Link Bits: 3D Printing News for the Week of June 27
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 ArticleUpdate: Organovo Justifies Secondary Stock Offering with Goals of $400M+ in...
By Michael Molitch-Hou 3D bioprinting leader Organovo has been steadily growing this year, signing deals with pharmaceutical giant Merck and cosmetics company L’Oreal, as well as releasing news related...
View ArticlePolymaker Brings 3D Printable Graphene to International Audience
By Michael Molitch-Hou Canada’s Graphene 3D Lab made a bit of a splash earlier this year when the company released one of the first graphene-PLA 3D printing composites for FFF machines. With one ohm-cm...
View ArticleAR-15 with 3D Printed Lower Receiver Seized in Oregon
By Michael Molitch-Hou Back when the 3D printable Liberator pistol was unveiled two years ago, it foreshadowed the rise of 3D printed guns. And, as dangerous as they may be for those firing them, it...
View ArticleWith $30M Investment Shapeways Eyes 3D Printing in Japan
By Michael Molitch-Hou Earlier this year, French 3D printing service bureau Sculpteo raised €5 Million, some of which came from the family behind the multinational grocery giant Auchan. Today,...
View ArticleYouMagine Survey Reveals Desktop 3D Printing’s Practical Side
By Michael Molitch-Hou While industrial 3D printing takes the lion’s share of analysis from industry consultants, the desktop 3D printing world can provide key insight into the state of the technology,...
View ArticleDubai Seeks to Erect World’s 1st 3D Printed Office Building
By Michael Molitch-Hou As the 3D printed architecture industry begins incubating, projects are emerging that hope to implement this still nascent technology. There have been a number of large-scale...
View ArticleMore 3D Printing Leaders Join the 3MF Consortium
By Michael Molitch-Hou Earlier this year, Microsoft and the Join Development Foundation launched the 3MF Consortium with a number of important 3D printing and tech companies – Shapeways. SLM Solutions,...
View ArticleZerg Overmind Captures Artist’s Mind to 3D Print the Zerg Queen
By Michael Molitch-Hou Star Craft fans, rejoice! The Zerg Queen of your dreams is here for your 3D printing delight. Thanks to Francesco Orrù, the MyMiniFactory designer behind last week’s H.P....
View ArticleNervous System Showcases Ember 3D Printer’s Fine Resolution
By Michael Molitch-Hou As Autodesk’s Ember DLP SLA printer makes its way into the world, more users are able to test out it’s capabilities. One high profile user, in the 3D printing community, is 3D...
View Article3D Print a Custom Penny Board for Pennies
By Michael Molitch-Hou MyMiniFactory’s Simone Fontana has been previously covered on 3DPI for his awesome and fun 3D printable designs, which range from finger hockey to Connect 4. As Davide points out...
View ArticleAmerica Makes’ $100K Startup Competition Kicks Off Today
By Michael Molitch-Hou America Makes and the Youngstown Business Incubator announced, last month, a new startup competition aimed at taking 3D printing startups from inception to established business...
View Article3D Printed Knee Implants Get Running on NASDAQ with ConforMIS IPO
By Michael Molitch-Hou Another 3D printing company has jumped into the public sector! Wait. That’s not right. Another 3D printing company has gone public! This time, it’s another medical tech company....
View ArticleUK Bioplastics Firm Releases “4x Stronger” 3D Printing Filament
By Michael Molitch-Hou Another materials company has just entered the 3D printing market with a new PLA filament it claims to be “four times stronger than standard PLA” – something that may need to be...
View ArticleUniversity of Southampton Embarks on 3D Printing Fiber Optics
By Michael Molitch-Hou The field of electronics 3D printing is among the most exciting for the industry as a whole, as developments in the space could lead to further developments in the 3D printing of...
View Article3Dponics Releases 3D Printable Hydroponics Kit for Legal Weed
By Michael Molitch-Hou When I met Michael Golubev, CEO of 3Dponics, at 3D Print Week this year, I was taken by both his sincerity and drive. What started as a simple concept, an open source platform...
View Articlenetfabb’s Latest Update Meets Mass 3D Printing’s Needs
By Michael Molitch-Hou This week has seen a number of updates to major 3D printing programs, namely Cura and Slic3r, from the open source community. Following suit, is a company that has been more and...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: Unconditional Surrender
By Michael Molitch-Hou Uploaded on Sketchfab as a 3D scan by CEO Alban Denoyel, the sculpture Unconditional Surrender by Seward Johnson is a tangible recreation of both a famous photograph and less...
View ArticleLinkBits: 3D Printing News for the Week of July 4th
By Michael Molitch-Hou Arguable thesis statementGreat thesis statementAnother week, another round of LinkBits: your source for brief bits of news from the 3D printing industry. The industry is booming...
View ArticleThe Pirates Will See You Now: Open Source Surgery Bot Built to Drive Down...
By Michael Molitch-Hou Ultimately, the open source revolution and digital fabrication have the potential to give just about anyone the ability to make anything, regardless of background or experience....
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