Shanghai’s first significant 3D printing conference is kicking off next week, as the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo head to the city with 3D printing speakers and exhibitors in tow. The event will not only feature companies and experts…
NYC Marathoners Can Win A 3D Printed Mini-Me
Each November, more than two million spectators line the streets to cheer on 50,000 people running 26.2 miles through New York City. In celebration of every type of marathoner, ASICS America, an official race sponsor for over 20 years, is bringing…
BOO! A GIANT 3D PRINTED FRANKESTEIN HEAD!
Halloween is here! And so is an enormous, 2.25′ tall Frankenstein head, 3D printed by 3DPUnlimited. The 3D printer manufacturer behind the 3DP1000 3D printer, which has an impressive build volume of 1 meter x 1 meter x 0.5 meter…
Materialise Releases Latest Magics Update
The annual update to Magics by Materialise (NASDAQ: MTLS) is here. Since 1994 the software has provided the additive manufacturing industry with a platform to streamline data preparation workflow, increase build efficiency, import an ever increasing range of file types…
Google's Project Ara Prototype is Working This Time!
At Google I/O in June, the multinational gave audiences a glimpse of a “working” prototype of Project Ara. Unfortunately, their modular smartphone, which will have its modules 3D printed by 3D Systems’ mass customization process, failed to fully launch and…
Redditor 3D Prints His Own Warhammer 40K Army
A Reddit user posted a picture of his 3D printed Space Marine army for the tabletop miniature game Warhammer 40,000. The work-in-progress army isn’t perfect, but it’s close enough to the real thing that I would imagine Games Workshop –…
Big Hero 6 Contest Will Have Children’s Robot Dreams Come True with 3D Printing
Disney continues to open up to 3D printing at many different levels. One of the most recent ways is through the fascinating experiments being conducted by the Disney Research division, while another is through the innovative marketing activities of its…
From 3D Drawing To 3D Printing — With Draw In 3D
Finger painting is easy. Finger painting is fun. Digital finger painting via a touchscreen is simple. Almost anyone can do it. ‘Finger painting for printing’ would have, in the past, meant two dimensional scanning a simple paper painting. That is…
Scientists Find New Material Mixture for Bioprinting Cartilage
For me, human tissue bioprinting is the most fascinating frontier in 3D printing, albeit the most complex and difficult one. The additive processes for this application are similar to any other 3D printing process but the materials they process and…
The Modular MM1 3D Printer Opens Up, Bears Gifts Upon KS Funding
The modular MM1 3D printer, from MakerMax, has successfully completed its crowdfudning campaign, currently over its goal of $50k by about $8k, at the time of this writing. With that bonus dough, comes bonus prizes for the Kickstarter’s backers. Not…
