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Hardcotton’s Elemental SLA 3D Printer

Australia-based Hardcotton announced the “Elemental”, a new resin-based 3D printer.

Orange Maker Develops New 3D Printing Process

Startup Orange Maker of California issued a release claiming they’ve invented an entirely new 3D printing process, Heliolithography, which is different from every existing 3D process.

be3D Expands into the USA

Czech-based be3Dprinters has established a US office for major push into the American market.

Hands on with Trnio, the Smartphone 3D Scanner

We took Trnio for a test drive; it’s a new 3D scanning app for your iPhone.

Three Cheers for MeshMixer Supports!

If you’ve been 3D printing you’ll be familiar with the challenge of printing overhangs. Now there’s a terrific solution that enables printing almost any shape on any 3D printer.

Sols Will 3D Print Foot Comfort

We’re checking out a new venture that uses 3D printing to create custom made orthotics: Sols.

3DiTALY Becomes the Largest 3D Printer Store Network?

We’ve learned of a new chain of consumer-focused 3D printer stores: 3DiTaly.

Design of the Week: Collision

This week’s selection is the striking “Collision” by Berlin-based artists Andrzej Wojtas Jendrek and Ewelina Aleksandrowicz.

Interesting Color 3D Printing Capabilities with the ProJet 4500

We’re reading an interesting account of complex color 3D printing on the new 3D Systems ProJet 4500.

Stratasys Gets on the Bus

Stratasys announced an eight-month, 3D road trip that will showcase their tech across the USA.

Strooder: A Consumer Oriented Filament Extruder?

We’re checking out a new product from UK-based OmniDynamics: the Strooder, which converts plastic pellets into 3D printable filament.

JustMake’s “Social Making” System

We’re checking out a crowdfunding campaign for an unusual social network service focused on 3D making: JustMake.

Uformit Seeks Interns

Our friends at Norway-based Uformit are looking for an intern to help develop interactive 3D designs.

3D Printed UAV will Auto-Follow; Film Sports Exploits

Extreme sports enthusiasts will never miss a flip, turn or jump again with the new AirDog and AirLeash products from Latvia-based Helico Aerospace Industries.

Finally: 3D Printed Personalized Earbuds

OwnPhones will be the first venture to produce custom-fitting 3D printed earbuds.

Made In Space Soon Will Be

This August you’ll see a real 3D printer operating in outer space. The folks at Made In Space announced their space-capable 3D printer will fly on the SpaceX Dragon CRS-4 flight this summer.

The FBI’s 3D Printer

The US FBI has acquired an Objet24 commercial 3D printer. What would they be doing with it?

Graphene Filament for 3D Printing

Graphene 3D Labs is developing a new family of 3D printer filaments, the first being one made from graphene.

Airwolf Solves the Dual-Extruder Problem

Airwolf just announced a new dual hot end 3D printer, which solves a problem experienced by most dual extrusion machines.

CES Doubles 2015 3D Printing Space

The annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas announced they’re doubling the size of their dedicated 3D printing area for the 2015 show.

The M-One DLP 3D Printer

Yet another resin-technology personal 3D printer launches today on Kickstarter: the M-One by MakeX.

The Sedgwick 3D DLP Printer

Over the past two years many resin-based personal 3D printers emerged, but their costs have been prohibitively high for many people. The Sedgwick 3D DLP printer hopes to change that.

Hair: The Bane of 3D Scanning

Those of you who attempt 3D scans of your friends with inexpensive Kinect-based scanning solutions will definitely have feelings about hairstyles.

3D Printing’s Pathological Geometries

As you become accustomed to making objects on your personal 3D printer, you’ll soon learn there are several pathological geometric shapes you will hate.

The CreatorBot 3D Printer

We’re checking out a new personal 3D printer, the CreatorBot by 3D Printerworks, which should launch very soon.

iMakr Opens NYC 3D Printer Store

UK-based iMakr has opened a retail storefront in the deep south of Manhattan. Now New Yorkers can see a variety of 3D printers in the flesh.

NIH’s 3D Print Exchange

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) has opened its own public repository of printable 3D models.

3D Systems Releases Details About Its High Speed 3DP Production Line

Sometimes technological developments are born out of necessity—you have a need, you fill it. But other times technological developments trigger new needs and ideas altogether.

GeckoTek’s Build Plate

There’s a small explosion of build plates occurring, if you haven’t noticed. Another good option has popped up on Kickstarter: GeckoTek.

A Sports Opportunity for 3D Printing?

Some major sports teams have official products, such as an official drink or service. But why not have an official 3D printer?

will.i.am’s EKOCYCLE 3D Printer

Some months ago 3D Systems made the unusual appointment of artist will.i.am as their Chief Creative Officer. Now we see the first fruit from that move: the EKOCYCLE personal 3D printer.

Design of the Week: Armillary Sphere

This week’s selection is the amazing Armillary Sphere by Don Foley.

CreoPop: A Liquid Ink 3D Printing Pen

While the several existing 3D printing pen ventures appear to be successful, CreoPop hopes to shake things up with a breakthrough technology.

Tom’s Leveling Video

Thomas Sanladerer presents a video explaining how to level the bed on your 3D printer.

Personal 3D Printing: A Billion Dollar Market?

A new report from SmarTech suggests the personal 3D printing market will soon exceed one billion US dollars.

What Does “Experimental 3D Printing” Mean, Anyway?

The phrase “experimental 3D printing” has been used by several manufacturers, but what does it really mean?

Threeding’s 3D App Venture

3D model repository Threeding has done something interesting: they’ve created an app.

A Five-Extruder 3D Printer – With No Name

Last fall we reported on an unusual 3D printer that included an astonishing five separate extruders. Now they’re working on a new version, but it does not have a name.

van Straaten’s 3D Print Accessibility Strategy

3D print artist Eric van Straaten has developed a unique pricing strategy to enable more people to own a print of his incredible designs.

Will You Help the Ouaga Lab?

There are a great many Fab Labs in the world doing great things, but there’s one that you might want to support: the Ouaga Lab.

The Goliat Extruder

Several companies now develop and market high-performance 3D printing extruders. Poland-based Tytan 3D is one of them.

Hands on with the PRINTinZ Flexible Printer Plate

We managed to acquire a test flexible printer plate from PRINTinZ and performed many test prints with it.

Leapfrog’s New High-Speed 3D Printer

Leapfrog announced the Creatr HS, an evolved version of their Creatr 3D printer.

Design of the Week: DIY Material Testing Machine

This week’s selection is the amazing DIY Material Testing Machine by YouMagine designer Arjan.

ColorFabb’s Metal Filament: bronzeFill

ColorFabb has made a habit of introducing new and unusual plastic filaments for personal 3D printers, and now they’ve made a breakthrough with a metal filament: bronzeFill.

The Dirty Details on a 3D Model Theft

We’re reading a very detailed account of the theft and exploitation of a 3D model theft that recently took place – and was successfully resolved.

Construction Steelwork Makes its 3D Printing Premiere

Using the latest 3D printing techniques, or more accurately, ‘additive manufacturing’ – the Arup team has produced a design method for critical structural steel elements for use in complex projects.

GrowthObject’s Botanical Collection

Barcelona-based design firm GrowthObjects has released a set of botanically-inspired 3D printed jewelry.

Mary Huang’s Actually Wearable 3D Printed Shoes. No, Really!

We’ve all seen images of fantastic 3D printed shoes over the past couple of years, but if you were to look close and handle them, you’d find they weren’t particularly wearable. Now that’s set to change.

CGTrader’s Home Printable Contest

Are you up for a 3D design contest? If so, CGTrader has an interesting event for you.

Formlabs Introduces the Form 1+

More than a year after they introduced the Form 1, Formlabs announced the Form 1+, said to be an “extensive overhaul” of their previous model, the Form 1.

Structur3D Launches Discov3ry: The 3D Paste Extruder

As anticipated, new startup company Structur3D has launched their “universal paste extruder”, named “Discov3ry”.

Solved: Tetrahedral Finite Element Mesh Sculptures

We’re amazed by Todd Doehring’s Meshagons, which are 3D printable “tetrahedral finite element (FE) mesh sculptures”.

3D Printed Handles for Stone Age Tools

In the most absolute and ultimate technology contrast possible, researchers have 3D printed handles for primitive flint-knapped hand axes.

A Spectacular Paint of 3D Model

You know how to paint your 3D prints? Just spray ‘em! Nope – there’s a much better way we found at Redicubricks.

More Details on SpaceX’s 3D Printed Rocket Engine

We’ve found some additional details on SpaceX’s surprising 3D printed SuperDraco rocket engine.

Builder’s 3D Color Mixing Solution

3D printer manufacturer Builder has introduced a “Color Mixing” feature on their unique dual-feed extruder.

Monoprice Releases Dual Extrusion Video

Monoprice announced a very low-cost dual extruder 3D printer last month, but we didn’t know how well it worked until we watched this video.

The Pros and Cons of Proprietary 3D Printing Filament

Some folks have very strong feelings regarding the use of proprietary filament by some 3D printer manufacturers. Are those feelings warranted?

XYZPrinting Developing a Resin 3D Printer?

We’ve found some evidence that low-cost 3D printing entrant XYZ Printing is developing a SLA-style resin 3D printer.

It’s Not Unlimited, But it’s Pretty Big

3DP Unlimited has announced the 3DP1000 Large Format 3D printer. They’re definitely not kidding.

Something’s Cooking at Rendor

There’s an ominous web page published by Replica Labs, describing something called “Rendor”. It seems to be a 3D scanning app.

How Much Filament Do You Use? More Than You Have?

Filament management turns out to be an important task when using plastic extrusion personal 3D printers.

The Two Things You Must Do For Successful 3D Printing

If you’re using a filament-based personal 3D printer, there’s two major things you must get right to succeed.

Walmart CEO Says Retail Giant May Buy 3D Printer Company

At an event during the re/Code Conference Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon hinted that his company might be in the market to acquire a 3D printing company.

LittleSLA Could Shake Up 3D Printing

A new resin-based 3D printer, the LittleSLA, hopes to provide an opensource option for those wanting to get into the high-resolution 3D printing technology.

3D Hubs Hits a Milestone

Crowdsourced 3D printing network 3D Hubs achieved a major milestone this week by accepting their 5,000th location. But there’s more to it than mere numbers.

How To Build Your Own 3D Printer from E-Waste

A new Instructables describes how one maker designed and built a working 3D printer using, well, junk.

SpaceX Takes a Huge Step with 3D Printing

If you are like us, you would have been watching SpaceX unveil their astonishing new spacecraft, the Dragon V2.

17-Year Old Creates 3D Printed Robot

Many people build robots using 3D printing, but this very unusual specimen was designed and printed by a seventeen year old from the UK.

Spooling Issues can Spoil Your 3D Print

Of the numerous issues that can fail your 3D print, spooling issues are among the most frequent.

A Printer Farm for Your 3D Printer

We’ve learned about an incredibly attractive new option for managing your 3D printer: SD3D’s “Printer Farm”.

SD3D’s Adaptive Build Environment

We’re checking out what could be the most unique and useful accessory any 3D printer owner might want: the Adaptive Build Environment by SD3D.

Creation Workshop from Envision Labs

Concerned that your favorite 3D model slicing software won’t work on your new resin-based 3D printer? There’s a solution for that.

Design of the Week: Bone Chair

This week’s selection is designer Joris Laarman’s Bone Chair, part of a seven-piece collection entitled, “Bone Furniture”.

Design of the Week: Unholy Cross

This week’s selection is freelance 3D artist Andrew Jerez’s “Unholy Cross”.

Abrasion-Resistant Filament for 3D Printers

igus announced trials of “tribo-filament”, which apparently is substantially more wear-resistant than other 3D printer filaments.

Is All 3D Print Slicing Software The Same? Apparently Not

We’re looking at a story from Simplify3D that apparently demonstrates their product can handle prints that other software cannot.

The Lix 3D Pen Printer Controversy

We wrote about a new Kickstarter project last week, the Lix 3D Pen Printer. But now some believe it cannot actually work.

BetAbram To Release House Printing Machine

Over the course of its nearly 30-year lifetime, additive manufacturing has been used to create a massive array of objects. Though while the technology has had a number of different applications, its ability to produce objects on a massive scale has only just begun.