Yesterday, the Ice Bucket Challenge continued in the 3D printing universe when CEO of Mcor, Conor MacCormack, called out three more players in the industry to join in. While we’re still waiting for Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems, and…
After Impressive Emergency Landing, Harrier Jet Requires Tender 3D Printed Care
Back in May, Marine Capt. William Mahoney was forced to make an impressive emergency landing of an AV-8B Harrier jet on the deck of the USS Bataan after his nose gear failed to deploy. In the video below, you’ll see…
E-nabling More People to Ultimake a 3D Printed Gift
Probably the most sharing, caring, creative, even moving 3D printing initiatives in the newborn collectively creative, locally productive, open global community is the e-NABLE project. It has grown from the seed of a simple idea – giving a hand to…
Nissan 3D Printing Car Parts for Racing
In this recent episode of the Nissan Nismo Insider, you’ll get to take a look at Nissan’s in-house 3D Printing facility by Evok3D. The facility allows Nissan to utilize their Projet 3D Printers to build bespke parts. Check the video to learn…
Lawrence Livermore Researchers Control Microscopic Cushioning Properties with 3D Printing
The Advanced Manufacturing Lab at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is continuing to make progress in the field of material design for 3D printing. In January, we covered the lab’s research into 3D printing microscopic trusses that resulted in a…
Taulman Will Strengthen Your 3D Printing Materials ToolBox
3D Printing materials company taulman3D is today introducing six new filament materials via Kickstarter. The new ToolBox of six new materials has already been fully developed and tested in line with the company’s stellar reputation in this area and to…
European Desktop 3D Printers Continue to Enter US Market with Leapfrog
After earlier reporting that Felixrobotix, Dutch manufacturer of the Felix 3.0 3D printer, had opened up a retail branch in Silicon Valley, another line of Dutch machines is continuing to explore the US. USCutter, reseller of sign-making equipment and supplies,…
3D Systems Ramps Up Expansion with a New Tech Centre for Software
Following the recent news of two new facilities for manufacturing of 3D printers and filament material respectively, 3D Systems continues its “growth spurt” and expansion plans with news that it has opened a new innovation center and software development facility in Cary,…
Shapeways Sets Fire to Five of Its 3D Printing Materials, For Science!
Duann, a community member of 3D printing marketplace Shapeways, decided to fire test five of the most popular 3D printing materials offered by the service provider. The experiment wasn’t especially empirical or anything, but who needs science when you have a…
Barilla Launches 3D Printed Pasta Contest with Thingarage
In January, we reported news that leading pasta maker Barilla had teamed up with Dutch scientific research firm TNO to work on a custom 3D pasta printer, capable of printing 15-20 pieces of pasta every two minutes. The eventual idea…
