Uncanny Full-Color 3D Printing from Fraunhofer Researchers
By Michael Molitch-Hou Color 3D printing just got a huge boost from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research in Germany. Until now, Mcor’s paper 3D printing and 3D Systems binder-jetting...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: 10 Game Characters
By Michael Molitch-Hou The Free 3D Printable of the Week this week is a 10-fer. You get 10 3D printables for one low, low price, in honor of E3. Regardless of how you feel about the news released at...
View ArticleLinkBits: 3D Printing News for the Week of June 20
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 ArticleGE & MakerBot Hack-A-Thon Yields 6 3D Printed Smart Fridge Accessories
By Michael Molitch-Hou MakerBot and GE Appliances’ FirstBuild recently launched their Third Annual Hack-A-Thon, which sought to build upon the success of previous smart appliances for FirstBuild’s...
View ArticleMicron3DP Unveils Glass 3D Printing Technology
By Michael Molitch-Hou Recently, Israel-based Micron3DP released its latest all-metal 3D printer extruder, the Cobra. That’s all metal, inside and out. The hot end has already seen at least one...
View ArticleGet Ready to Create Stunning 3D Printed Art with Nervous System’s...
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D printing design studio Nervous System has been designing some intricate and beautiful work for the past eight years. And, in that time, they’ve often relied on the math and...
View Article3DSimo Launches Kickstarter for Multi-Tool 3D Printing Pen
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3Doodler 3D printing pen kicked off an entirely new accessory for artists and Makers after two huge successes on Kickstarter, this new tool is still in its infancy stages and...
View ArticleDassault Systèmes Jumps into 3D Printing Retail with 3DVIA Make App
By Michael Molitch-Hou European software giant Dassault Systèmes is already an industry leader for its suite of CAD programs, which includes Solidworks, but the company is aiming to take over the 3D...
View ArticleBatman Begins: Launzer.com Kicks off 3D Printed Batman Line
By Michael Molitch-Hou Finnish company 3D Online Factory has slowly been building its 3D printing marketplace, Launzer.com, with a number of licensed 3D printables, including Dibidogs and Year 0:...
View ArticleFormlabs’ 3D Printed Rube Goldberg Machine Shows off New Tough Resin
By Michael Molitch-Hou One of the huge benefits that SLA 3D printing offers is the ability to zap a laser in order to create highly detailed objects relatively quickly. This technology has its...
View ArticleFormlabs Pop-Up Factory Pops off with 3D Printed Wearables
By Michael Molitch-Hou As the company kicks off its exciting new material, Formlabs is also launching a pop-up factory from today until June 25th during the O’Reilly’s Solid Conference at Fort Mason...
View ArticleMakerBot & ThinkFun Release Free 3D Printable Construction Sets
By Michael Molitch-Hou A recent interview with Adafruit suggests that MakerBot is hoping to overcome issues in the past and regain consumer and investor trust. We’ll have to wait and see just if new...
View ArticleCustom Drawn 3D Printed Furniture Can Be Yours on Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-Hou About a year ago today, a French start-up named Drawn unveiled a series of 3D printed furniture at the Maker Faire in Paris. Each piece, from chairs to rocking horses, was...
View ArticleMaterialise Opens 3D Printing Center in Beijing Hospital
By Michael Molitch-Hou Materialise is probably the most well-known company in the medical 3D printing space, both for medical software and the ability to 3D print patient specific models and implants....
View Article3DPrinterOS Taps Sketchfab for 300K+ 3D Models & Facebook Sharing
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3DPrinterOS, which bills itself as a universal 3D printing software, has been adding more and more new features as it grows that enable it, not just to control multiple networked...
View Article3D Hubs & Proto-pasta Kick Off Exotic 3D Printing Filament Workshop
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D Hubs is embarking on its latest workshop series. After initiating its colorFabb filament, Sketchfab scanning, and Fusion 360 meet-ups, the world’s largest 3D printing network...
View ArticleCTC’s Low-Cost SLA 3D Printer Soon Available Around the World
By Michael Molitch-Hou Once Chinese electronics manufacturer Zhuhai CTC Electronic Co., Ltd decided to get into the 3D printing space, they decided to take that space by storm, releasing a popular...
View Article3D Printed Electric Guitar Face Off! Tyson vs. Lovecraft
By Michael Molitch-Hou Today, I was alerted to two different 3D printed guitars that had just been uploaded to the world wide net. One, made by 3D artist Michael Tyson, was printed with Polymaker’s...
View ArticleSweden Embarks on $4 Million Project to 3D Print Homes from Cellulose
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3D printing of large structures, particularly buildings and homes, is one of the more eye-catching applications of the technology. And it’s slowly developing into a...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: La French Tech Logo
By Michael Molitch-Hou This week’s free 3D printable is a symbol that may be new to some people. Or, anyway, it’s new to me! This low-poly rooster is a symbol representing French start-ups around the...
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