Makerbot hosted its traditional effusive press conference ahead of the opening day of International CES at 4pm yesterday afternoon, unveiling its new product line. It had been rumoured something big w…
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Hey, Elon and Sergey, did you see these SpaceGlasses?
Two-thousand-and-fourteen is already looking like a great year for 3D creativity. Assembled 3D printers are coming out priced at under 500 euros, new low-cost high-quality 3D scanners are launching an…
Amazon Hops on the 3D Print to Order Ship
Sculpteo, one of the original internet 3D printing service providers, has opened a gallery within Amazon’s jewellery section offering dozens of designs from some of their best studios. Featurin…
3D Printing – It's Evolutionary: Julie Friedman Steele TEDx Talk
Julie Friedman, the CEO of The MetaSpace, is passionate about 3D Printing. She used to be a stand-up comedian, but now, instead of (just) being funny, she has opened the first 3-D printing reta…
Davide Sher’s 5 Favourite 3D Printing Apps of 2013
1. The ESA’s 3D printed lunar base Of all the things that 3D printing — as it develops — will allow us as humanity to achieve is the construction of extra terrestrial habitats. It starts with space st…
3DPI Writer, Shane Taylor’s Top 5 3D Printing Apps of 2013
Over the festive season 3DPI writers and contributors have all spent some time rounding up their personal, favourite 3D printing applications/developments that have emerged during 2013. Here, it is th…
Many 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring Soon: Here’s A Round Up & Overview of Them
I. Background 3D printing is a 30-year old technology that is currently entering the mainstream, to great fanfare. Despite the 3D printing industry’s double-digit (%) growth over the past y…
Plastic As Currency With 3D Printing & The Plastic Bank
An amazing initiative by The Plastic Bank is setting up plastic re-purposing centres around the world in places where waste plastic and poverty abound. The project seeks to empower people to harvest p…
3D Printing Aids Design Production of Cadillac’s Sexy Two-Door Elmiraj
From a studio gated by tall walls and trees in North Hollywood, Mr. Smart constructed the sketch of what would become Cadillac’s concept car, Elmiraj. In an article with the New York Times, Mr. Smart …
GE 3D Print Design Quest Winners
The winners of General Electric’s 3D Printing Design Quest are doubtless currently celebrating receiving the prizes, publicity and prestige surrounding their victory. The Quest challenged design…