3DPI Editorial Round-Up: August 2014

As summer closes out what I call ‘3D printing silly season’ is about to get underway as 3D printing event activity ramps up in terms of the many annual  additive manufacturing and 3D printing shows that are scheduled throughout the…

Inside 3D Printing Hong Kong 2014 Review

Inside 3D Printing, the world’s leading and most prolific 3D printing conference & expo, landed in Hong Kong for the first time this week. After reporting recent successful shows in Korea and Melbourne the stage at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo was…

NY NOW Foreshadows New Uses Of 3D Printing By Its Community

One of the advantages of living and reporting in New York City (well, to be a Borough chauvinist, Brooklyn, actually!) is that sooner or later the world comes to you. Often in the form of a trade show. About 800…

A Two Part Review of 2 3D Scanners, Part 2: the Structure Sensor from Occipital

Coinciding with my review of the Sense 3D scanner from 3D Systems, I had endured the eeriest experience. In capturing a 3D model of my bearded dragon, Shanté, with my wife, Danielle, I had somehow lived out a vision I’d…

A Two Part Review of 2 3D Scanners, Part 1: The Sense from 3D Systems

When I was three, I remember laying in bed and looking up at the ceiling. All of a sudden, I experienced a flash — a vague blur, like a hazy video playing out in my mind. I saw myself holding…

Focus on colorFabb – Overview of 3D Printing Materials

This article is part of the materials testing series for 3D Printing Industry, and here, in the first of two parts, I am considering the 3D printing materials of colorFabb. colorFabb is a young 3D printing plastic material manufacturer. The…

A Review: Nottingham International Conference on AM & 3D Printing 2014

My annual sojourn to Nottingham was this past week, to attend the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (AM) and 3D Printing (3DP), hosted by the Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Research Group at Nottingham University and Econolyst Limited. This year’s…

Mark and Hyeong Yeol Grab a Bite at the S-Dandy Café — Gangnam Style

Things are starting to pick with 3D printing here in Korea. As the knowledge of 3D printing, and what it may be able to do, spreads, Koreans are beginning to embrace this new technology. One group who are obvious potential…

A Review of the Form1 3D Printer By Renishaw’s AM Lab Manager (update 7.15)

I currently run a department for Renishaw plc that uses both conventional and additive manufacturing equipment for the production of everything from early concept models to low volume final production. The department acts as a central bureau serving all of…

Inside the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo, Seoul – Beyond Expectations!

If you have ever looked forward to an event with great anticipation, waited patiently for it to arrive, and found it to be even more exciting than your wildest expectations…you can understand exactly how we felt last week.  The Inside…