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Titomic’s Kinetic 3D Printing Process

An Australian company is commercializing an unusual 3D metal printing process.

The LulzBot Mini 2 Desktop 3D Printer

Aleph Objects announced the new LulzBot Mini 2 desktop 3D printer.

Possible Controversy on Thingiverse?

I found an interesting 3D model at Thingiverse, but then something happened.

Book of the Week: Polygon Mesh Processing

This week’s selection is “Polygon Mesh Processing” by Mario Botsch, Leif Kobbelt, Mark Pauly, Pierre Alliez, and Bruno Levy.

Secrets of Desktop Metal’s Upcoming Production Machine

While the eyes of the 3D printing world may be on Desktop Metal’s Studio system, it’s their production system that is most interesting.

The Rise of Small Regional 3D Print Services

I’ve noticed a bit of trend: the occurrence of small, regional 3D print services seems to be growing.

Design of the Week: Temperature Tower

This week’s selection is the very useful Temperature Tower by Simplify3D.

Radio Frequencies: The Forgotten 3D Print Material Property

How do you choose your 3D printer filament?

BEEVERYCREATIVE About To Launch

Many months ago we reported that BEEVERYCREATIVE was developing a 3D printer for use in outer space.

How To Keep Up With 3D Printer Updates – Or Not

It seems that as soon as you acquire a 3D printer, it’s obsolete. What should you do?

3D Printed Tourniquets: A Signal of Future 3D Print Use?

An incredible story with a 3D printing angle took place last week.

Hybrid Metal 3D Printer from Made In Space Gets NASA Funding

The New Space space is heating up as an increasing number of private companies leverage 3D printing to push next-generation space technology.

PolyMaker’s Automotive Venture

3D print materials provider PolyMaker has struck a deal to help build a mostly-3D printed automobile.

Another Continuous Fiber 3D Printing System, With More Options

We’re looking at the technology of Continuous Composites today.

The ExOne Innovent+ 3D Printer

ExOne made is mostly known for their larger equipment, but they also make smaller gear, like the Innovent+ 3D printer.

Autodesk SketchBook Is Now Totally Free For Everybody

Autodesk’s SketchBook program, which serves as a jumping-off point for many artists, engineers, and CAD designers, is now totally free!

Was There Really “Consumer Indifference” To 3D Printers?

I’m reading a story suggesting that it was “Consumer Indifference” that “killed all hope for 3d printing stocks.”

Sinterit Scales Up With The Lisa 2 SLS 3D Printer

Sinterit announced a larger SLS 3D printer, the Lisa 2.

Formlabs Introduces Ceramic Resin and Changes Everything

Formlabs formally announced a new ceramic resin for the Form 2 3D printer today.

Irene Healey – “My strengths are coming up with new designs for prostheses and working with patients to develop products specific to their needs”

Irene Healey is a visual artist and Certified Clinical Anaplastologist

Now Available: High Temperature Carbon Reinforced Filament

Carbon fiber reinforced 3D printing filament has been around for a while, but here’s a new option.

Simplify3D Extends Partnerships to Simplify 3D Printing

Simplify3D announced a new partnership with Flashforge, and that won’t be the last.

How to Make Impossible Objects

3D printers are well known for their ability to make “impossible objects”.

Book of the Week: The Diamond Age

This week’s selection is “The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer”, by Neal Stephenson.

Radical Developments at Cosine Additive

Cosine Additive is one of the few 3D printer companies that produces large-format devices.

3DPrinterOS Rides the Azure Train

3DPrinterOS announced an interesting joint service with Microsoft to enhance use of their Azure system.

Design of the Week: Bounce Necklace

This week’s selection is the animated Bounce Necklace by wearable art desginer Donna Mason Sweigart.

RAND’s Four Beefs with 3D Printing Discussed

RAND Corporation’s views on 3D printing seem a lot more worrisome than they should be.

A Most Strategic 3D Print Merger: The First of Many?

Two Canadian firms join in what could be a style soon to be seen everywhere.

What’s Arcadian 3D Up To?

There’s a mystery 3D printer project underway, it seems.

XYZprinting’s Strange, Circular Resin Peel

XYZprinting has developed a style of resin 3D printing system I have not seen previously.

nScrypt Demonstrates Ability to 3D Print Embedded Sensors for Medical Devices

nScrypt, a manufacturer of industrial 3D printers and bioprinting tools, has announced the ability to 3D print medical implants with embedded circuits and sensors.

What’s Really Different About Raise3D’s Pro2 3D Printers?

We were a bit mystified when we heard Raise3D announced a new machine, the Pro2.

The Other Reason for 3D Printing Pellets

Pellets are slowly becoming a more popular 3D printing material, but there is one surprising reason this is so.

A Brilliant Solution for 3D Scanning

If you’ve even used a handheld 3D scanner, you know what’s going to happen.

How to Achieve a Brilliant Paint Finish on Your Prototypes

We can always depend on industrial designer Eric Strebel to put a ton of effort into every project he makes

We May LIve in a MultiSpool Universe

Yet another “master spool” concept has been released.

Kadine James – “The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the way we receive information, how we process it, how we work and what jobs we will do. It is happening at an unprecedented pace”

Learner, maker, innovator & 3D technology enthusiast, Kadine James is Hobs studio’s 3D Tech Lead. Combining 6+ years’ experience in 3D Printing, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality.

BigRep Explores Large-Scale Flexible Prints

BigRep has taken an interesting step by introducing a flexible material.

Bricks: A Different Kind of Voxel

I’m looking at an Australian company that seems to have produced a 3D printer, but don’t call it one.

Union Tech’s Marking Experiment

There seems to be rising interest in 3D print marking schemes.

Book of the Week: Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing

This week’s selection is the deep “Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing” by Michael Gouge and Pan Michaleris.

Six Key Ways to Leverage 3D Print Design

3D printing technology isn’t for every application, but what is it good for?

BIg News From Sindoh: A New Machine and Open Materials Coming!

We had a chat with the friendly folks from Sindoh last week and found out they are about to make some very interesting changes.

Design of the Week: Planetary Rover

This week’s selection is the inspiring Planetary Rover project by Instructables contributor silver-surfer.

Tiertime’s Continuous 3D Printing Feature

Continuous 3D printing is a dream for many, but now it seems to be a purchasable thing.

Thermorph: A New 4D Printing Concept

Researchers at CMU’s Morphing Matter Lab have developed a technique for 4D printing that could prove popular.

Stratasys Releases ULTEM-Killer Thermoplastic

It seems that we have reached peak innovation in terms of fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printing technologies. Just a couple of years ago, it seems that everyone had a new FDM printer on the market, with each company promising something slightly different (or slightly cheaper) than the last. Well, the good news is that… Continue reading Stratasys Releases ULTEM-Killer Thermoplastic

MakerGear’s New M3 3D Printer

MakerGear announced some interesting changes to their flagship 3D printer, the M3.

Two 3D Printer Companies; Two Sets of Finanicals

The two largest publicly traded 3D printer companies, 3D Systems and Stratasys, both published their quarterly financials. Who’s winning?

Is it a Bowden or Direct 3D Printer Extruder? How About Both!

We got a shock when looking at Stacker’s latest machine.

Behind the Design: The Making of a Ginormous Overwatch Cosplay Costume

You may think creating cosplay costumes involves locking yourself up in a garage

Titan Robotic’s Huge Improvements To Their Huge 3D Printer

When we first encountered Titan Robotics some years ago, their machine was quite large.

Stratasys Ups Their Color

We took a close look at color 3D prints from Stratasys’ new color system.

Carbon’s Two-Prong Strategy Continues

Carbon’s manufacturing strategy was extended today with the announcement of some new materials.

Priyanka Nadig – “At the end of the day the skill set of the person oversees the gender”

Priyanka Nadig is the Assistant Manager-Materials Engineering at Intech DMLS Pvt. Ltd, a Metal Additive Manufacturing company in Bangalore, India.

What’s After Voxel Level 3D Printing?

There is another level of 3D printing that no one has yet attained.

New Industrial 3D Printers From Stratasys

Last week Stratasys announced some new 3D printers.

Battle of the Universal Spools?

We seem to have two proposed standards seeking acceptance.

Book of the Week: The Rise of Industrial 3D Printing

This week’s selection is “The Rise of Industrial 3D Printing” by Philip von Tell.

A Gigantic Multi-Material 3D Metal Printer?

One of the most intriguing items we encountered at Rapid+TCT was what appeared to be a 3D metal printer – that could print in more than one material.

Nike’s Flyprint: Is It Really 3D Printed?

Nike announced a new “3-D Printed” running shoe, but it seems a bit strange to me.

Design of the Week: The Root Cause

This week’s selection is the highly detailed “Root Cause” by artist Michael Cardacino.

Impressions of Rapid+TCT 2018

This year’s Rapid+TCT event took place in the warm city of Fort Worth, Texas.

3D Print Education – In All Forms

Across the world, we are now seeing the seeds of the future for 3D printing.

Should You Participate In A 3D Printer Beta Program?

Sometimes you’ll hear about a “beta” program. What’s that all about, and should you participate?

Trumpf’s Automated 3D Metal Printing Future

Automation is becoming very important for 3D printer manufacturers.

Airbus to Install First 3D-Printed Components into Aircraft Cabins

Airbus has been on a path to incorporate 3D printing into its aircraft as much as possible, leading to 3D-printed engine parts, cabin dividers and more.

The Sonda Sys SL 01 3D Printer

Sonda Sys’s SL 01 3D printer is a lower cost industrial 3D printer.

Monitoring Your 3D Print for Recovery

The bane of every desktop 3D printer operator is the discovery of a print failure.

Biodegradable 3D Printed Bone Implants

Bioprinters are typically used to 3D print soft tissue, but what about bones?

Microsoft’s Project Zanzibar Platform Introduces a Portable Tangible User Interface

Seamlessly bridging the physical and digital worlds has proved to be a significant challenge for even the world’s most advanced electronic manufacturers.

The Unusual – and Powerful – MELD 3D Printing Process

I’m looking at a new form of 3D printing made by MELD Manufacturing.

Generating 3D Models with Frustum’s TrueSOLID

I’ve recently thought that the future of 3D design lies in an automated future, and Frustum is another option for doing so.

What’s Up With 3D Printer Filaments?

An interesting survey was conducted by Filaments.Directory that reveals some interesting behavior by 3D printer operators.

Laura Griffiths – “Often the most interesting stories are those where 3D printing isn’t the primary focus”

Laura Griffiths is the Deputy Group Editor at TCT Magazine, the magazine for design-to-manufacturing innovation.

GE Making Some Moves in Additive Manufacturing

There is no doubt GE is serious about 3D metal printing.

Fusion3’s Updated Professional 3D Printer

Fusion3 replaced their F400 3D printer with the new F410, and it’s not just “10” better.

MakerBot Continues Evolution to an Education Provider

MakerBot’s gradual transformation continues.

Book of the Week: Manufacturing and Design: Understanding the Principles of How Things Are Made

This week’s selection is “Manufacturing and Design: Understanding the Principles of How Things Are Made” by Erik Tempelman.

The First New Ultimaker 3D Printer in a Long Time

Ultimaker unexpectedly announced a brand new desktop 3D printer today.

M3D Announces a Sub-USD$500 Full Color 3D Printer

M3D is well known for their inexpensive desktop 3D printers, but now they’ve added a very different machine to their product line. The new “Crane Quad” system is a full color desktop 3D printer with a price said to be less than USD$500. Previously the company marketed single or dual extrusion machines that proved very… Continue reading M3D Announces a Sub-USD$500 Full Color 3D Printer