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…
UMaine unveils its largest next-generation polymer 3D printer
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! The University of Maine (UMaine) has demonstr…
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…
3D Printed Plastic Car Jack Launches Hans Fouche’s New Cheetah 2 3D Printer on the Market
South African inventor and engineer Hans Focuhe has done it again. This time, to promote and communicate the launch of his new, more powerful Cheetah 2 3D printer, he has designed and built a fully fu…
XYZprinting Adds Four New Distributors for da Vinci 3D Printers
XYZprinting has quickly become one of the biggest manufacturers of consumer 3D printers and, as a result, has seen their 3D printing products distributed through one of the widest networks of any desk…
3D Printed VR for Kids (and for a Good Cause)
Not long ago, I was treated to just about every project that Structure Sensor power user and host of the All Things 3D podcast Mike Balzer was working on. His numerous projects covered everything from…
Three Signs from formnext that the Fully Automated 3D Printing Factory Is Coming
While the consolidated (and gigantic) tooling machine industry has been focusing on a fully automated process which produces a final part through multiple robotic tools (including AM by laser depositi…
3D Printed Guns Back on Trial Again in Australia
One of the very first and still most controversial uses of 3D printing by the general public is the ability to manufacture guns. The potential to freely model and 3D print a lethal weapon within the c…
Moment's New 3D Printer Gives Them a New Moment to Shine
Recently, the Korean 3D printing market has seen some interesting developments in one of its big players, and the story seems like an old “bad news / good news” joke. Readers of this site know the Kor…
3D LeeJo Makes 3D Printing a Big Hit in Korea
Traveling nationwide in South Korea to report on those involved in the 3D printing industry, it is getting harder to become REALLY impressed by the variety of machines and firms out there, as things a…
3D Hubs Presents the 100% Bigger & Better 2016 3D Printer Guide
In Italian, there is a saying that goes something like “union makes strength”. It basically means that the group is stronger than the sum of its parts. In 3D printing, the “group” is 3D Hubs and its h…
meeperBOTS Made Custom with 3D Printed Mods
If you are a Star Wars fan, like me, then, chances are, you have seen, if not currently in possession of, the smartphone-controlled BB8 toy, which is tons of fun and easy to use because of how seamles…
Get a 3D Selfie with a Soccer Star on Staramba's 3D Scanning App
Ever wanted to talk with or just stand in the same vicinity as your favorite athlete or celebrity? Well Germany-based STARAMBA have just developed and released an application that could place you righ…
3D Print with i.materialise Directly from Your iPhone
Most of us do not live in a world where we need to print a file on the run, with that file only contained on an iOS device and, therefore, no access to certain online 3D printing services like i.mater…
3DFlow’s 3D Zephyr Software Takes Photogrammetry into the Future
After binging on futuristic industrial manufacturing visions at formnext, it is time to go back to reality. Fortunately, even more so now that I collaborate with my friend Mauro at Solid3DPrinting, th…