3D Print Week Engulfs New York City (Part 2)
By Michael Molitch-Hou I just flew in from 3D Print Week NYC and, boy, are my arms, legs, brain, and eyes tired. As reported in the first part of this series, this was a massive event with over 12,000...
View ArticleA 3D Printable, Portable Soundboard
By Michael Molitch-Hou Whether you can’t afford a soundboard or you just want to make your own, Adafruit has the perfect solution. The Ruiz Bros. have laid out a project from Lady Ada that gives you...
View ArticleAutodesk to Power Mattel’s New Toy 3D Printing Apps
By Michael Molitch-Hou Autodesk is slowly taking over the 3D printing industry through its software, 3D printer, investments, and partnerships, with the latest partnership taking place with leading toy...
View ArticleElectroplate Your 3D Prints with the Orbit1
By Michael Molitch-Hou At last year’s Maker Faire in NYC, Monolith Studios presented their Orbit1 electroplating device, demonstrating to onlookers a machine for coating 3D prints in metallic...
View Article3D Printing Low-Cost Tools for Organic Farmers in the Developing World
By Michael Molitch-Hou The lab of Michigan Tech’s Dr. Joshua Pearce is one of the most admirable 3D printing-related research outfits that I’m familiar with. If the Pearce Research Group isn’t proving...
View Article3D Print Anything Anywhere with Thingiverse’s New 3D Hubs Button
By Michael Molitch-Hou Distributed manufacturing network 3D Hubs is certainly growing, both in size and importance. As the international community of 3D printer owners grows to over 15,000, the...
View ArticleMakerBot Makes Way into South America with 3D Printing Distribution Agreement
By Michael Molitch-Hou MakerBot employees may have received some bad news recently, but that doesn’t mean that the company isn’t continuing to grow in terms of distribution. Partnering with Distecna,...
View ArticleViscoelastic Printhead Yields Promise for Multimaterial 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou While researchers like Hod Lipson are working on advanced multimaterial 3D printing techniques behind institutional doors, Harvard’s Jennifer Lewis is advancing 3D printing...
View ArticleStreaming 3D Printed Sex Toys Safely with Authentise
By Michael Molitch-Hou The streaming of 3D printable files to local 3D printers or 3D printing services has, so far, been touted as a means of controlling IP, so that someone’s designs don’t get...
View ArticleGala 3D Printer Hits Kickstarter Heavy with Features and Light Price-Tag
By Michael Molitch-Hou While the desktop 3D printing market continues to over-saturate, we still await the perfect low-cost printer that is both flexible and easy to use, stocked with features, but not...
View ArticleRe-Play Your Old DVDs as 3D Printing Filament
By Michael Molitch-Hou It’s Earth Day! You know what that means: time to sit in front of an energy-sucking computer and write-up an article on an eco-friendly company! There is a growing number of...
View ArticleALGIX and 3D Fuel Partner for Sustainable Algae 3D Printing Filament
By Michael Molitch-Hou As the Earth slowly implodes due to massive man-made destruction, the human race is rushing to find sustainable solutions to prop up this once beautiful ecosystem. Though it may...
View ArticleOrganovo Signs Multi-Year 3D Bioprinting Deal with Pharma Giant Merck
By Michael Molitch-Hou After signing a groundbreaking deal with cosmetics company L’Oreal for the development of 3D printed skin for cosmetics testing, Organovo continues to make partners in powerful...
View Article3D Hubs & Sketchfab Launch 3D Scanning Parties Worldwide
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D Hubs has been growing its worldwide series of 3D printing meet-ups this past year since it’s inception. In addition their original “unlocking” events and global get-togethers...
View ArticleBen & Jerry’s Teams with Filabot to Upcycle Spoons into 3D Printing Filament
By Michael Molitch-Hou Yesterday, for Earth Day, filament manufacturers began to announce the development of certain eco-friendly feedstocks for 3D printing, including the reShootz recycled filaments...
View ArticleApple Acquires LinX to Bring 3D Scanning to its Devices
By Michael Molitch-Hou While other companies, like Intel and Google, are rushing into the 3D camera space to put depth sensors into their tablets, computers, and smart phones, Apple has been making no...
View ArticleNanotronics Brings VR to the Microscopic Level with nVisible
By Michael Molitch-Hou In October of last year, an interesting company came onto the scene with the most unique-looking microscopes ever released. Nanotronics Imaging specializes in 3D scanning at the...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: a Mug from Microsoft
By Michael Molitch-Hou The following mug, available for download or direct 3D printing through 3D Hubs, represents the growing convergence of disparate technologies and the emergence of a new 3D...
View ArticlePrint2Taste Emerges with the Bocusini Food 3D Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou The field of food 3D printing is only just beginning, but, with its potential to create personally-tailored dishes for eaters, both in terms of nutrients and taste, could yield a...
View ArticleLinkBits: 3D Printing News for the Week of April 25
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...
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