The Node Modular Sensor: Sensing the World with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou In our travels to a number of expos, my wife, Danielle, and I have seen a lot of 3D printed prototypes and final production parts and we’ve read about more than we can count, but...
View Article3D Printing, the Gig, and Why You Might Move to Chattanooga, TN – Part 2
By Michael Molitch-Hou Visiting Chattanooga, Danielle and I really didn’t know what to expect. We heard about the Gig and the smart grid and we were ready for a slew of 3D printing start-ups, but,...
View Article3D Printing and Technology Fund Now Available via Charles Schwab and Other...
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3D Printing and Technology Fund, launched by mediabistro’s Alan and John Meckler, has today announced that its Investor Class (TDPNX) shares can be purchased through a number...
View ArticleSolidoodle Releases Three New 3D Printers, with Pre-Order Prices Starting at...
By Michael Molitch-Hou In 2011, Solidoodle established itself as one of the early plug-n-play 3D printer manufacturers on the market. Since then, the Brooklyn-based company has remained a landmark of...
View Articlei.materialise Welcomes Sketchfab Interface onto its 3D Printing Marketplace
By Michael Molitch-Hou Online 3D printables marketplace i.materials has just made its printables that much more compelling by adding the popular 3D modeling interface Sketchfab to its API. Now,...
View Article3D Printing Politics Conference, from the Makers of Inside 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou As 3D printing begins to alter all aspects of manufacturing, a paradigm shift is occurring that will force us, as a society, to reconsider the political and legal ramifications...
View ArticleSciaky Makes First Official Sale of Giant Metal 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou Last month, Chicago-based Sciaky, Inc. announced that it had opened up its large-scale Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) System for sale. The Phillips Service...
View Article17-Year-Old Entrepreneur Launches 3D Printables Marketplace
By Michael Molitch-Hou In the crowded 3D printing marketplace, Maarten van Gelderen has found a unique selling point: Dhreams is the first 3D printables site founded by a 17-year-old entrepreneur....
View Article3D Systems Partners with United Nude for 3D Printed Shoe Line
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3D printed footwear race has already begun, with companies like Feetz hoping to be one of the fastest runners on the track. While Nike has kept their cleats on the field,...
View ArticleActiv8 Your 3D Printer’s Full Potential with this All-Inclusive Touchscreen...
By Michael Molitch-Hou At the moment, there is an overlap between what might be considered first-ish generation desktop 3D printers and second-ish generation 3D printers. The former might be...
View Article3D Systems Acquires Laser Reproductions to Expand Quickparts 3D Printing...
By Michael Molitch-Hou Forever locked into battle, 3D printing industry leaders Stratasys and 3D Systems compete with one another in an endless series of product releases, business acquisitions, and...
View ArticleSOLS Announces Launch of 3D Printed Orthotics Across the US
By Michael Molitch-Hou SOLS Systems, developer of a unique line of custom, corrective orthotics, has announced that their flagship SOLS product is available for sale across the United States. Achy...
View ArticleCourt Orders Stratasys to Drop One 3D Printing Patent in Afinia Lawsuit
By Michael Molitch-Hou Last November, 3D printing industry leader Stratasys, makers of fused deposition modeling technology, filed a lawsuit against Microboards Technology, LLC, makers of the Afinia...
View ArticleThe Blacksmith Genesis 3D Printer and Scanner to Launch on Indiegogo August 12
By Michael Molitch-Hou Next week, a new desktop 3D printing/3D scanning combination machine called the Blacksmith Genesis plans to hit Indiegogo. Ramping up to the campaign, the Singapore-based...
View ArticleIn Order to Form a More Perfect Union: a Crowdsourced 3D Printed Ben Franklin
By Michael Molitch-Hou Earlier this year, a group calling themselves We The Builders – founded by Todd Blatt, David Fine. Matthew Griffin, Amy Hurst, Ryan Kittleson and Marty McGuire, and enabled by 3D...
View ArticleKITTAZ: LulzBot Releases Kit Form of TAZ 4 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou Aleph Objects, the company behind the Lulzbot line of 3D printers, is a fan of constantly modifying their machines with new iterations. From May of last year until May of this...
View ArticleYobi3D is Google for 3D Printable Content
By Michael Molitch-Hou In the plethora of 3D printable websites out there, we’ve been awaiting one site to rule them all. Yobi3D may be that site. By entering a search term, Yobi3D pours over the 3D...
View ArticleQuiz: Can You Tell 19 Different 3D Printers Apart by Looking at their...
By Michael Molitch-Hou For casual and pro 3D printer users alike, this may be the most boring video you could ever watch, but if you’re like me, you’ll watch almost anything. More importantly, if you...
View ArticleDisabled Chihuahua Rides in 3D Printed Style
By Michael Molitch-Hou Not long ago, a Chihuahua on Indianapolis, born without his front legs, was taken in by a local Veterinary technician, Ashely Looper, who outfitted the tiny puppy with a...
View ArticlecolorFabb Contest Winners Reinterpret the 3D Printing Time Lapse Video
By Michael Molitch-Hou To continue our weekend focus on watching 3D printers print stuff, we’ve got the results of ColorFabb’s Time-Lapse Contest, which ran this summer, from June 25th to July 25th. As...
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