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…
Aussie Researchers Replicate Cellular Brain Structure with 3D Bioprinting
It probably would be much easier to title this article saying that researchers from the ARC Center of Excellent for Electromaterials Science (ACES) at the University of Wollongong in Australia are one…
First 3D Printed Fiber Optics Created by University of Sydney Researchers with Desktop 3D Printer
Recently, we covered some exciting research being pursued by the University of Southampton relating to the use of 3D printing for the creation of uniquely shaped fiber optics. Though their technique …
XYZprinting Partners with Walmart for Online 3D Printer Sales
XYZprinting has steadily been making its way to mainstream consumers, particularly in the US, and new partnerships with big US companies like Microsoft will see the Taiwanese brand’s products as…
Philips & Ultimaker Showcase Medical 3D Printing to MRI Specialists
At this point, if they’re keeping up with 3DPI, there should be no doubt in the medical community as to the value of 3D printed models for preparing for surgeries. The anecdotal evidence of jus…
3DP Unlimited 3D Prints Life Size Copy of their Employee
You know those generic portraits and plaques that let the whole office know who’s the employee of the month? Well, times have changed, and one company is showing off the capabilities of its larg…
"Easy 35" Pinhole Camera 3D Printed with Ease
You may know Clint O’Connor from such crowdfunding projects as “Pinhole, Printed”, from 2013. Well, Clint is back, and he has a new 3D printed pinhole camera that you can make with your 3D printer. …
Ultra Low-Cost Circuit 3D Printing Kit Hits Kickstarter
Just like for any other technology, shortly after a new, high-end new is announced, there is bound to be someone that strives to make the technology more accessible and affordable. It happened for eve…
NFire Labs Launches Modular Delta 3D Printer on Kickstarter
With the desktop 3D printer boom seemingly peaking at some point in 2013, one would expect the flood of low-cost manufacturers to have subsided, leaving the market to be dominated by local manufacture…
3D Printer Review: the LulzBot Mini is a Miniature Powerhouse
Though I’m still only a consumer when it comes to 3D printing, I have to say that, so far, the LulzBot Mini is one of the most fun I’ve had the experience of working with. There were small…
Growth Rate Triples as 3D Hubs Passes 20,000th 3D Printer Milestone
Never a dull month for 3D Hubs. Sure, desktop-based, distributed 3D printing is still a very young sector in a very young market and trends are bound to change drastically; however, the latest August …
How Big of a Threat is Keysforge's Key 3D Printing Platform?
Two years ago, a few different stories popped up featuring disparate lock-pickers devising methods for copying keys with 3D printing. The practice grabbed so much attention that more than one startup…
World's Largest Laser Metal 3D Printer Finds 1st Customer
Shortly after presenting the new X Line 2000 R 3D printer, the largest laser melting-based 3D printer in the world, Concept Laser is now announcing the first sale of its new system to the Netherlands.…