This year I have far less idea than last year of what to choose for my top five 3D printing applications. 2014 has been a very busy year in both desktop prosumer 3D printing and industrial additive ma…
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Research Shows Sustainable PLA Filament Production with 17x Greater Profit
What if it were possible to produce filament for 3D printing – at personal / prosumer desktop production andprofessional prototyping levels – that was recyclable, biodegradable, and source…
NewLab Is Transporting Brooklyn’s Navy Yard into the Future of Manufacturing
If design is not as dead as Philip Starck once said it was and lives again through 3D printing, if there truly is a revolutionary, democratized, sustainable, distributed future of manufacturing awaiti…
5axisworks Brings Low-Cost 5-Axis Milling, 3D Printing Machine to Kickstarter
Even though 3D printing is the focus of this website, the technology is just a small component of a larger movement taking place. So, as much as new start-ups and large manufacturers hype 3D printing…
3D Systems Introduces Simbionix Surgical Simulators & Bespoke Medical 3D Modelling Software
The Simbionix ultrasound training module U/S Mentor will debut at this years International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Barcelona, Spain. The transvaginal ultrasound simulator…
Open Hardware Summit Set to Take Place at Rome Innovation Week
The fifth Open Hardware Summit, the first ever to take place outside of the United States, is going to join the upcoming Rome Innovation Week series of events next September 30th in the Italian Capita…
Trend Evolution: 3D Printing Trends (Part 1)
The Wider Context ‘The emerging potential for using 3D printing is illuminating some of the inefficiencies in mass production: the stockpiling of components and parts, the large amount of workin…
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…
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 Print Artist Of The Year: Isaie Bloch
Artist Isaie Bloch has won this year’s coveted 3D Printshow Artist Of The Year Award. Isaie’s technology of choice is Autodesk’s 3DS Max and the opensource 3D mesh processing wonder that i…