Photonic Firm Zecotek Enters 3D Printing Market
By Michael Molitch-HouZecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I) is among the growing number of companies currently outside of the 3D printing industry looking to get into the middle of it....
View ArticleMcor Goes to Turkey with Teknodizayn
By Michael Molitch-HouManufacturer of the world’s only 3D paper printers is gradually expanding its influence across the globe, landing a reseller in Turkey. Mcor, which until last year maintained...
View ArticleCAD Users Don’t Really Use 3D Printing, But They Plan To
By Michael Molitch-HouA recent survey about CAD software conducted by telecom research firm Business Advantage Group offers a bit of insight about how 3D printing technology is (or is not) utilized by...
View ArticleForce Sensing Resistors Make for Auto Bed Levelling for 3D Printers
By Michael Molitch-HouJohann Rocholl, inventor of the deltabot-style RepRap, is continually seeking to upgrade the designs for his 3D printers, when he’s not busy working at Google that is. After...
View Article3D Printed Device to Track and Treat Heart Disease
By Michael Molitch-HouThe futurists were right! Soon, we will be able to monitor the various biological systems that make up our bodies, tracking the health of various organs and preventing illnesses...
View ArticleIs This Furniture 3D Printed or 3D Assembled?
By Michael Molitch-HouIn October of last year, I covered, with a Seussian veneer, the story of a company that plans to print furniture in ways that will make you grin and drumblurnishure. Just kidding....
View ArticleOak Ridge National Laboratory Takes 3D Printing Fast and Big
By Michael Molitch-HouWhile I was at the AeroDef conference last week, I spoke with Dr. Ron Ott, Deputy Director of Energy & Transportation Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), who told...
View ArticleLocal Motors Launches Dystopian Design Contest
By Michael Molitch-HouLocal Motors, the open source, crowdsourcing auto manufacturer that promises to 3D print a car in the near future, has launched a new contest, in partnership with Boonar Studio,...
View ArticleMakerBot Extends New England Reach to CAD Professionals
By Michael Molitch-HouMakerBot is making its presence known in Connecticut, where the launch of their retail store has influenced locals, like the non-profit Level Up Village, to adopt MakerBot as...
View ArticleBAE Certifies 3D Printed Plastic Parts for Jetliner
By Michael Molitch-HouIf you want to get 3D printing into end-use production for aircraft, whether it’s for free media coverage or to prove that the technology is efficient and effective for...
View ArticleProtocow Quotation Service Comes to Home 3D Printers
By Michael Molitch-HouLast November, we covered a company called Protocow, which offered a quote generation service for businesses offering 3D printing services. An embeddable widget on a company’s...
View ArticleOwen Collins Takes 3D Printing on a Date to the Theatre
By Michael Molitch-Hou“So, you say, all that info about 3D printers is well and good, but how does this pertain to theatre?” You were saying that, weren’t you? That quote is from an article that Owen...
View ArticleStudents Repair School with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-HouFirst, imagine that you had the money to send your kid to private school. Then, imagine that that private school got some 3D printers. If you’ve successfully accomplished both of...
View ArticleAmazon Opens 3D Printed Product Marketplace with 3DLT
By Michael Molitch-HouThere are those who have suggested that 3D printing might challenge Amazon’s business of shipping an almost infinite number of products from anywhere to anywhere really quickly...
View ArticleExOne Makes Two Acquisitions For a Total of Almost $10 Million
By Michael Molitch-HouIndustrial 3D printer manufacturer ExOne (XONE) has just announced the acquisition of two operations to expand its post-print processing abilities. The company, known for its...
View ArticleAfinia’s H-Series Gets an Upgrade with the H480 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-HouAfinia’s H479 3D printer has made a big impact on the consumer 3D printer market, namely because of the printer’s hassle-free plug-n-play capabilities. The H-Series 3D printer has...
View ArticleIKONICS Making Moves from Digital Texturing to 3D Printing?
By Michael Molitch-HouIKONICS, not to be confused with Bosnian basketball player Goran Ikonić, is an imaging solutions company that has, since its inception in the 1950s, branched out into specialized...
View Article3D Print Preview Previews the Future of Neo3Do 3D Tablets
By Michael Molitch-Hou3D Print Preview is an app that does pretty much what it sounds like. It’s an .stl viewer specifically for Android devices that allows users to see a print before they print it....
View ArticleHello Thingy: the First Truly Kawaii RepRap
By Michael Molitch-HouHere’s another story about someone who’s unafraid to let an individual noun represent her identity. April, of the 3D Printing group on LinkedIn, has taken a piece of technology...
View ArticleCertifiable — Your 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Experience
By Michael Molitch-HouSo you thought you could take advantage of a growing interest in 3D printing by saying that you’re an expert in the new technology. Hell, how is anyone going to prove you’re not?...
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