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Kumovis Announces New Medical 3D Printing Workflow

Kumovis Announces New Medical 3D Printing Workflow

Kumovis announced a new workflow for the production of certified medical products.

Could The Future Of 3D Printing Be Specialized Software?

Could The Future Of 3D Printing Be Specialized Software?

An announcement from Stratasys hints at where the future of 3D printing might be heading.

Why Carbon Unleashed Their Lattice Tools On The 3D World

Why Carbon Unleashed Their Lattice Tools On The 3D World

I spoke with Phil DeSimone to find our more about Carbon’s recent decision to make their sophisticated lattice generation tool available to everyone.

Design of the Week: RobBob 2 DOF Robot Head

Design of the Week: RobBob 2 DOF Robot Head

This week’s selection is “RobBob” a mechanical robot head with two degrees of freedom, by JBV Creative.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, December 5, 2021

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

CoComelon Going Public and 3D Printing

CoComelon Going Public and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing technology could be used in the children's entertainment business.

Creality Announces Four New 3D Printers

Creality Announces Four New 3D Printers

Creality announced not one, but four new desktop 3D printers with added intelligence and convenience.

Authentise Just Got A Lot More Powerful

Authentise Just Got A Lot More Powerful

Authentise announced an intriguing partnership that should make their system quite a bit more powerful.

MakerBot Provides Update On Thingiverse Security Breach

MakerBot Provides Update On Thingiverse Security Breach

MakerBot provided a detailed disclosure of a data leak from last October.

Innovations in 3D Printed Buildings

Innovations in 3D Printed Buildings

Could 3D printing really be used to solve the global housing crisis? Recent breakthroughs in the technology show we might not be that far off.

Programmable Microbes Produce 3D Print Material?

Programmable Microbes Produce 3D Print Material?

Researchers have developed an incredible new technique for producing material for bioprinters, and it may revolutionize other forms of 3D printing.

MakerBot Gains UL GREENGUARD Certification

MakerBot Gains UL GREENGUARD Certification

MakerBot announced their new air filtration system has been awarded GREENGUARD certification by UL.

Essentium Declares Intent to Go Public

Essentium Declares Intent to Go Public

As I suspected, Essentium is the latest 3D printing business to transform into a publicly-traded company.

Construction Supply Chains and Growing 3D Printing Markets

Construction Supply Chains and Growing 3D Printing Markets

Charles Goulding and Joseph Castine look at how 3D printing technology might alleviate some of the current construction procurement challenges.

We All Lose Sanjay Mortimer

We All Lose Sanjay Mortimer

Terrible news from the UK today: Sanjay Mortimer, the founder of E3D-Online, has passed away.

Hands On With The Voxelab Aries 3D Printer, Part 2

Hands On With The Voxelab Aries 3D Printer, Part 2

Our look at the new Voxelab Aries desktop 3D printer continues with the setup and operation.

Hands On With The Voxelab Aries 3D Printer, Part 1

Hands On With The Voxelab Aries 3D Printer, Part 1

Our test lab has been quite busy lately. This time we reviewed the Voxelab Aries desktop 3D printer.

Seattle Tech and 3D Printing

Seattle Tech and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at reasons 3D printing companies should be in Seattle.

A Chat With BCN3D’s David Martinez

A Chat With BCN3D’s David Martinez

I spoke with BCN3D’s Dave Martinez to find out the latest from the Spanish 3D printer manufacturer.

van der Geest Developing New Color 3D Printing Concept: The Double i3

van der Geest Developing New Color 3D Printing Concept: The Double i3

Aad van der Geest is working on a new concept called “Double i3” that should be able to 3D print in full color.

STEELTEK’s Green 3D Printer Spools

STEELTEK’s Green 3D Printer Spools

A Polish startup has developed an eco-friendly spool for 3D print material.

Book of the Week: Raspberry Pi 4 For Beginners And Intermediates

Book of the Week: Raspberry Pi 4 For Beginners And Intermediates

This week’s selection is “Raspberry Pi 4 For Beginners And Intermediates” by Craig Berg.

Mimaki Pushes Forward with Full Color 3D Printing

Mimaki Pushes Forward with Full Color 3D Printing

I had a chat with the folks from Mimaki, makers of a line full color 3D printers.

A Basketful of Product Announcements From 3D Systems

A Basketful of Product Announcements From 3D Systems

Industry leader 3D Systems announced a number of new products, services and partnerships to beef up their industrial capabilities.

Shining 3D Announces New Resin 3D Printer and 3D Scanner

Shining 3D Announces New Resin 3D Printer and 3D Scanner

Shining 3D announced a new professional desktop resin 3D printer, the AccuFab-L4K, and a new 3D scanner, the Transcan C.

Design of the Week: Massive Articulated Dragon

Design of the Week: Massive Articulated Dragon

This week’s selection is the enormous Articulated Dragon by Cults contributor MCGYBEER and printed to scale by Metalhead Printing.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, November 28, 2021

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Higher Oil and Gas Prices and 3D Printing

Higher Oil and Gas Prices and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the usage of 3D printing technology by the oil and gas industry.

Redefine Meat Launches in Europe

Redefine Meat Launches in Europe

Redefine Meat launched their 3D printed alt-meat products in several European companies.

Why 3D Printing Needs To Meet Machine Learning

Why 3D Printing Needs To Meet Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing countless industries, and its machine learning capabilities are capable of transforming additive manufacturing as well.

An Update From Roboze

An Update From Roboze

I spoke with Roboze CEO Alessio Lorusso recently and found out the current state of the Italian manufacturer of high-temperature 3D printers.

3D Systems Expands Bioprinting Capabilities

3D Systems Expands Bioprinting Capabilities

3D Systems’ recent acquisition of Volumetric and its continued collaboration with other biotech companies pushes 3D bioprinting capabilities into the future.

3DGence Announces New Line of Metal 3D Printers

3DGence Announces New Line of Metal 3D Printers

3DGence announced the “ELEMENT” series of metal 3D printers to accompany their INDUSTRY thermoplastic series.

3D Printer Deals From Anycubic

3D Printer Deals From Anycubic

Anycubic has released details of significant savings on many of their 3D printers.

What is 3D Systems Doing With Half a Billion?

What is 3D Systems Doing With Half a Billion?

Last week 3D Systems announced closing a deal to gain US$460M in a convertible notes arrangement, but what are they doing with that cash?

Desenvolvimentos da ImpressĂŁo 3D na Petrobras

Desenvolvimentos da ImpressĂŁo 3D na Petrobras

Charles Goulding e Andressa Bonafe examinam a tecnologia de impressĂŁo 3D na Petrobras no Brasil.

3D Printing Developments at Brazil’s Petrobras

3D Printing Developments at Brazil’s Petrobras

Charles Goulding and Andressa Bonafe examine 3D printing technology at Petrobras in Brazil.

Digital Metal Moves Toward Production

Digital Metal Moves Toward Production

Digital Metal announced a new “digital platform interface” that should allow their equipment to be used for major production applications.

Hands On With The HALOT-ONE 3D Printer, Part 2

Hands On With The HALOT-ONE 3D Printer, Part 2

We were able to do a detailed test of Creality’s new HALOT-ONE resin 3D printer.

Hands On With The HALOT-ONE 3D Printer, Part 1

Hands On With The HALOT-ONE 3D Printer, Part 1

We took a close look at the HALOT-ONE desktop 3D printer.

Levi Strauss, the Supply Chain, and 3D Printing

Levi Strauss, the Supply Chain, and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Harry Foxman look at how the pandemic could encourage fashion makers to use more 3D printing technology.

So Many Thought’s On Prusa’s New XL 3D Printer

So Many Thought’s On Prusa’s New XL 3D Printer

Last week Prusa Research unveiled their new Original Prusa XL large format 3D printer, and there are a number of interesting implications.

3MF Adds “Volumetric” Extension

3MF Adds “Volumetric” Extension

The 3MF Consortium announced a new extension they call “Volumetric”.

DyeMansion’s New Black Line

DyeMansion’s New Black Line

Dyemansion introduced a new “Black Line” for 3D print coloring.

Book of the Week: 3D Printing For Money

Book of the Week: 3D Printing For Money

This week’s selection is “3D Printing For Money” by Richard Licastro.

BigRep Updates Flagship 3D Printers

BigRep Updates Flagship 3D Printers

BigRep announced new versions of their flagship 3D printers, the BigRep ONE and BigRep Pro.

Essentium Survey Shows “Additive Manufacturing Is Here To Stay”

Essentium Survey Shows “Additive Manufacturing Is Here To Stay”

Results of a new industry survey were released by Essentium, and they show a very strong trend towards AM.

Formnext Angling For US Dominance

Formnext Angling For US Dominance

With the conclusion of this year’s Formnext conference in Germany, organizers made a startling announcement: they are strongly moving into the US market.

Design of the Week: Life Size Horse Head

Design of the Week: Life Size Horse Head

This week’s selection is the Life Size Horse Head by Reddit contributor thepyrodex.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, November 21, 2021

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.