Staples Wants to Be the 3D Printing Solution for Small Businesses
By Michael Molitch-Hou At 3D Print Week in New York, I was invited to interview Behzad Soltani, Vice President of Global E-Commerce and Business Development at Staples, Inc. Having written about the...
View ArticleAutodesk to Host Live 3D Printing Resin Q&A Today
By Michael Molitch-Hou Last month, Autodesk let loose on the world the recipe for its first 3D printing resin, designed for the Ember DLP 3D printer. The resin, dubbed PR48, was published under the...
View Article3DP Unlimited Opens Up Leasing Program for Large-Scale 3D Printers
By Michael Molitch-Hou Despite the hype, not everyone can afford a 3D printer, evidenced by recent leasing programs from Airwolf 3D and MakerBot. This is especially true for large-scale 3D printers,...
View Article3DShook Shakes Up Marketplaces with Unlimited 3D Printing Subscription Plan
By Michael Molitch-Hou While some sites offer 3D printable models for free, others sell their designs, and still others offer some combination of the two, a new Israeli company called 3DShook has taken...
View ArticleLowe’s Embraces 3D Printing, Beginning with Orchard Supply Hardware
By Michael Molitch-Hou After such name brands as Home Depot, Staples, and UPS have gotten into the space in one way or another, the latest mainstream company to jump onto the 3D printing train is...
View ArticleAmidst Lowered Q1 Earnings and Lay-Offs, Stratasys Reaches Out to 3rd Party...
By Michael Molitch-Hou If your 3D printer is broken down and you just can’t seem to fix it, you might look for your local 3D print shop or makerspace and see if any one of those 3D printing experts...
View ArticleLulzBot 3D Prints 500,000th 3D Printer Part
By Michael Molitch-Hou Aleph Objects began in Loveland, Colorado in 2011 as a humble company dedicated to the open source philosophy. And, since its inception, its LulzBot line of desktop 3D printers...
View ArticleHod Lipson, 3D Printing, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
By Michael Molitch-Hou Imagine a world 10, 20, 30 years from now, where 3D printers aren’t just producing single plastic components, but are fabricating complete electronic devices. In fact, they’re...
View ArticleMicrosoft Partners with Arduino and Pi to Drive Windows 10 IoT
By Michael Molitch-Hou Yesterday, Microsoft began to reveal a true turnaround in what was previously perceived as a sluggish, if not failing, business. In addition to a number of exciting developments...
View ArticleBe a VIP to Buy a NEA 3D Printer at Early Bird Prices
By Michael Molitch-Hou NEA 3D’s very beautiful family of 3D printers waltzed into CES this year, where they were met with attendees that fawned over, the elegant appearance of the PRO Mini, PRO, and...
View ArticleAutodesk to Power HoloLens, Windows 10 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou Microsoft’s HoloLens is an exciting piece of technology with the potential bridge the virtual and physical worlds, via 3D printing and Augmented Reality. But, without software,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Announces 3MF Consortium for 3D Printing File Format
By Michael Molitch-Hou As Microsoft, potentially, re-emerges as a leader, once again, in the tech industry, its riding the Maker revolution currently underway, of which 3D printing and other digital...
View Article3D Printing Yields Kick-Ass Ultron Helmet
By Michael Molitch-Hou Don’t get mad at me, but The Avengers was one of the few superhero movies that I’ve enjoyed since Prince’s Batman. So, I’ll definitely be hitting up Avengers: Age of Ultron this...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: A Microsoft Slam Dunk
By Michael Molitch-Hou This week, Microsoft may have re-birthed itself (an image worth picturing) as the computing giant it once was, for better or worse. With a firm understanding of the imminent...
View ArticleFraudulent 3D Printing Campaign Seeks $500K on Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing allows for the potential reproduction of exact replicas of existing objects, a concept that has large brand names shaking in fear of having their IP stolen. But it’s...
View ArticleRinkak Marketplace Offers Laser Sintered Wood 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou The latest company to take advantage of wood 3D printing is Kabuku Inc., the Japanese company behind the sleek Rinkak 3D printing marketplace. However, Rinkak won’t be selling...
View ArticleVR Gets Real with 6-Ft-Tall 3D Printed Space Cockpit
By Michael Molitch-Hou Artist Micah Ganske has combined almost all of my favorite aesthetic tastes and modern technologies into a single project called the AVR Project. Launched at Art Market San...
View ArticlePending Patent Colors FFF 3D Printing with Bold New Techniques
By Michael Molitch-Hou Full-color FDM/FFF 3D printing is desired by Makers and industrial companies alike. While there exist a number of expensive options for 3D printing in a wide range of colors –...
View ArticleKickstarter Fraud Launches Another 3D Printer Campaign
By Michael Molitch-Hou On Friday, I wrote an article about a fraudulent 3D printer campaign proposing to sell the NEA 3D printer series. The amalgam of stolen assets and text seemed authentic at first...
View ArticleFast Co. Adds 3D Printing to 2015 Innovation By Design Awards
By Michael Molitch-Hou If you’ve got a cutting edge, 3D printed design, now’s your chance for public recognition via leading business magazine Fast Company. The 2015 Innovation By Design Awards has...
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