LinkBits: 3D Printing News for the Week of February 21st
By Michael Molitch-Hou Another week, another round of LinkBits: your source for brief bits of news from the 3D printing industry. The industry is booming and so are we, so here is a list of stories...
View ArticleA 3D Printable STEM Curriculum Launches on Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-Hou Hannah Olson and Laron Walker believed that educational STEM kits were too expensive for teachers to implement science, engineering, and math curricula to their classes. For that...
View ArticleDad Helps Daughter Mock-Up “Everything” 3D Printer Concept
By Michael Molitch-Hou We’ve previously covered Julian Sing’s remarkable sugar printing work, used to craft intricate cake toppers, promotional items, and, even, props for music performances. The...
View ArticleTinkerine Claims Education Market with New App & Yearbook Partnership
By Michael Molitch-Hou Further expanding its footprint in the educational market, Tinkerine™ Studios Ltd., manufacturers of the Ditto Pro 3D printer, has partnered with North American yearbook...
View ArticleSpace 3D Printer Featured in Smithsonian’s Epic “Tools” Exhibition
By Michael Molitch-Hou On top of its immense 3D scanning endeavor and other projects, the Smithsonian is continuing to recognize the importance of 3D printing in human progress. Space.com reports that...
View ArticleLawton Leaves MakerBot for EVP Position at Stratasys
By Michael Molitch-Hou Last September, the face of MakerBot, former CEO Bre Pettis, left the start-up he had started up to join MakerBot’s new parent company, Stratasys, where he founded Bold Machines,...
View Article3D Systems Releases ProJet 3510 DPPro All-in-One Medical 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou With the fields of medicine and dentistry benefiting greatly from the ability of 3D printing to produce custom, intricate, and castable objects, both 3D Systems and Stratasys...
View ArticleEOS Leaves EuroMold 3D Printing Show in Favor of TCT
By Michael Molitch-Hou EuroMold, the world’s largest annual 3D printing and mold-making convention, typically finds its approximately 1,000 exhibitors and 55,000 trade visitors meeting in Frankfurt,...
View ArticleFedEx, UPS Refuse to Ship Ghost Gunner Gun Milling Machine
By Michael Molitch-Hou The subject of the 3D printed gun is a touchy one, on the one hand representing individual rights for those in favor of the idea and representing collective harm for those...
View ArticleAmazon Sets Out to Conquer Entire 3D Printing Industry with New Patent...
By Michael Molitch-Hou The idea of a mobile 3D printing service is not new, but when Amazon has recently filed a patent application for the practice, which, in fact, goes far beyond the concept of a...
View ArticleThe Rubik’s Cube Made Kid-Friendly with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou At French 3D printing marketplace Cults, Fossil product designer Emmanuel Carillo has published his designs for a simple and kid-friendly Rubik’s-style cube. While at the...
View ArticleLUXeXceL’s Transparent 3D Printing Service Made Public
By Michael Molitch-Hou LUXeXceL has previously won awards for its one-of-a-kind Printoptical 3D printing technology. With the ability to 3D print clear parts up to 20 mm in height, without the need...
View ArticleCanon and 3D Systems Partner to March Across Europe
By Michael Molitch-Hou Canon, Inc. remains one of the most popular camera manufacturers in the world, though the rise in smartphone usage may cut into the use of the company’s analog and digital...
View ArticleCurrys PC World Now Selling Robox 3D Printers to the UK and Ireland
By Michael Molitch-Hou Since its release, I’ve been excited about the Robox 3D printer from CEL. Developed by expert industrial designers and engineers, the Robox was the first (and may be the only)...
View ArticleAutodesk Opens Memento Reality Computing Software Up to Public
By Michael Molitch-Hou As REAL 2015 is well under way, with 3DPI’s Andrew Wheeler on the ground attending the event, Autodesk has made its first big announcement to establish the ubiquity of reality...
View ArticleDaft Punk Unmasked and 3D Scanned
By Michael Molitch-Hou Everyone’s heard of Daft Punk, but not everyone’s seen the faces behind those famous robotic DJs (unless this pic counts). Xavier Veilhan is fortunate, even lucky, to be among...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: And the Oscar Goes to…
By Michael Molitch-Hou Why star in a thrilling drama or quirky comedy to take home an Academy Award, when you can 3D print your own? This week’s free 3D printable comes from Sketchfab user JuanG3D, who...
View ArticleComplex Separation of Conjoined Twins Successfully Planned with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou We’ve covered many stories in which 3D printing has aided in the planning of surgeries, with patient-specific, 3D printed models cutting surgery time drastically by providing...
View Article3D Printing Expert Econolyst Forms Stratasys Strategic Consulting Division
By Michael Molitch-Hou Upon consolidating its 3D printing and manufacturing services into a single division, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, Stratasys is expanding its role as a service provider from...
View ArticleClosing the Sustainability Cycle with InnoCirlce Recycled 3D Printing Filaments
By Michael Molitch-Hou It’s now been obvious for some time that humanity is living outside of its means, causing potentially irreversible damage to the climate, consuming the last drops of finite...
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