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FDA Clears OPM’s 3D Printed Spinal Implants

July 23, 2015, 8:27 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Oxford Performance Materials was the first company to receive FDA approval for a polymer implant for their unique skull implants.  While the company’s biocompatible materials have been deemed safe for implantation, their previous implants, including the aforementioned cranial implant and the OsteoFab Patient-Specific Facial Device, were not load-bearing, limiting the use of their technology and materials to a small region of the body.  Today, however, all of that has changed, as the company receives FDA clearance for its SpineFab® VBR implant system, now the first and only 3D printed polymer load-bearing device.…

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ZVerse Gains Ground with 3D Systems Partnership & $3.5 M Funding

July 23, 2015, 9:05 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

3D Systems knows a good business when it sees it.  In the past, it might have flat-out acquired it, but acquisitions may not make the best financial sense at the moment.  So, 3D Systems has entered into a commercial agreement with ZVerse, a company that has been gaining a lot of traction with the ability to convert 2D images into 3D printable objects using their own LAYR software and 3D Systems’ full-color ProJet systems.
ZVerse has steadily gained ground with its sports memorabilia business, earning more than $1 million in revenues, eventually gaining the eye of Source3, whose founders have previously worked for Google and 3D Systems. …

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Solidscape and Kangshuo Group Open Largest 3D Printing Service in China

July 23, 2015, 3:46 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Two months back, we reported on a deal between Stratasys subsidiary Solidscape and Kangshuo Group Co. Ltd to create the largest 3D printing service bureau in China.  Today, that agreement has come to fruition with the partners opening up an 80,000 square-foot multi-story facility in Foshan City, Guangdong Province equipped with 100 Solidscape 3D printers.   And, according to Stratasys, this is only the beginning.

The new facility, which also includes a 21,000 square foot assembly factory for building Solidscape printers, is just the first in a wide-reaching deal that will see the creation of 100 “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers” across the country, equipped with Solidscape machines.…

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CEO Jennifer Lewis on the Future of Electronics 3D Printing & Voxel8’s Huge $12M Funding

July 24, 2015, 4:29 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

This year, one startup shook the industry with the potential to push 3D printing to the next level and it wasn’t Carbon3D. Though Carbon3D’s ultra-fast CLIP technology has huge implications for the potential of 3D printing, it can only satiate the desire for speed and instant gratification. Still, CLIP will be, at least as it was presented to the public, a method for producing parts. Voxel8, however, is working towards the ability to produce, not parts, but completely functional objects with their Developer’s Kit, a unique desktop platform for 3D printing electronics and other multi-material objects.…

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Marketplace for 3D Printing & Makers Pops Up at Doyourshelf.com

July 24, 2015, 9:38 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

There has been at least one attempt to launch an Etsy-style site focused on DIY and Maker goods, but it has yet to materialize to the extent that Etsy has.  Another contender has stepped up to the plate and, though it is still in its inception, could prove to be a possible go-to site to sell Maker-wares and DIY products.

Doyourshelf.com is a Barcelona-based site where anyone in Europe can open up a shop and begin selling goods.  At the moment, these goods consist of only a handful of shops. …

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Free 3D Printable of the Week: Hillary Clinton Action Figure

July 24, 2015, 11:05 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

The US Primaries are coming up, which means that all of the candidates are under the spotlight. Though there’s already a 3D printable version of the current Commander in Chief, we’re still waiting for the entire roster of possible future presidents to be available in printable form.  One startup previously covered on 3DPI, however, has uploaded a printable Hillary Clinton, one of only a few running for the Democratic Party.  Created by design firm FCTRY, this action figure was originally part of a successful Kickstarter campaign launched in support of the candidate, though I should note that I am not endorsing her run by posting this model.…

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3D Printed MOOD Glasses Provide Trippy Visuals without the Trip

July 24, 2015, 11:26 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Hungarian artist Bence Agoston’s MOOD specs probably won’t help you trip so hard you see the ultimate nature of the Universe, but they will replicate some of the visuals you might experience while on hallucinogens. Post on the artist’s Behance site, these 3D printed frames are paired with a set of six different kaleidoscopic lens that, when rotated, create a number of fun patterns, based on the Moiré effect.

The artist describes his red, green, and blue filters in this way, “Because each color filters the incoming lights differently, and the patterns can overlap each other or leave blank fields, the new view is completely random and twisted.” 

The artist makes no direct reference to LSD, but he does say that the ideal time to use them might be while listening to psychedelic music, “The ideal situation for use is during travel, when people listen to music, just looking out the window and watching the ever-changing sights, in perfect harmony with the music.…

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REALvision Software Now Includes MyMiniFactory’s Complete 3D Model Library

July 27, 2015, 9:22 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Danish R&D company Create it REAL is an interesting one, working on a variety of products ranging from white label manufacturing of 3D printers to developing 3D printer processors meant to speed up a machine’s printing speed.  The company also supplies a graphical 3D printing software called REALvision that manufacturers can use to run their printers.  Now, this REALvision platform will not only be able to handle a 3D printer’s output, but its input as well, as Create it REAL partners with MyMiniFactory.com to connect REALvision to the complete MMF database, now numbering about 10,000 “guaranteed 3D printable” models.…

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L-Cheapo Converts 3D Printers into Laser Cutters for Cheapo

July 27, 2015, 10:24 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Founded earlier this year by January 2015 by “bright Russian entrepreneur George I Fomitchev and the brilliant electrical engineer, NASA contractor Matteo Borri”, Endurance is in the business of “business robots, lasers, and telepresence rigs.” With such disparate interests, the company is clearly capable of lateral thinking and devising new applications for their technology.  An example of such is the L-Cheapo laser, which can be outfitted onto just about any CNC or FFF 3D printer to turn it into a laser cutting machine.…

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US to Open Large-Scale Metal 3D Printing Facility with Norsk Titanium

July 27, 2015, 11:34 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

There are a number of 3D printing facilities across the US, including Stratasys’ Direct Manufacturing and GE’s Alabama plant, dedicated to their 3D printed LEAP fuel nozzles. Apparently, however, Norway’s Norsk Titanium AS (NTi) doesn’t believe that any of these are quite industrial-grade.  To push 3D printing into a mainstream manufacturing tech, the titanium 3D printing company plans to open a 200,000-square-foot plant that they deem the “world’s first industrial-scale 3D printing facility”.

Norsk will be opening the government-owned facility in an unnamed state as a part of a public-private partnership aiming to 3D print large-scale aircraft components relying on NTi’s patented Direct Metal Deposition technology.…

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Branch Technology is 3D Printing the Future of Construction One Wall at a Time

July 28, 2015, 4:33 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

“Did you know,” Platt Boyd asks me, “that the way we construct buildings hasn’t really changed for 10,000 years? The oldest extant structures are about 10,000 years old and those are post and beam. And we’ve been doing it that way for a long, long time, with some deviation, but not a lot. But they don’t really translate how structures are formed in the natural world.”
I met Platt last year when I attended a pitch contest called Demo Day, hosted by tech incubator GIGTANK, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.…

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Michigan Tech Opens Up Reusable Substrates for Metal 3D Printing

July 28, 2015, 10:18 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

In 2013, the lab of Prof. Joshua Pearce at Michigan Tech had designed an open source metal 3D printer that could be assembled for less than $2,000.  The lab is still working hard on their technology and, today, published a breakthrough that could be applicable to metal 3D printing as a whole and, more importantly, reduces the cost of metal 3D printing with their system even further.
Typically, metal 3D printing requires the use of a metal substrate, onto which the part is fabricated. …

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Panasonic Launches 3D Printing Photo Lab with 120 Lumix Cameras

July 28, 2015, 3:31 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

3D portraiture is one of the most immediately consumer-ready 3D printing products available, but it’s been slow to catch on with big name businesses, though Disney/Marvel has been testing out 3D printed figurines customized to look like super heroes and Star Wars characters.  Panasonic in Japan, however, is now jumping on board, launching its first 3D portrait booth.

At the Panasonic Center in Osaka, the tech giant has opened up a massive 3D scanning room for creating 3D portraits. To pull it off, the company installed 120 LUMIX GH4 cameras, which sell at a whopping $1,200+ a pop. …

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Afinia Unveils ES360 Tabletop 3D Scanner

July 28, 2015, 4:49 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

As their new H800 3D printer gets prepped for shipping to pre-order customers, Afinia has revealed another bit of news: the release of a tabletop 3D scanner.  The ES360 desktop scanner broadens the company’s product line, while complementing their new 3D printer.

Relying on white light scanning, the portable scanner is capable of reaching ≤0.1mm accuracy.  It can function with two different scanning modes, an automatic scan, which has a maximum scan size of 215x215x200mm, or the free scan mode, capable of scanning an area of up to 700x700x700mm in size. …

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Occipital Raises $13M for 3D Scanning & Spatial Computing

July 29, 2015, 4:29 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Occipital, Inc. has been making a stir since the launch of their low-cost 3D scanner on Kickstarter, eventually seeing the licensing of their iPad/iPhone-based Structure Sensor to 3D Systems and the use of the device as a VR headset with positional tracking.  The investment community seems to be among those enamored by the technology, as, today, Occipital has announced the closing of a $13M Series B funding round that includes Intel Capital, Shea Ventures, and Grishin Robotics, along with the firm’s previous investor, Foundry Group.…

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3D Hubs Celebrates 20K 3D Print Hubs with #WeAre20K Giveaway

July 29, 2015, 7:35 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

It’s hard to imagine that the 3D Hubs community was just a speck in its founders eyes two and a half years ago and, now, the distributed manufacturing network is growing at an exponential rate. At the beginning of the year, the site was only up to 10,000 3D printer listings and, six months later, 3D Hubs now has 20,000 3D printers listed.  In fact, more Hubs have been added in the past six months than the previous two years combined. …

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3dChef Jumps onto 3D Hubs to Offer Sugar 3D Printing

July 29, 2015, 8:50 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Julian Sing, aka 3dChef, runs, as far as I know, the only independent firm for 3D printing sugar objects.  As a product designer, Maker, and pastry chef, Julian was able to create his own sugar 3D printer way ahead of the yet-to-launch ChefJet 3D printer from 3D Hubs.  Until now, 3dChef has been providing its sugar printing services to local artists and businesses, which has seen his printer fabricate melting sugar cubes for music videos and even honey for a London-based artist.…

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3D Printing Firm Alphaform AG Files for Bankruptcy

July 29, 2015, 12:23 pm
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

As 3D printing hype was boosting industry stocks to obscene levels last year, among those cited as potentially worthy investments by analysts was German rapid prototyping company Alphaform AG.  In fact, it is one of only a handful of 3D printing stocks that one can invest in.  Unfortunately, it seems as though the post-hype bubble market has had a negative effect on the Germany firm as Alphaform has begun bankruptcy proceedings on the grounds of impending insolvency.

Alphaform was established in 1996 near Munich, where the company performs rapid prototyping and 3D printing services, including series production.…

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3D Printed Guitarmaker Leads Students in Building Mobile Concrete 3D Printer

July 30, 2015, 8:36 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

While Prof. Olaf Diegel is now known as the father of 3D printed instruments, with his complete ensemble of guitars, keyboard, and drums performing regularly at expos worldwide.  Diegel, however, is not limited to instruments, as evidenced by an open source robot he designed last year.  In fact, the father of 3D printed instruments is also a professor at the University of Lund, where his experiments with 3D printing are becoming bigger and more elaborate, as he and his colleagues have begun building a mobile concrete 3D printer.…

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Choc Creator 2.0 Plus Kicks Off 2nd Generation Chocolate 3D Printing

July 30, 2015, 9:02 am
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By Michael Molitch-Hou

Back in 2011, researchers at the University of Exeter made headlines with a lab-made chocolate printer.  This machine was eventually spun out of the lab into a full-blown company called Choc Edge which made the first commercial chocolate 3D printer. Since then, the company has gone through two iterations of its Choc Creator chocolate printer, releasing the Choc Creator 2.0 last year.  Now, Choc Edge has announced their latest upgrade to tabletop chocolate 3D printer, the Choc Creator 2.0 Plus.

The Choc Creator 2.0 Plus, the company states, has been “designed from the ground up”.…

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