Doctor Brings Low-Cost Medical Supplies to Gaza with 3D Printing
By Michael Molitch-Hou The ongoing conflict taking place in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine is among the most distressing in modern history. In addition to regular civilian causalities...
View Article3D Print Expo Moscow to Showcase Specavia House Printer
By Michael Molitch-Hou 2015 has seen a fair number of construction-related 3D printing stories make headlines, including Chinese firms 3D printing and assembling whole buildings and Tennessee’s Branch...
View ArticleDad Designs 5 Iterations of 3D Printed E-Nable Hands for 8-Year-Old Son
By Michael Molitch-Hou Ultimaker is in the process of sharing some of its case studies to demonstrate the potential for their desktop 3D printers and none could be more powerful than that of...
View ArticleGreat Gift for Biker Dads: 3D Printed Eyewear Compartment
By Michael Molitch-Hou Nothing is more heartwarming than a father and child riding their motorcycles together. An experience that not all of us can relate to, I’m sure, but, for one Yamaha R1 Club...
View ArticleWindows 3D Scanning is Here via itSeez3D Compatibility for Intel RealSense
By Michael Molitch-Hou Having used the itseez3D, in conjunction with the Structure Sensor, I can attest to how easy-to-use and powerful it is. So, I’m happy to know that itSeez has now made an app...
View Article“Proven Reality” Kicks Off 21st Century VR Bible Study
By Michael Molitch-Hou “When I read your article on the Samsung X project, I knew I had to give you a call because I was like, ‘that’s what we’re doing right here in Albuquerque.” This was the pretext...
View Article5-Year-Old Throws Orioles Opening Pitch with 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand
By Michael Molitch-Hou Printed prosthetics are getting more and more mainstream attention. And how could they not? They usually involve young kids finally obtaining much-desired, custom prosthetics,...
View Articlee-NABLE’s Torrae Owen Pays a Visit to Ellen to Talk 3D Printed Prosthetics
By Michael Molitch-Hou Since 3DPI began covering 3D printed prosthetics over two years ago, we’ve been able to track the development of what is arguably one of the most noble and important applications...
View ArticleSaving Two Birds with One Technology: Brazilian Toucans Receive 3D Printed Beaks
By Michael Molitch-Hou They may not be the first toucans to be helped by 3D printing, but would you believe that two toucans in Brazil were aided by 3D printing two days apart? In completely different...
View ArticleCarbon3D Takes Home $100 Million from Google-Led Investment Round
By Michael Molitch-Hou Carbon3D has been the darling of the media since it unveiled its ultra-fast CLIP 3D printing technology earlier this year. The startup had already raised $41 million from Series...
View ArticleBreakthrough Glass 3D Printing Platform Unveiled by Neri Oxman & MIT
By Michael Molitch-Hou Glass 3D printing holds a great deal of potential, not just for creating intricate home decor and lighting solutions or even to manufacture bespoke specs, though those are...
View Article3D Printing Metamaterials to Be Spurred by Autodesk & LLNL Research
By Michael Molitch-Hou The 3D printing division of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is chock full of experts at 3D printing objects with unique, microscopic shapes that transform the...
View Article3D Print Week California to Descend on Bay Area with VR in Tow
By Michael Molitch-Hou Inside 3D Printing is heading back to California, bringing the West Coast version of 3D Print Week and the world’s largest expo and conference related to 3D printing in tow,...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Tango Smartphone to Bring Intel 3D Scanning to the Masses
By Michael Molitch-Hou Welp. It happened. Google’s Project Tango smartphone has been unveiled with Intel’s RealSense camera built in. And, now, whatever term Google comes up with to represent the...
View ArticleColor 3D Printing Support Added to Latest Autodesk Meshmixer Update
By Michael Molitch-Hou Among the 3D modeling tools made specifically for 3D printing, I’m a particular fan of Meshmixer. For a free tool, it has been one of the most user friendly and capable tools...
View ArticleFirst-of-its-Kind Coffee 3D Printing Filament Released by 3Dom
By Michael Molitch-Hou As a great Final Fantasy VII character once said, “The planet’s dyin’, Cloud!” A major player in the climate change currently wreaking havoc on the planet is the burning of...
View ArticleFree 3D Printable of the Week: A Walking Gun-Bot
By Michael Molitch-Hou Just as the world around us in constant flux, so should the digital world and Sketchfab has brought us a step closer to portraying that reality. In honor of the debut of...
View ArticleCTC Cancels Ex-Employee’s Fraudulent 4-in-1 3D Printer Kickstarter
By Michael Molitch-Hou Crowdfunding campaigns are becoming the Brooklyn Bridge schemes of the 21st century, with Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns for fake products launching in the hopes of being...
View ArticleFacebook Head of Retail Joins MyMiniFactory Board
By Michael Molitch-Hou As the ever-expanding 3D printables community, MyMiniFactory, preps for its equity crowdfunding campaign, the UK-based company has added an important player to its board of...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s MobileFusion Brings 3D Scanning to Ordinary Smartphones
By Michael Molitch-Hou Not everyone will be able to afford the HoloLens. And, at first, most people probably won’t want to strap computers to their faces. But the complete 3D ecosystem will be here...
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