This year the founder of MakerBot, Bre Pettis, launched a new venture in the retail of personalised gifts, including some 3D printed items. Bre & Co. 3D printed ceramic sake set retails at, wherea…
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Formula Student: How TU Delft made 3D printing a success
In order to give students the real experience of engineering, 3D printing is in use in the Formula Student racing competition. The challenge is to create a car and race it against other student made d…
GeorgiaTECH put a cat amongst the pigeons with 3D printing soft robotics research
GeorgiaTECH PhD student Alexis Noel has been studying the adhesive properties of animal tongues for over two years. Originally her research focused on the sticky catapult of frog tongues, but recently…
iPad 3D scanning puts modelling and design in the hands of the masses
Colorado based startup Occipital Inc. have just unveiled a new iPad app, Canvas, that will enable an iPad to be transformed into a fully functioning 3D scanner. The company made waves in 2013 when the…
Teenagers 3D printing for Mars
Future Engineers have teamed up with NASA to create a competition encouraging American school-kids to get involved in 3D design. The competition is targeted for K-12 students in the U.S and the task i…
3D printed filters bring more drinking water to Mexico
As The Rime of the Ancient Mariner goes: ‘Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink’. When written in 1797, Coleridge couldn’t have foreseen how telling those words would be in 2016. About one…
$28.6M Boosts Advanced Manufacturing in Nottingham University
The University of Nottingham is on its way to become an even more prominent figure in the world of British 3D printing. A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place to mark the start of work to build a …
Hybrid manufacturing brings out UCDavis hobbyists
At present the combination of additive and subtractive manufacturing, known as hybrid manufacturing, has been primarily for professional use. However, research shows how efforts to bring this technolo…
Sliced: 3D printing news digest from 3DPI
Here’s the latest list of 3D printing stories Sliced from the news feed by 3DPI. Canary IoT security is certified Security for Internet of Things (IoT) technology is an increasing concern integr…
Fast track to 3D printing at Formnext 2016
Formnext 2016 opens tomorrow in Frankfurt, but already news is flowing from one of the main events on the 3D printing calendar. Here is a brief round-up of what we know so far. 3D Printing Electronics…