Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
Materialise adds novel AM materials to its portfolio
Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has introduced three new materials to its AM portfolio. These materials include Polyamide 12S (PA 12S), Polyamide 11 (PA 11) for Multi Jet Fusion, and Carbon Fi…
Intellectual Property in the Coming World of Distributed Digital Manufacturing: Redux
Late in 2014, I wrote an article outlining why I felt that the transformational changes occurring on both “ends” of the 3D ecosystem were going to force a re-think of the ways that 3D content creators…
OpenBCI Extends Kickstarter Goal to Help Determined ALS Patient
Based out of Brooklyn, New York, OpenBCI had first turned to Kickstarter to help fund the first production and further improvement of their biosensing EEG headset called the Ultracortex Mark IV Headse…
Ikea's Space 10 Shows Us the Future of the Meatball (Hint: It Includes 3D Printing!)
As the oncoming threat of global warming increases by the day, more and more countries around the world have finally started taking this threat seriously, looking at our common practices to figure out…
NomaniFOLD: 3D Printed Jewelry Made for the Modern Woman
3D printing technology can be used in a multitude of ways, from creating jewelry with complex design to aiding in an artistic statement about certain social issues, we have seen the ability it gives u…
3Doodler Awards Show What 3D Art is All About
The first ever 3Doodler Awards is drawing to a close, and judging by some of the finalists, it is really incredible what talented people arable to make with this device. Especially considering that I …
John Hornick's "3D Printing Will Rock the World" Rocks
Want to know how, in specific detail, 3D printing will rock the world? Well, then, IP lawyer and 3D printing expert John Hornick has the book for you! I had the pleasure of reading Hornick’s new book …
From Video Game to Full-Sized 3D Printed Suit
I’ve been a regular attender of New York Comic Con for several years now and, as anyone who attends Comic Con knows, watching the cosplayers is one of the most interesting aspects of attending. …
Onshape CAD Software Goes Out of Beta, Adds Materialise and Pinshape Apps
Cambridge, Massachusetts, based Onshape is shaping up to be one of the defining CAD software for the next generations of engineers and designers. Perhaps more than its competitors it is the most focus…
ZMorph’s Hybrid 3D Printer Creates Mechanical Watch Using PLA, CNC, and Laser Toolheads
Since releasing their 2.0 S hybrid desktop 3D printer late in 2014, ZMorph has set a new stage for the 3D printing industry by engineering a printer that can utilize eleven swappable toolheads. With t…
Entire New Jersey School District Gets MakerBot 3D Printers
For a few years now, MakerBot has made an effort to gear their 3D printers towards the education system, and have even found a few of their printers scattered in schools all around the world. But in t…
Scan on the Run: Fuel3D to Showcase New Portable 3D Scanning System
Whether you are the geologist excavating ancient ruins or the one just simply viewing these discovered artifacts at a museum exhibition, chances are you’ve come across a cultural object so compelling …
Testing ASA 3D Printing Filament, the Weather-Resistant Alternative to ABS
ABS is, without a doubt, the most popular material used by professionals in FDM technology. Unfortunately, it is not perfect, hence the continuous search for thermoplastics that would be a fit where A…