There have been many attempts at casting using conventional 3D printers, but now filament-wizard Kai Parthy has developed a an easy-to-use solution: MOLDLAY.
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Open3DP’s Polymer Guide For 3D Printing
Researchers at the University of Washington have put together a quick guide to chemically binding 3D printing materials.
Things are Getting Dark at Digits2Widgets
3D print service Digits2Widgets has found a way to produce spectacularly black prints.
Is This Really 2D Printing?
A mass-produced 3D printed chocolate operation is incredible, but is it really 3D printing?
The DWS XFAB Dental 3D Printer
Italy-based DWS Labs is developing a desktop 3D printer with a lot of capability: the XFAB.
Orbiting 3D Printer Completes First Tests
The prototype 3D printer that’s been installed on the International Space Station has just completed its first round of tests.
Sharebot’s Sharebox 3D
The folks at Italy-based Sharebot have introduced a new hardware accessory, the Sharebox 3D.
Thingiverse’s Groups Make Finding Models Much Easier
Thingiverse’s new Groups feature could vastly simplify use of the leading printable 3D model repository.
BEETHEFIRST’s New Filament Policy
BEEVERYCREATIVE has changed their filament usage policy – for the better.
The CubePro 3D Printer
We took a closer look at 3D Systems’ new CubePro 3D printer.
RichRap Explores Slicing Parameters
Fabbaloo friend Richard Horn has produced a detailed tutorial on how best to produce strong 3D printed parts.
Yobi3D Meta-Searches For 3D Models
A search service provides a very easy way to find great 3D models for printing.
Design of the Week: New Horizons
This week’s selection is NASA’s 3D model of their New Horizons spacecraft.
EuroMold’s Big Change
Heading to this year’s EuroMold exhibition in Frankfurt? If so, you’re going to the wrong city!
NightHawk: The First Mass Produced Headphone Component From Sculpteo
AudioQuest and Sculpteo have teamed up to bring us the first mass produced headphones containing a 3D printed component.
XYZ Printing’s New Machine Belongs in Your Kitchen
XYZ Printing demonstrated a tasty new product concept: a 3D food printer.
Markforg3D’s Improved Carbon Fiber 3D Printer
Our first look at the Mark One carbon fiber 3D printer was many month ago. Since then, they’ve improved it significantly.
Engineers to Fine-Tune ‘Cold Spray’ a Next-Gen 3D-Printing Technology for Astronauts
Engineers from Trinity College Dublin are leading a four-year, €500,000 European Space Agency (ESA) project to fine-tune ‘Cold Spray,’ (CS) – a revolutionary, environmentally friendly technology that deposits materials onto engineering components.
RepRap Central’s Unusual Challenge
RepRap Central is launching a difficult challenge to the 3D printer world.
The Greatest 3D Print Challenge
GrabCAD and NASA announced what could be the grandest 3D printing challenge ever: win and your design goes into space!
ProtoPasta’s Amazing 3D Printer Filaments
We got a closer look at ProtoPasta’s unusual filaments at CES.
Formlabs Tunes Up Their Software
3D printer manufacturer Formlabs has been tuning up their software – and we think that’s a key strategy for them.
3D Printed Homes Offer Interesting Possibilities
After this week’s revelation of 3D printed buildings in China, we had some thoughts of what this could mean for homeowners.
An Explosion of Mini 3D Printers
What did we see a lot of at the 2015 CES? Mini 3D printers, that’s what we saw.
ESUN’s Fast 3D Body Scanner
Need to capture a 3D model of an elusive subject? You might consider the ESUN full body scanner.
Flashforge’s 3D Printer for Kids
Flashforge has a reputation for producing solid personal 3D printers. But now they appear to be developing a children’s 3D printer.
Robo3d Updates Their 3D Printers
Last year Robo3D had but a single 3D printer on their product shelf. Now, things are quite different.
XYZ Printing Working on Secret Resin Machine
XYZ Printing is developing a resin-based 3D printer that looks much like another machine we’ve seen before.
Sculpteo Launches FinalProof
Sculpteo launched FinalProof at CES 2015, the first realistic 3D printing preview feature.
Everyone Needs an Ancestro3D
Mexico-based Ideaz 3D is attempting to develop a very unique 3D print application, Ancestro3D.
CLAWZ Is Coming
CLAWZ is a fashion company using 3D printing to produce radical luxury press-on nails. We spoke with them to find out more.
Design of the Week: Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
This week’s selection is John Edmark’s amazing Fibonacci Zoetrope sculptures.
3D Printed Buildings Sprout in China
Giant 3D printers have apparently built several structures in China.
3D Hubs’ January Trends Yields a Surprising Result
We’re looking at some interesting statistics presented by 3D Hubs in their monthly trends report.
3D Printing Bested by “Pop Up” Fabrication?
Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simple new fabrication technique to create beautiful and complex 3-D micro- and nanostructures with many advantages over 3-D printing.
The Genesis of 3D Printing in Northern Mexico
We spoke with Cesar Rodriguez who told us the tale of how he started up a 3D printing operation, Ideaz 3D in Hermosillo, Sonora.
Fuel3D’s Future Scanning Devices
During a discussion with Fuel3D at CES it became clear they’re setting goals far beyond mere 3D face scanning.
Hands on With Spectrom’s Color System
We managed to get a close look at Spectrom’s intriguing filament-coloring system.
The Evolution of Fuel3D’s Scanner
We took a look at the latest version of Fuel3D’s 3D scanner.
The Many Materials of Airwolf 3D
One of Airwolf 3D’s claims to fame is their ability to print with many materials.
Le FabShop Transitions
Le Fab Shop is a France-based 3D print operation you may have heard of, but now they’re beginning a transition.
FSL 3D’s Phoenix 3D Printers Surprise
Full Spectrum Laser announced an impressive new line of personal 3D printers, the Phoenix Touch and Phoenix Touch Pro.
Robo3D’s Stealth 3D Printer
Robo3D has been working on a not-so-secret “Stealth” 3D printer.
More Quick Advice on 3D Print Design
Following up from our post on designing for use, reader Mark Lynch pointed out his terrific list of design tips 3D printing.
The Logic Behind The botObjects Acquisition
Last week 3D Systems announced they’d acquired botObjects, but many could not understand why 3D Systems would do so. We found out why.
Voxel8’s Electrifying 3D Printing Process
A new company hopes to revolutionize making by enabling circuit printing with a 3D printer.
The CubeJet Lives!
Well, call us surprised. Hidden among the numerous 3D Systems displays at CES was the still-not-released CubeJet color 3D printer.
Design of the Week: Smoke Dress
This week’s selection is Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht’s Smoke Dress.
MakerBot’s Unusual New Materials
MakerBot did not announce any new machines this week, but they did announce some rather unusual filaments.
The CocoJet 3D Printer
3D Systems is getting more serious about edible printing, with the public demonstration of the CocoJet chocolate printer.
Six Thoughts on 3D Printing at CES 2015
We’ve finished our tiring tour of the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, focusing on the 3D print gear, of course.
3DSystems, CIA Partnership Expands AM’s Reach to Food
3D Systems has announced a partnership with The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to provide faculty and students the opportunity to explore the intersection of 3D printed food and artisan culinary methods.
3D Systems Workflow Improvements
3D Systems released new software for their ProJet 1200, but the features indicate something deeper.
Xery’s Lapple Portable 3D Printer For Kids
A Chinese manufacturer has developed a 3D printer specifically for families.
3D Heights Academy to Provide Online 3D Printing Training
A new project hopes to bring 3D print training to the masses with an online academy.
The MICRON3D Is Not Your Average 3D Scanner
SMARTTECH’S latest 3D scanner MICRON3D is making waves in the scanning industry.
Incredible 3D Scans from The Lincoln For 3D Printing
A museum in Lincolnshire, UK, has made available highly detailed 3D scans of many of their works.
Digital 3D Models to be Blocked at the Border?
A fascinating report on Techdirt explains the how digital goods could become subject to border control. This has implications to 3D printing.
Ultimaker Goes Big and Small With New Machines
Personal 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker has announced not one, but two new machines. One big, one small.
3D Systems Acquires botObjects
One of the 3D printing giants swallowed up a small startup making a multicolor personal 3D printer: 3D Systems owns botObjects.
Design of the Week: Piece of Ocean
This week’s selection is the spectacular Piece of Ocean by digital sculptor Eyal Gever.
What to Expect in 3D Printing CES 2015
This week is the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We’ll be on the ground checking out the latest gear.
FABMOBs Links Big Data to 3D Printing
A startup hopes to demonstrate their ability to convert large-scale databases into artistic visualizations.
Is 3D Printer Filament a Commodity?
While most 3D printer manufacturers would prefer you use their in-house plastic filament in their equipment, we’re wondering whether filament is nearing “commodity” stage.
Put Your 3D Printer in a BuzzBox
The BuzzBox is a specialized enclosure for small 3D printers. You need one!
Nanoscribe’s Nano-Scale 3D Printing Technology
We took a closer look at Nanoscribe’s nano-scale 3D printing technology to understand how it works.
What Will 3D Systems Announce?
Last year at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show 3D Systems announced a lot of gear. What will they announce this year?
Reproducing the Space Wrench
The other week NASA transmitted a wrench to the International Space Station by 3D printing. We did it, too.
President Obama is 3D Scanned
A team from the Smithsonian performed an extremely detailed 3D scan of US President Obama.
Squid Supply the Blueprint for Printable Thermoplastics
Squid, what is it good for? You can eat it and you can make ink or dye from it, and now a Penn State team of researchers is using it to make a thermoplastic that can be used in 3-D printing.
MakerBot’s Innovation Center
You may have heard something about it, but what exactly is the “MakerBot Innovation Center”?
Afinia’s H800 3D Printer is Way Bigger!
Afinia has launched their latest 3D printer, the H800, which is larger and includes some interesting new features.
SLM’s Highly Capable Metal 3D Printers
We took a close look at SLM’s line of metal 3D printers and found several very interesting features.
What Will 2015 Bring to 3D Printing?
After our 2014 wrap up, we thought we’d put down some crazy ideas for what might happen in 2015.
Crazy New 3D Printing Filaments Available
We noticed several rather unusual 3D printing filaments are now available for you to try out.
An Update on Arcam’s 3D Metal Printing Progress
One of the key metal 3D printing vendors is Arcam. How have they been doing lately?
Underwriters Labs Examines 3D Printing Safety
Until now, the world of 3D printing gear has been relatively untouched by standards for safety and usage. But that could change.
XYZPrinting Update
We spent some time discussing the state of the universe with XYZPrinting.
A Filament AND Resin 3D Printer: The Samba 2 in 1
Hidden in a very obscure corner of EuroMold was a 3D print like no other we’d yet seen: a machine that included a filament extruder AND a DLP resin projector.
Fuel3D Fueled by Much More Cash
Fuel3D, the 3D scanning startup we first encountered in 2013 at the 3D Printshow in London, has got additional funding.
The Big Moments in 2014 for 3D Printing
This past year was the biggest in 3D printing history with several notable trends.
Do You 3D Print in HIPS? Perhaps You Should!
FormFutura announced a new line of 3D printer filaments that could prove very useful to personal 3D printer operators.
Roland’s monoFab Prototyping Solution
We had a look at Roland’s new twin machine prototyping solution they call “monoFab”.
Keyence Steps Towards Worldwide 3D Printer Sales
Keyence took a big step towards worldwide sales recently by launching their product outside of Japan.
See Autodesk’s Ember 3D Printer In Action
A video of Autodesk’s new high-resolution 3D printer has been released.
Can Small 3D Print Services Survive?
It seems there are an awful lot of 3D print services available today – but can they all survive?
Prodways’ Viscous Solution
Prodways, the company that made a massive high-resolution DLP 3D printer, now has a viscous material printer.
3DCeram’s Ceramic 3D Printing Solutions
The CERAMAKER 3D printers from 3DCeram are able to print ceramic components.
Solidoodle’s Shipping Challenges
Solidoodle announced some terrific new machines earlier this year, but shipping them has proven difficult.
3D Printing Gives Derby the Dog a New Lease on Life
3D Systems has announced that it has successfully outfitted Derby the dog with 3D printed prosthetics, allowing him to run down the street for the first time ever.
A Solution to Corrupted Filament?
One 3D printer owner has devised a simple method of solving the “wet filament” problem.
Few Limits to 3D Print Size
A project by Poland’s Fucco Design created replicas of large church figurines in wood.
Win An Ultimaker From YouMagine and Change The World
YouMagine has opened an unusual 3D printing challenge, with the prize being an Ultimaker Original.
inbu’s 3D Modeling Approach
A UK-based service offers a way to transform an idea into a printed 3D model. This is the way it’s going to be for quite a while.
Design of the Week: Dragon Doorhandles
This week’s selection is the frightening Dragon Doorhandle by Kai Bracher.