HP to Open Up MultiJet Fusion Materials
Just about everyone is tired of the razor and blade model of inkjet printing, which seems not only wasteful for those cartridges that aren’t recycled and expensive. When 3D printing was made a desktop...
View ArticleLITE-ON Uses Electronics 3D Printing for Mass Production
It’s not often that Optomec advertises what its powerful Aerosol Jet® electronics 3D printing technology is being used for. That’s because it’s often used advanced corporate projects in such industries...
View ArticleProdways Expands Its Presence Further Worldwide
French industrial 3D printer manufacturer Prodways has been making some big moves in the past year. After expanding their technology portfolio from the firm’s patented MOVINGlight photopolymer process...
View ArticleRocket Lab Preps to Send 3D Printed Rocket into Space
It took awhile, but those sci-fi dreams of yesteryear are starting to take shape today. The New Space industry is just starting to get off the ground, with the first commercial 3D printer headed to...
View ArticleThe All-Metal Trinus 3D Printer to Hit Kickstarter Starting at $199
It’s been some time since a new FFF 3D printer has been launched on Kickstarter. The industry has become so saturated with low-cost FFF machines that it’s become increasingly difficult to do so. The...
View Article3Dprintler Brings in Six Figures for “Kayak of 3D Printing”
The founders of 3Dponics have since evolved their business from only 3D printed hydroponic systems to include 3D modeling more generally and a 3D printing price shopping tool called 3Dprintler. As the...
View ArticleSmartphone 3D Printer OLO Passes $1 Million and Counting on Kickstarter
Last week, we had the pleasure of being the first to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for OLO, the smartphone 3D printer. After the campaign began, it hit $30K in just three minutes...
View ArticleLocal Motors on How to 3D Print a Car
Having opened up two car printing facilities in the US in 2016, Local Motors plans to send its first fleet of 3D printed autos onto highways next year. If they deliver, we may begin a new era of auto...
View Article$350 Colorpod Converts FDM to Full-Color Powderbed 3D Printer
Though there have been numerous attempts to bring full-color 3D printing to the desktop, the technology is still far from widespread and affordable. The closest solution currently on the market is the...
View ArticleThe World’s First Digital Sundial, Made Possible with 3D Printing
Time, the elusive measurement of entropy that ticks away our moments until death (and possible rebirth?). That measurement has mutated from simple sundials to complex smartwatches without its actual...
View ArticleNew Multidirectional MAP 3D Printing Technology Puts Do3D on the Map
3D printing is still in its, let’s say, adolescence, as new growth spurts push the young field to reach for its full potential. These past few years has seen the technology learn to 3D print with...
View ArticleDesamanera Brings Large-Scale Stone 3D Printing to the US
An Italian cousin company of Enrico Dini’s D-Shape, Desamanera SRL, is bringing its own interesting, large-scale 3D printing technology to the United States, through an exclusive agency agreement with...
View ArticlePixelstone is 3D Brick Laying for the 21st Century
Upon news that Desamanera, which offers large-scale stone 3D printing, is coming to the United States, I have learned of a Dutch startup that has scaled 3D printed construction down, instead. A...
View ArticlePinshape Shuts Down
The 3D printing industry has not been kind to very startup that has entered this bold and innovative space. It may be a natural progression of new hyped industries, but it’s sad to see small firms...
View ArticleCaravaggio’s “Flagellation of Christ” 3D Printed for the Blind
Work by the Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio demonstrates that humanity had evolved past the flat and emotionless artwork of the medieval era and into one of depth and passion....
View ArticleCTC Electronic Unveils Metal 3D Printer Range
Zhuhai CTC Electronic Co., Ltd is one of the more fascinating companies to me. A rapidly growing Chinese company, with a pre-3D printing manufacturing record, I still have a lot to learn about their...
View ArticleInside 3D Printing Returns to Sydney
Late last year, Rising Media picked up the Inside 3D Printing Conference from MecklerMedia, sharing the series with Alan Meckler’s 3DR Holdings. Just when we thought the world’s largest 3D printing...
View ArticleSLASH 3D Printer Promises Faster Speeds than Carbon 3D
The desktop 3D printing revolution has been underway for years now, but it’s showing no signs of slowing down. As the hype bubble burst, new companies need to bring truly compelling features to the...
View Article3D Systems Unveils Figure 4 Robotic SLA 3D Printer at AMUG
With former CEO Avi Reichental, 3D Systems began to place noticeable resources into the company’s consumer division – some say, at the expense of their key industrial technologies. Now that he has...
View Article3D Systems Announces Availability of MJP 2500 3D Printer
In time for AMUG, 3D Systems has announced the commercial availability of its newest MultiJet Printing (MJP) 3D printer, the ProJet® MJP 2500 Series. The system implements 3D Systems’ own brand of...
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