Zortrax Seeks €2.5 Million with Plans to Go Public
By Michael Molitch-Hou Not too long ago, Rachel reported that Polish 3D printer manufacturer Zortrax had struck a deal with Dell for 5000 of its M200 3D printers. The deal must have given the company a...
View ArticleExecutive Interview – Greg Mark
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3DPI’s Michael Molitch-Hou had a chance to interview Greg Mark, CEO of MarkForged, to ask him about the company’s Mark One 3D printer, which uses a patented process called...
View ArticleStudents Develop “Full-Colour” FDM 3D Printer Adapter
By Michael Molitch-Hou Now, before anyone who’s still wrapping their head around 3D printing goes and tells everyone about this new full-colour 3D printer adapter and before anyone who’s overly...
View ArticleFinalists and Judges Announced for 10th Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing...
By Michael Molitch-Hou Stratasys is now on its 10th Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge, in which middle school, high school and college-level students from all over the world are invited to...
View ArticleBike + 3D Printer – Trash = Mobile Eco 3D Printing Station
By Michael Molitch-Hou Not everyone is aware of the possibility of 3D printing used to recycle discarded plastic into new forms. That’s why the Taipei-based company Fabraft has taken to the streets of...
View Article3D Printing an Experimental Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you thought rapid prototyping was mostly relevant for developing consumer goods, seemingly miscellaneous valves, or even the occasional superbike and would never play a role...
View ArticleIndustrial Vacuum Highlights Reality of “Push-Button” 3D Printers
By Michael Molitch-Hou Is that broken down metal dust collector collecting dust in the corner of your industrial workspace? Then you might be interested in the new NA35 Series industrial metal dust...
View ArticleAnatomically Accurate Aorta Cells 3D Printed at Sabancı University in Turkey
By Michael Molitch-Hou Everyday we are a step closer and a step further away from the 3D bioprinting of a functional organ made from human tissue. At Sabancı University in Turkey, a research team has...
View ArticlePolyMakr Offers 3 New 3D Printing Materials on Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-Hou A new company based in Shanghai believes that it has created three new 3D printing filaments that are superior to those already on the market. And, it appears, the Kickstarter...
View ArticleReport Compiles, Categorizes and Makes Pretty 3D Printing Patent Data
By Michael Molitch-Hou There are people out there who are interested in taking advantage of the 3D printing hype to get their slice of the action. There are others who feel encumbered by the breadth of...
View ArticleSoluble Support Material Supports Creation of Hollow Composite Parts
By Michael Molitch-Hou As it turns out, soluble support materials for FDM/FFF 3D printing may offer more uses than just support. Customers of Stratasys have been utilizing their machines to take...
View ArticleEOS Releases Two Medical Grade Materials for 3D Metal Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou Manufacturer of 3D metal printers EOS is further expanding its materials portfolio and, consequently, expanding the reach of 3D printing into more and more aspects of our lives....
View ArticleFrom Flinstones to Jetsons: Family Prosthetic Business Enters 21st Century...
By Michael Molitch-Hou This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Bill and Brian Layman, the father and son team behind Innovative Orthotics and Prosthetics, their family-run prosthetics business....
View ArticleFormLabs Offers Free Webinar Series Starting Monday
By Michael Molitch-Hou If, like me, you’re thinking about getting a Form1 3D printer for your home or office, but haven’t quite made up your mind, FormLabs is launching a short webinar series to show...
View ArticleCL3VER CAD Publishing Platform Gets Cleverer
By Michael Molitch-Hou Since I last wrote about CL3VER, a cloud-based 3D model publishing platform, the online software has made a number of improvements and it can be safely said that it has moved out...
View ArticleLUXeXceL Moves Ahead Full Steam with 3D Printed Optics Facility
By Michael Molitch-Hou We’ve covered LUXeXceL quite a few times on 3DPI, as they’ve developed a unique method for 3D printing optical components. The award winning company has additively manufactured...
View ArticleAutomatic Technology Switching to Enhance Your 3D Printer Tools and the...
By Michael Molitch-Hou An interesting Indiegogo campaign was posted to 3DPI’s facebook page the other day. The campaign made no subtle allusions to the fact that the product would have a similar...
View Article3D Systems Begins Shipping Micro-SLA 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou After the onslaught of releases made by 3D Systems at Euromold at the end of last year and CES at the beginning of this year, there’s likely to be a great deal of anticipation...
View ArticleVersoteq Expands the 3D Printed Customizables Marketplace
By Michael Molitch-Hou Versoteq is a Finnish company that, in addition to offering spare part replacement services with 3D scanning and 3D printing, allows users to customize 3D printed items for...
View ArticleOut of 1,000 Americans, ⅓ Would Purchase a 3D Printer for the Home
By Michael Molitch-Hou According to a recent report conducted by OnePoll and financed by CEL, makers of the Robox 3D printer, one in three Americans are ready to have a 3D printer in their own home. My...
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