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ACTIVE Is A FABULOUS Material For Water Applications

ACTIVE Is A FABULOUS Material For Water Applications

FABULOUS announced a new 3D print material, ā€œACTIVEā€.

Book of the Week: Modeling Naval Ships in Small Scales

Book of the Week: Modeling Naval Ships in Small Scales

This weekā€™s selection is ā€œModeling Naval Ships in Small Scalesā€ by Mike McCabe.

Personalized Bike Helmets With HEXR’s 3D Printed Solution

Personalized Bike Helmets With HEXR’s 3D Printed Solution

HEXR could be the example of how to use 3D print technology for personalized products.

The Importance Of 3D Print Certifications

The Importance Of 3D Print Certifications

Formlabs announced a new material certification, and itā€™s more important than you might think.

Digital Manufacturing Centre Launches In The UK

Digital Manufacturing Centre Launches In The UK

The UKā€™s Digital Manufacturing Centre has officially opened.

Design of the Week: Spring Loaded Toothbrush Case

Design of the Week: Spring Loaded Toothbrush Case

This weekā€™s selection is the ridiculous Spring Loaded Toothbrush Case by Cults contributor CooknAdam.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: August 1, 2021

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: August 1, 2021

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

Lego Leadership, Innovation and Sustainability

Lego Leadership, Innovation and Sustainability

Charles R. Goulding considers the intersection of Legos, 3D printing and sustainability.

Redefine Meat Expands 3D Printed Alt-Meat Products And Market

Redefine Meat Expands 3D Printed Alt-Meat Products And Market

Redefine Meat announced the availability of five specific alt-meat products at locations across Israel.

How Creality Achieved High-Speed FFF 3D Printing

How Creality Achieved High-Speed FFF 3D Printing

Crealityā€™s new Ender 7 breaks speed barriers with some interesting technological improvements.

Itā€™s Not Goodbye, Itā€™s See You Later

Itā€™s Not Goodbye, Itā€™s See You Later

This is my last full day as the Managing Editor of Fabbaloo.

Multiple Barbeque Grill IPOs And 3D Printing

Multiple Barbeque Grill IPOs And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi serve up a look at barbeque trends impact on 3D printing.

Programmable 3D-Printed PhonoGraft Aims to Boost the Bodyā€™s Regeneration Process

Programmable 3D-Printed PhonoGraft Aims to Boost the Bodyā€™s Regeneration Process

Desktop Healthā€™s biodegradable 3D-printed graft promotes the natural healing of human membranes.

3DEO’s Millionth 3D Printed Part

3DEO’s Millionth 3D Printed Part

3DEO announced theyā€™ve produced their 1,000,000th 3D printed metal part.

Should 3D Print Services Acquire Unusual 3D Print Technologies?

Should 3D Print Services Acquire Unusual 3D Print Technologies?

I had a thought about the equipment being used by 3D print services.

Additive Manufacturing Continues To Go Greener

Additive Manufacturing Continues To Go Greener

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association now counts more than two dozen member companies across the global 3D printing industry.

New 3D Print Material: Oranges

New 3D Print Material: Oranges

A new 3D print material made from oranges has been used in an artistic project.

SIKA And The Concrete 3D Printing Revolution

SIKA And The Concrete 3D Printing Revolution

Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine build on foundations of advanced concrete 3D printing with a look at SIKAā€™s involvement.

Evolve Additive’s First STEP AM System Ships

Evolve Additive’s First STEP AM System Ships

Startup AM company Evolve Additive has now shipped its first commercial STEP system.

Helping Companies Shift To Digital Manufacturing

Helping Companies Shift To Digital Manufacturing

A new initiative is set to assist companies in the often difficult transition to digital manufacturing.

Can An Ender 3 Print Full-Color Models?

Can An Ender 3 Print Full-Color Models?

A method of converting the popular Ender 3 desktop 3D printer to a color printer has been published.

Action At Continuous Composites

Action At Continuous Composites

This month has been busy for Continuous Composites.

Ziplineā€™s Soaring Valuation And 3D Printing

Ziplineā€™s Soaring Valuation And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take a look at how 3D printing can help drones continue to soar.

Bowyer Developing AI “Slicer” For Electric 3D Printer

Bowyer Developing AI “Slicer” For Electric 3D Printer

Adrian Bowyer provided an updated on his Electric 3D Printer project, and it's a fascinating approach to software design.

Hands On With The Artec Leo 3D Scanner, Part 3

Hands On With The Artec Leo 3D Scanner, Part 3

Artec 3D provided us with a Leo 3D scanner, so we put it through some tests. Here we review several sample 3D scans taken with the device.

Hands On With The Artec Leo 3D Scanner, Part 2

Hands On With The Artec Leo 3D Scanner, Part 2

Artec 3D provided us with a Leo 3D scanner, so we put it through some tests. We examine the operation of the device.

Hands On With The Artec Leo 3D Scanner, Part 1

Hands On With The Artec Leo 3D Scanner, Part 1

Artec 3D provided us with a Leo 3D scanner, so we put it through some tests. First letā€™s look at features and setup.

Book of the Week: The Kickstart Guide To Making Great Makerspaces

Book of the Week: The Kickstart Guide To Making Great Makerspaces

This weekā€™s selection is ā€œThe Kickstart Guide To Making Great Makerspacesā€ by Laura Fleming.

3D Printing Pills With SLS?

3D Printing Pills With SLS?

3D printed pills are under development, but could this be done with SLS technology?

Alternative Forms For Sustainability In 3D Printing

Alternative Forms For Sustainability In 3D Printing

With the increasing emphasis on sustainability in industry, 3D printing may have to look towards unusual solutions.

The Tech Behind Those 3D Printed Balenciaga Shoes

The Tech Behind Those 3D Printed Balenciaga Shoes

They may look like shoes from an ā€˜80s Barbie doll, but a lot of technical know-how went into the 3D printed high heels from luxury brand Balenciaga.

Tacos And 3D Printing: Food For Thought

Tacos And 3D Printing: Food For Thought

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi spice it up with a look at 3D printing for tacos.

Design of the Week: MANHATTAN

Design of the Week: MANHATTAN

This weekā€™s selection is the huge MANHATTAN city 3D print by Luca Liguori of 3DCityFrames.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: July 25, 2021

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: July 25, 2021

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

Body Scanning Breakthrough

Body Scanning Breakthrough

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that could light up the 3D printed fashion industry.

New 3D Printed Food Application: Custom Designed Plating

New 3D Printed Food Application: Custom Designed Plating

A chef has realized another way to apply 3D print technology: plating.

Sizing Up The Major Printable 3D Model Repositories

Sizing Up The Major Printable 3D Model Repositories

One way to measure a printable 3D model repository is by the number of models.

3D Printed Shoes Fit For A Kardashian

3D Printed Shoes Fit For A Kardashian

Balenciaga has been sending $3K 3D printed high heels to celebrities, but does that translate to everyday fashion?

The Boeing-Airbus Truce And 3D Printing

The Boeing-Airbus Truce And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding considers potential 3D printing-related implications of a major aerospace competitive truce.

Miele and Replique Partner to Provide On-Demand 3D Printing

Miele and Replique Partner to Provide On-Demand 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing start-up, Replique, recently announced that it is partnering with German home appliance manufacturer Miele.

9T Labs Expands, Again

9T Labs Expands, Again

9T Labs announced yet another expansion.

Why Resin 3D Printing Is So Challenging

Why Resin 3D Printing Is So Challenging

Resin 3D printing isnā€™t nearly as popular as FFF 3D printing even though itā€™s widely available. Why is that so?

Autodesk Formalizes Mesh Tools In Fusion 360

Autodesk Formalizes Mesh Tools In Fusion 360

Autodeskā€™s latest version of Fusion 360 includes significant changes to their mesh processing functionality.

Fabric8Labs’ Mystery Metal 3D Printing Process

Fabric8Labs’ Mystery Metal 3D Printing Process

I came upon a news release explaining that Fabric8Labs raised US$19M. But who are they and what do they do?

Polaris Part Challenges And 3D Printing

Polaris Part Challenges And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley consider the use of digital inventory in automotive manufacture as industrial 3D printing picks up steam.

Changes At Sketchfab After Acquisition By Epic Games

Changes At Sketchfab After Acquisition By Epic Games

A big announcement at Sketchfab today: theyā€™ve been acquired by Epic Games.

Coming Soon: Battle Of The 3D Print Parameters

Coming Soon: Battle Of The 3D Print Parameters

Sintavia announced a new copper 3D printing method, but this may lead to an interesting challenge to other providers.

3DPrinterOS Version 3 Includes New UI, New Features

3DPrinterOS Version 3 Includes New UI, New Features

3D Control Systems announced the availability of a new version of their 3DPrinterOS system, which happens to include some very interesting improvements.

Digital Metal Launches DPS 1000

Digital Metal Launches DPS 1000

Digital Metal announced an accessory for their popular DM P2500 high-resolution metal 3D printer.

New Investment In Copper As Prices Skyrocket And 3D Printing

New Investment In Copper As Prices Skyrocket And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine examine the rise of both prices and interest in copper as the material continues to see more use in 3D printing.