise Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian branch of the pioneering 3D printing company, hosted a conference for the region. The conference, which utilized the t…
Pirate3D’s Buccaneer Sailing Close to $1m & Now with Smart Support
With less than two weeks until their Stretch Goal deadline, Pirate 3D Inc is within $50,000 of the proposed one million dollar mark. Close to 2,500 contributors have invested in the Kickstarter as of …
Filabot: Free Your Legos and the Rest Will Follow
Take your children’s toys, grind them up, and print something you like. That’s what Filabot is all about! Well, so, they don’t actually do that? But the company, famous for the Filab…
3D Printing for Prototyping — The iDevice Pocket Tripod, Part 2
In this, the second of a two-part interview with Rambod Radmard, the designer and creator of a new, innovative iPhone case that is currently on Kickstarter, Shane Taylor continues to ponder, along wit…
Siderits’ 3D Printed Bird Cage
Every pet owner knows that keeping the beloved animal(s) stimulated both mentally and physically and thus content can sometimes prove to be an enduring and challenging task and invariably has a signif…
Forbes Ranks 3D Systems Fourth on its ‘America's Fastest Growing Tech Companies 2013’ List
Forbes likes lists, and lets face it, we like lists too, particularly if we’re featured on those lists and even more so if it’s near the top. So the great and the good at 3D Systems are likely doing a…
The RepRap Simpson Revolution
Here is a thing that looks like it won’t work. When its designs were first introduced to the RepRap forum/community, some members immediately began speculating that it lacked the sturdiness to complet…
Daily Mail Reports on a Personal 3D Printing Application — Shoes — with Mixed Results
In recent months the volume of texts and phone calls I get from my nearest and dearest has increased quite significantly. The volume increase of my digital communications is almost entirely due to the…
3D Printing Sculptures: After the Mermaid … The Pig …..
If you haven’t checked out the contemporary sculptural genius of Eric van Straaten, you really should — whether you are interested in 3D printing (the sculpting medium), or not. I highlighted his merm…
Scientists in Japan Create 3D Printing Resin with Bionic Brain Implications
When my grandfather developed Parkinson’s, I started undergraduate school as a Biological Sciences major. He knew this and pulled me aside during a family visit to tell me with a smile and a wink, “Ma…
A 3D Printed Scale Model of the Entire City of Stockholm
Mitekgruppen, a Swedish scale-model company, created an almost exact replica of the city of Stockholm using Stratasys Dimension Series FDM 3D printers. Even though scaled down replicas of practically …
Makerbot Digitizer Approaches Reality – Almost
Makerbot is continuing its Digitizer updates to ensure that, since the product’s unveiling at SXSW, the public’s excitement can be maintained until its actual release this fall. In their l…







