Makers of DittoPro 3D Printer Add Former MakerBot Director to Advisory Board
By Michael Molitch-Hou Watching the growth of the desktop 3D printer market, it’s interesting to note which manufacturers are implementing long-term business strategies to emerge as the future’s name...
View ArticleRad Dad 3D Prints Elephant Nightlight for Daughter
By Michael Molitch-Hou A message to parents: if you really want to make your children happy, you will design and build them their very own 3D printed nightlight and program an iPad app to go with it....
View ArticleUS Military Turns to Hollywood’s Legacy Effects to 3D Print Iron Man Suit
By Michael Molitch-Hou Let’s say you’re the US military and you want to create an Iron Man-like suit in which to encase soldiers on the battlefield. Who would you turn to help you make the thing? Why...
View ArticleGoldilocks and RichRap’s Small, Medium, and Giant 3D Printers
By Michael Molitch-Hou Once upon a time, there were three bears that lived in a house (for some reason) and a little blonde girl snuck into the house (for some reason) and decided to 3D print some Yoda...
View Article3D Printed Mysterabbit Interrogates Life’s Mystery
By Michael Molitch-Hou My wife just sent me a Huffington Post article titled “14 Ways 3D Printing Has Changed The Art World”. Running down the list, I saw the 3D printed Van Gogh flowers (and ear),...
View ArticleCustomizable 3D Printed Hard Drives with a Special Discount & Contest Just...
By Michael Molitch-Hou Christopher Campbell and Mary Munoz started out as two San Francisco Art Institute students who simply enjoyed 3D printing knick-knacks around the house. With a bit of a push...
View Article3D Printed Vascular Tree Aids Smart Catheter Project
By Michael Molitch-Hou According to the Center for Disease Control, more than half a million people die from heart disease in the United States every year. To diagnose these cardiac conditions and...
View ArticleSciaky’s Giant 3D Metal Printers Available for Sale
By Michael Molitch-Hou Attending a couple of 3D printing events directed at the aerospace and defense industries, I heard from Lockheed Martin representatives that had been working with additive...
View ArticleMeshmixer Adds Type A Machines 3D Printers to Compatibility List
By Michael Molitch-Hou In the past year, Adobe has entered hesitantly into the 3D printing industry by offering 3D printing extensions to its Photoshop CC software, allowing users to format and send...
View ArticleCustomizable 3D Printed Jewelry from Zazzy is Back
By Michael Molitch-Hou Almost a year ago, I wrote about a site for customizable 3D printed jewelry called Zazzy. Back then, Zazzy was only in beta, but I was able to play around with the 3D printed...
View ArticleMarvel 3D Printer Pops Up at Sam’s Club in Texas
By Michael Molitch-Hou In the past ten years or so, Marvel Studios has tried to make its name synonymous with “summer blockbusters”. I’m sure super hero movies come out every season, as they don’t...
View Article3D Print Your Own GE Jet Engine
By Michael Molitch-Hou GE has been doing its part to spread the news about 3D printing’s potential in industrial manufacturing. Aside form their new LEAP engine, built with 3D printed fuel nozzles...
View ArticleLight Up the Night with Your 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou Here’s a good weekend project for RepRap 3D printer owners, specifically owners of a Prusa i3 with an acrylic frame. If you’ve seen some of these newer 3D printers outfitted...
View ArticleStratasys and Graphene Tech Partner for 3D Printed Graphene
By Michael Molitch-Hou On June 26 of this year, the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation approved $8.9 million in funding for 11 new...
View ArticleWill the Next Big 3D Printing Start-up Emerge from GIGTANK 2014?
By Michael Molitch-Hou In two weeks, Danielle and I have the pleasure of flying to Chattanooga, Tennessee, the only town to inspire a gold record winning song about trains and establish a city-owned...
View Article3D Printer David Shows His Stuff Ahead of Kickstarter Launch
By Michael Molitch-Hou For some time now, 3D printer startup Sculptify has been slowly teasing the release of their pellet-crunching 3D printer, David. In fact, until last month, we didn’t even know...
View ArticleHome Depot Begins Carrying MakerBot 3D Printers in Select Stores
By Michael Molitch-Hou The Home Depot has just opened up 3D printing to an even broader audience. Today, the chain announced that they would be selling MakerBot devices in select stores, including...
View ArticleIran Works to Develop its Own Medical 3D Printing Technology
By Michael Molitch-Hou It is said that 3D printing is having a huge impact in the medical field. By converting a patient’s CT scans into 3D models, it’s possible for doctors to create patient-specific...
View ArticleHurco Files Patent for Hybrid CNC-Based 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou Hurco Companies, manufacturer of CNC machines and tools, has announced today the filing of a patent for a hybrid CNC machining-3D printing technology. The device allows for the...
View ArticleStratasys Completes Acquisition of Solid Concepts
By Michael Molitch-Hou One of the most notable purchases that 3D printing industry leader Stratasys made this year was that of Solid Concepts, the US’s largest 3D printing and prototyping service, and...
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