Shanghai Hosts its First Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo
By Michael Molitch-Hou Shanghai holds a special place in my heart, being the home city of my godparents who survived the Cultural Revolution to come to the United States and help make me the person I...
View ArticleMetal 3D Printer Manufacturer Arcam Reports Strong Earnings in Q3
By Michael Molitch-Hou Manufacturer of 3D metal printers Arcam AB (NASDAQ OMX: ARCM.ST, OTC: AMAVF) has just released their January-September report this morning and the results look good! Or, in 3D...
View ArticleAlmost All of Your, Our, My Little Ponies 3D Printable Thru Shapeways
By Michael Molitch-Hou Bronies, start your horse-engines because there are way too many printable My Little Ponies on Shapeways right now. Since Hasbro sent out an open invitation to all MLP fans to...
View ArticleWorld’s Tallest 3Doodle of the World’s Tallest Building
By Michael Molitch-Hou Dubai’s enormous trade show, GITEX Technology Week, this past week featured, along with some big names in consumer computers and electronics, but what may be the biggest...
View Article3D Printed Heel Bone Saves Man from Amputation
By Michael Molitch-Hou Australia continues to be a happening place for 3D printing in medicine. Not only does the nation offer the world’s first Masters in Bioprinting program, but doctors there are...
View ArticleSigma Labs to 3D Print Metal Parts Commercially
By Michael Molitch-Hou Sigma Labs, Inc. (SGLB), has announced plans to move beyond their previous business of developing quality inspection systems for metal 3D printing, to commercial 3D printing...
View ArticleShapeways Discounts & Scholarships to Aid 3D Printing Education
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing service bureau Shapeways is big into education and they’ve just published a blog post detailing exactly how so. The company’s education program is dedicated to...
View ArticleLand vs. Sea: Kitesurf Boards with 3D Printed Parts Race a Honda Civic to the...
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing has been used to make the extreme sport of windsurfing a bit more extreme in the lead up to a land vs. sea challenge this week. As five kite-surfers cross the...
View ArticleMaizena Gets Cooking with Liquid 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou Autumn’s here and it’s time to start thinking about corn! The US is practically drowning in the starchy stuff, due to the federal government’s giant subsidy to the corn industry....
View ArticleThe NIST’s 3D Printed Dog Nose Knows
By Michael Molitch-Hou A lonely scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), thinks to himself, “If only… if only I could have a nose… like a dog!” After a bit of staring off...
View ArticleLulzBot to Debut New 3D Printer at Inside 3D Printing Santa Clara Tomorrow
By Michael Molitch-Hou Tomorrow at Inside 3D Printing Santa Clara, Aleph Objects, makers of the LulzBot line of 3D printers, will debut a prototype model of their new desktop 3D printer. Made to be a...
View ArticleDestroy Your Local Hulk with 3D Printed Iron Man Cosplay
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you’re building an enormous Iron Man Hulkbuster suit at home, like XRobots’ James Bruton, you’re going to need a Unibeam repulsion weapon, to tie it all together. Though...
View ArticleSee Dita Von Teese’s 3D Printed Gown Up Close on Sketchfab
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing fashion designer Francis Bitonti has just joined Sketchfab and the results are better than we could have hoped for! Though the designer has since begun his own line...
View ArticleTank Girl Goes from Punk to Cyber Punk with 3D Printed LED Bandolier
By Michael Molitch-Hou Growing up, Tank Girl was my favorite movie and it has forever embedded Devo’s “Girl U Want” into my mind as one of the defining songs of my childhood. If I had the guts to...
View ArticleNew Book Asks: How Can 3D Printing Cause Social Change in the Global South?
By Michael Molitch-Hou As low-cost 3D printing begins to evolve, many have suggested its ability to transform the developing world in one way or another. The conversion of plastic refuse to 3D...
View Article3D Systems Disappoints with Revenue Projections
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D Systems (DDD) has disappointed shareholders this quarter after the estimated revenue of their full-year forecast fell well below analyst approximations. The company issued an...
View ArticleNew UK Robotics Facility Features World’s Largest Multi-Material 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou Premier manufacturer of industrial and consumer 3D printers Stratasys Ltd. has announced today a partnership with the UK’s brand new robotics facility, the Engineering and...
View ArticleSculpteo Now Allows for Multipart 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou From what I know of the three major 3D printing services – Shapeways, i.materialise, and Sculpteo – Sculpteo is keen on anticipating the needs of their customers to push the 3D...
View ArticleArtist 3D Prints 3 Foot Tall Sculpture for Phoenix’s Shemer Art Center
By Michael Molitch-Hou At the Shemer Art Center in Phoenix, Arizona from October 17 to November 27 is an extensive art exhibition devoted to 3D printed artwork. And, at the center of the “Materialize:...
View Article$1 Million Award to Fund Integrated Electronics 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou Now that we’ve got a number of advanced 3D printing technologies, from high-end metal 3D printers to low-cost desktop fabricators, we await the day when 3D printed items become...
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