Tekma3D Rearranges Desktop 3D Printing for Better Performance
By Michael Molitch-Hou After a few years worth of 3D printers launching on Kickstarter, you’d think that all of the arrangements of motors, rails, printheads had been tried out and we’d been left with...
View Article3D Printing and “the First Legitimate Use of an iPad I Have Seen”
By Michael Molitch-Hou cvbrg begins his Instructable titled “iPad glass as 3D printing build platform” by eloquently asking the following questions: Are you tired of scratches on your Kapton tape, or...
View ArticleiMakr 3D Printing Store Opens in New York City
By Michael Molitch-Hou Last night, iMakr cut the ribbon on its brand new 3D printing store in Central Manhattan, firmly establishing itself as a powerful 3D printing chain, with locations in London...
View ArticlePolyBricks: 3D Printed Clay for 3D Printed Buildings
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printed construction is starting to become a fully-fledged industry, with multiple methods of 3D printing buildings being developed across the world. While most focus on...
View Article7th Grade Makers Invited to White House Maker Faire
By Michael Molitch-Hou While most 7th graders in the US went to school this Wednesday, where they learned long division and dissected the symbolism of The Giver, two lucky students from the Black Pine...
View Article3D Printed D3 for Hardcore Tabletop Gamers
By Michael Molitch-Hou As my wife, Danielle, and co-writer, Scott, have told me, invitations to Dungeons & Dragons parties often invoke Mountain Dew as the ultimate draw. As in, “Do you want to...
View ArticleDelcam Looks at the Software Side of 3D Printed Insoles
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3D printed foot race is heating up this year and the most recent runner to join it is CAD/CAM developer Delcam. Unlike other companies getting involved with 3D printed shoes...
View ArticleJewliebots 3D Printed Jewelry Introduces Young Girls to Programming
By Michael Molitch-Hou Jewliebots is an endeavor that comes from the heart and attempts to address an important issue in our patriarchal society. Sara Chipps and Maria Paula Saba, a Masters candidate...
View Article3D Printing Billion Cell Organs
By Michael Molitch-Hou Ever wanted to know a whole bunch of stuff about 3D bioprinting, its roots and limitations, but didn’t know where to turn? Professor Jordan Miller of the Department of...
View ArticleIndia’s ProtoPrint Makes Fair Trade Recycled 3D Printer Filament
By Michael Molitch-Hou Though 3D printing boasts the ability to save material by building objects up layer by layer, instead of cutting them out of solid blocks, numerous participants in the 3D...
View ArticleDrawing Furniture with a Giant 3D Printing Robot Arm
By Michael Molitch-Hou Instead of building large, gantry-style 3D printing machines, one of the solutions to the problem of scale in 3D printing has been to free printers from their boxes and build...
View ArticleSedgwick the DLP 3D Printer Hits Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-Hou If successfully funded on Kickstarter, the Sedgwick could become the most affordable DLP 3D printer on the market (if you don’t count the LittleDLPer – potentially priced at $500...
View ArticleOctoPrint Cloud 3D Printing Software Gets Financial Backing
By Michael Molitch-Hou Long before the slew of 3D printer networking companies to come onto the scene this year was OctoPrint, an open source solution for making your 3D printer wireless. RepRappers...
View Article3D Printing Carries POWERADE to the World Cup
By Michael Molitch-Hou Of course, we all acknowledge that the World Cup is made possible by the teams of hardworking athletes who have been training their whole lives for a chance at glory, but, behind...
View ArticleAerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Fully 3D Printed Rocket Engine
By Michael Molitch-Hou On June 23, Aerojet Rocketdyne, manufacturer of rockets and missile propulsion systems, performed a series of hot-fire tests on a Bantam demonstration engine that was made...
View ArticleNestle Wants to Meet Dietary Needs with 3D Food Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou After its largest competitor, Hershey, teamed up with 3D Systems to develop 3D printed chocolate and non-chocolate products, Nestle has decided to up the 3D printing ante. The...
View ArticleKibaran Resources Joins 3D Group to 3D Print Graphene
By Michael Molitch-Hou On the one hand, graphene is the most-talked about material of the decade, for its strength, flexibility, and thinness. On the other, 3D printing is, in my deluded eyes, the...
View ArticleRobohand Enables One and Many with 3D Printer Farm
By Michael Molitch-Hou After announcing the development of a 3D printed prosthetic leg, Robohand continues to expand its activities. Most recently, the affordable 3D printed prostheses initiative has...
View ArticleMaterialise Rings NASDAQ Opening Bell in Honor of IPO
By Michael Molitch-Hou After initially filing for an IPO back in February, the industry’s most established and experienced 3D printing service bureau and software developer, Materialise, finally held...
View ArticleAirDog Automated Drone Follows Users with 3D Printed Parts
By Michael Molitch-Hou Helico, a UAV start-up, has just released what may be the first automated drone for tracking and recording outdoor activities. Following you around like your bushy-tailed best...
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