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The D3D-s 3D Jewelry Scanner Offers High Resolution of Complex 3D Models
Need an ultra-high-resolution tabletop 3D scanner? One great option could be the new D3D-s device that’s now available on Kickstarter.
Design of the Week: Silhouette Vase
Looking for a simple 3D printing project to enhance your living space? Consider the easy-to-print Silhouette Vase; it looks great and can hold flowers.
Multi-Material Powder Bed 3D Print Anti-Counterfeiting
Aerosintās unique multi-material powder bed 3D printing process is bringing new possibilities not only to additive manufacturing, but to its security as well.
Dynamical 3D’s DT60 Industrial 3D Printer
Need a very large high-temperature 3D printer? Dynamical 3D’s huge DT60 can reliably 3D print in PEEK, ULTEM and other high-temp engineering materials.
Discovered: How To Eliminate Metal 3D Print Warping
Do your metal 3D prints warp? Spending too much effort planning for thermal effects? Researchers have found a way to dramatially reduce metal warping.
Mysterious Multi-Material 3D Printing Coming From Lake3D
Have you heard of Lake3D? They are developing a powerful new dental 3D printer that uses multi-material jetting to produce highly realistic artificial teeth.
Sierra Leone 3D Prints Data For Educational Policy Decisions
3D printed data models are helping the Sierra Leone government make decisions about educational policy.
Aurora Labs Nearing Launch of Revolutionary Metal 3D Printer
Aurora Labsā new RMP-1 metal 3D printer is proving successful in beta tests, as the company just announced a new partnership with an aluminum powder supplier.
Onshape Bringing Back the Local User Meeting
Turn out at the Onshape user meeting was light.
Dassault SystĆØmes Acquires MedidataāAnd More Digitization in 3D Printing Opportunities
Cameron Torti and Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printing implications of Dassault SystĆØmesā Medidata acquisition.
Nervous System’s Generative Software Helped New Balance Design
How did New Balance design the complex midsole for their TripleCell custom 3D printed shoe? Nervous System supplied the powerful generative 3D design tools.
The Safety Bomb Hidden In Some Metal 3D Print Operations
Are you 3D printing in metal? If so it’s possible you have an unknown safety hazard caused by stored flammable condensate produced by gas filters.
New Features in Ultimaker Cura 4.1 Include Cloud Discovery
Thinking of upgrading to Cura 4.1? That’s a very good idea because the new 3D printer slicing and management software includes many new features.
How To 3D Print Lithophanes
Have you ever wanted to 3D print lithophanes? It turns out to be suprisingly easy!
The AON-M2 High-Temperature 3D Printer
Looking for a high-temperature material 3D printer? The AON-M2 is able to 3D print high-temp materials such as PEEK, ULTEM, PEKK, PC and even LEXAN.
Prusa Research Ships 100,000 Machines
Prusa Research has now officially sold more than 100,000 desktop 3D printers.
Experiencing XponentialWorks
XponentialWorks is an investment, advisory, and development company for advanced technologies including 3D printing: an exclusive inside look at operations.
nTopology’s New nTop Platform Offers High Speed Complex Design
Have a gigantic 3D model? nTopology’s nTop Platform can easily handle it, and also provide super-complex analyses, simulations and generative design.
Yuko Oda: “I Am Particularly Drawn To Bringing Together The Digital And Non-Digital In One Piece”
Yuko Oda teaches in the Art and Design Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell specializing in Sculpture, Expanded Media, and 3D.
The Bison 1000 3D Printer
What does the Bison 1000 3D printer do? It can 3D print many resins, including ceramic resins at very high resolution, and can handle huge 3D models.
The Importance of Naming Your 3D Print Company
What are the strangest and most notable 3D print company names? We made a list and looked at the good, the bad and the unusual.
Zortrax Leans Dental With Biocompatible Resins
Zortrax has introduced dental-specific resins for its Inkspire 3D printer.
Recent Trends in 3D Printing Glass
Charles Goulding and Andressa Bonafe of R&D Tax Savers discuss innovations in 3D printing with glass.
Book of the Week: Hacking Electronics
Considering a 3D print project requiring electronics? This book shows how to hack Arduinos, resistors, capacitors and other bits to sense, move and light up a project.
Creativity In Approach Thinking: Design For Additive Manufacturing
The psychology of thinking differently can be applied to design for additive manufacturing.
Choosing The Best 3D Printing Process
Need to select a 3D printing process for an additive manufacturing project? These videos explain the major differences between SLS, FDM, SLA, MJF and more.
Photocentric Liquid Crystal 3D Printers For Industrial Production
Part production is highly effective with Photocentric’s precision Liquid Crystal 3D printers, and could significantly increase throughput for dental applications.
Solving Image-Based Medical 3D Printing Challenges
Medical 3D printing is becoming increasingly valuable for manufacturers and clinicians to solve patient-specific problems through tailored implants to improve diagnostic decision-making.
The Diabase Engineering H-Series Multi-Material 3D Printer
Multi-material 3D printing and machining is possible on the Diabase Engineering H-Series Machine Tool. It offers 3D printing and several milling options .
MIT Robot 3D Scans By Gel-Based Touch Sensors
MIT’s new robotic 3D scanning system uses a unique gel touch sensor to capture extreme surface detail. The robot’s scan results are fantastic!
3D Printing: A Lifeline for Automakers Adapting to a Changing Industry
Cameron Torti and Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printing in todayās automotive industry.
Proactive 3D Scanning of Motorcycle Parts For Future Repairs
Looking for a way to ensure you can always 3D print unusual motorcycle parts? We explain 3D scanning using CT technology that can be done in advance.
New Balance Launches 3D Printing-Powered Shoes
New Balance is 3D printing parts of its newest shoes with the Formlabs-powered TripleCell 3D printing platform: meet the 990 Sport and FuelCell Echo.
Mimicking Wood Tissue With 3D Printing
Researchers have developed an approach that could lead to true wood 3D printing material.
Continuous Carbon Fiber 3D Printing Gets Massive
While we recently reported that carbon fiber 3D printing is still in its early stages, we have also learned that development in the space is quickly progressing.
Applying 3D Printing Technology to Kitchen Appliances
Ian Brown and Tyler Gianchetta of R&D Tax Savers examine use of 3D printing in kitchen appliance manufacture.
Question of the Week: How To Re-Engineer Motorcycle Parts
How could one re-engineer parts for a motorcycle?
Is The TAZ 6 Bombproof?
We learned something very interesting about the LulzBot TAZ 6.
MedAccred Certification Forms the Framework for the Future of Micro Medical Components
Charles Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi of R&D Tax Savers discuss precise medical 3D printing.
I Used Simplify3D to 3D Print a Poo Emoji Top Hat
3D printers (people) have a bad habit of wasting their print improvement effort on the shiny and new instead of the useful.
Five Impactful 3D Printing Innovations
Let’s take a look at a few of the most impressive 3D printing innovations of the last five years and see how much the industry has changed since it began.
Smithsonian 3D Prints Neil Armstrong
The Smithsonian Institution is 3D printing life-size copies of Neil Armstrong.
LEO Lane: Consistency And Security For The Full 3D Printing Workflow
3D printing is about more than printing; a chat with LEO Lane illuminates more in end-to-end workflow opportunity.
The ExOne X1 25PRO 3D Printer
ExOneās new X1 25PRO production 3D printer holds some surprises.
Shweta Thapa: āIt Doesnāt Tell You Which Machine Is Best Suited For Your Applicationā
Shweta Thapa is a mechanical engineer, educator, and co-founder of 3Ducators.
Mink: The Worldās First Makeup 3D Printer?
Today weāre looking at a very unusual device, the Mink makeup 3D printer.
The Next Stage of 3D Printing Standards?
A reader poses an interesting question about 3D printing standards.
Drones Are Taking Off Rapidly With Help From 3D Printers
Cameron Torti and Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printingās impact on drones.
Carbonās $260M Growth Funding
With more than $260 million just announced in a growth funding round, Carbon has now raised more than $680 million ā bringing their valuation to $2.4 billion.
Book of the Week: Supercharg3D
This weekās selection is āSupercharg3D: How 3D Printing Will Drive Your Supply Chainā by Len Pannett.
3D Printing To Boom In Supersonic Air Travel
Boom Supersonic is bringing metal 3D printing into its Mach 2.2 air travel plans.
Selling To Yourself: 3D Printing In Bigger Corporations
For some of the big-name players who have entered into 3D printing, their biggest customers are…themselves.
A LulzBot Bioprinter?
Aleph Objects announced a partnership with FluidForm to develop a 3D bioprinter.
ChiTuBox: The Other 3D Print Slicer
Iām taking a look at ChiTuBox, a third party 3D print slicing system.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Windup Car
This weekās selection is the 3D Printed Windup Car project by maker Greg Zumwalt.
The Problem With Printer Profile Libraries
A new strategy by some vendors to provide 3D printer profiles may backfire.
Is it FDM or FFF?
Itās long overdue, but I want to talk about FDM and FFF today.
PLASTEC East Expo and 3D Printing: A Review
Steve Kelly, Liam Nixon and Cameron Torti of R&D Tax Savers review 3D printing as seen at the recent PLASTEC East Expo.
How To Unload Your Used 3D Printer
When your 3D printer is no longer useful, what do you do?
GE Additive Announces 34 Metal 3D Printer Sales
In four announcements over the last nine days, GE Additive has shared the news of a notable sales season in metal 3D printing.
The Additec Ī¼Printer Metal 3D Printer
Additecās new Ī¼Printer allows parts to be 3D printed in both powder and wire in the same system.
How a High-Schooler Trying to Save Water Got a Crash Course in Engineering
Eighteen-year-old Tucker Sawyer of Hays County, TX, had a flash of inspiration while sitting in his high school chemistry class.
Mass Production At The Core: voxeljetās High-Volume Additive Manufacturing Moves
The new VJET X is preparing for its debut as voxeljet announces its next high-volume additive manufacturing solutions.
How Advanced Can 3D Printed Colors Be?
I spoke with DyeMansionās Chief Customer Officer, Kai Witter, about the companyās new advanced 3D print color systems.
E3D-Online’s Origin Story
We had a chat with E3D-Online co-founder Sanjay Mortimer to find out more about the company.
Desktop Metalās Studio System Ships In Europe
Desktop Metal is now shipping its desktop metal 3D printing solution in Europe.
Could Adobe Create the 3D Product Dev App to Rival all Others?
Adobe Fresco in 3D?
The ZCatch Nozzle Removal Tool
The ZCatch nozzle removal tool should be a tool found in every 3D printer operatorās toolbox.
BigRepās Next Big Plans
We caught up recently with BigRep for more on their next steps in development.
A Concrete Example: How 3D Printing Can Create Housing and Infrastructure
Charles Goulding and Liam Nixon of R&D Tax Savers examine concrete 3D printing.
The State of VSHAPER’s 5-Axis 3D Printer
VSHAPER is readying their powerful 5-axis 3D printer for production.
Sarah Pavis: “Iām Good At 3D Printing Because Iām A Mechanical Engineer”
Sarah Pavis is the Founder and Principal Engineer at Measure Twice Labs.
Figure 4 In Action
3D Systemsā Figure 4 system is up and running at Rapid Application Group.
The Kinect Is Not Dead!
Microsoft announced a new version of their handheld 3D scanner, and it may have some implications for 3D printing.
3D Printed Magnetic Metamaterial Boosts MRI Scanners
Researchers at Boston University have developed a powerful new application of 3D printed metamaterials.
Pasta and 3D Printing: Ingredients for a Successful Recipe
Charles Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi of R&D Tax Savers discuss the culinary world of 3D printing pasta.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing for Model Engineers
This weekās selection is ā3D Printing for Model Engineers: A Practical Guideā by Neil Wyatt.
Materialise Enlightens Medical Care With FDA-Approved Cardiovascular Software
Materialise has received FDA clearance for its cardiovascular planning software.
Ruggedized Bioprinting
An nScrypt bioprinter is ready for desert conditions to test in-the-field critical care.
R&D Profiles of Leading 3D Printing Companies
Charles Goulding & Ryan Donley of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing R&D.
Stratasys Will Boom For Seven More Years
Stratasys today announced a key contract with Boom Supersonic.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Croissant Machine
This weekās selection is the practical 3D Printed Croissant Machine, by Alexis Gabriel Ainouz, a.k.a. French Guy Cooking.
Is Video More Effective For 3D Print Communications?
Could video be a better medium for communications of tricky 3D print information?
Have You Considered Your 3D Printer’s Longevity?
3D printer longevity.
US & Japan: Stars Aligned for 3D Printing
Charles Goulding and Liam Nixon of R&D Tax Savers look at the relationship between the U.S. and Japan as it relates to 3D printing.
Question of the Week: Jewelry Design Software?
Jewelry design has never been easier. Find out how to use 3D printing software to design your own jewelry. Here are the best jewelry design tools in 2019.
Disruption in Huawei Supply Chain Creates New 3D Printing Supplier Opportunities
Cameron Torti and Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printing opportunities in 5G telecommunications.
Initial Impressions: HP 3D Printing And Digital Manufacturing Center Of Excellence
The new HP 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence is, well, excellent.
Mountain Biking Gets a Boost from Generative Design
Mechanical engineer PJ Tolentino loves biking on the many mountainous trails in his native Philippines.
The MakerGear Ultra One 3D Printer
We had a closer look at MakerGearās new and powerful 3D printer, the Ultra One, their first industrial machine.
New 3D Print Material: Composite Basalt Fiber
Anisoprint announced a 3D print material Iāve never heard of previously, Composite Basalt Fiber.
The NEO800 Industrial SLA 3D Printer
We had a chat with Maria Fatialofa of RPS about their NEO 800 3D printer.
Rapidia Reveals New Metal 3D Printing Process
A Vancouver-based startup appears to have invented an entirely new form of metal 3D printing.
Relativity Space Spends US$59M On Massive 3D Printer Farm
Relativity Space has signed a deal with NASA to develop a rocket-printing factory.