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This Go-Kart is Made From Giant 3D Printed LEGOS

If you’ve ever needed an excuse to buy a 3D printer, let this be the one.

Is The MakerBot Replicator+ a “Shop Machine”?

MakerBot has undergone an incredible transformation in its brief, 8 year existence. Now it’s apparently a “shop machine”.

GKN Launches into Aerospace 3D Printing

Although GE Additive may have become the star of metal 3D printing in the aerospace sector, British aerospace and automotive manufacturer GKN may have produced the most 3D printing-related aerospace news at the Paris Airshow last month.

Boeing Talks 3D Printing for Aerospace

On the ground floor of 3D printing technology for years, aerospace manufacturers first began adopting the various additive manufacturing (AM) processes for use in prototyping.

Hidden Sensors: A 3D Printed Application

Every once in a while there is a rather unusual new application for 3D printing, and this certainly is one.

One Small Step for 3D Printing Satellites in the Vacuum of Space

Given the already devastating effects of climate change and the lack of action on the part of developed nations, particularly the U.S., it’s no secret that billionaires like Elon Musk want to get off this planet.

The US Marine Corps’ X-FAB Mobile 3D Printshop

It was inevitable: the military has developed a kind of mobile 3D print workshop.

Airbus Takes on Stratasys 3D Printing for Serial Part Production

At last month’s Paris Air Show, Stratasys made an important announcement indicating that 3Dprinting polymers were just about ready for prime time.

Made In Space Begins 3D Printing PEI/PC on the ISS

Earlier this year, we spoke to Made In Space President Andrew Rush about some of the new exciting projects that the company is working on.

On Demand 3D Printed Vehicles?

The US Navy has 3D printed an entire submersible vehicle!

A New Type of 3D Print Application?

I’m reading a release from ESA, the European Space Agency, who seem to have found a new way to use 3D prints.

Volkswagen Autoeuropa 3D Prints Manufacturing Tools to Save Thousands of Euros

Desktop 3D printers are being found in the manufacturing industry at an increasing rate.

Michelin Unveils the Tire of the Future…and of Course, It’s 3D Printed

Despite that old expression of “you don’t need to reinvent the wheel,” Michelin has proved this week that there’s still plenty of ground to play with the future of wheel design…and tires, too.

3D Systems Provides Certification Program for Medical Clients

Healthcare has been a huge focus for 3D Systems recently, and they’ve boosted it with the announcement of a new certification program.

GE’s 3D Printing Advantage is Everyone’s

I’m looking at GE’s new Advanced Turboprop Engine and it seems it makes substantial use of 3D printing technology.

Safran Partners with Prodways to Take 3D Printing to the Skies

As the second largest sector for additive manufacturing (AM) applications, aerospace continues to be a key industry for AM machine manufacturers and service providers.

Police Using 3D Printing?

We’ve received a press release from the UK’s Hawk 3D Proto, who apparently have equipped a police department with a 3D printer.

Boeing to Begin Using FAA-Certified 3D Printed Parts for New 787 Dreamliner

While 3D printing may still be in the midst of having an identity crisis in the world of mass production

Aerojet Rocketdyne Refines 3D Printing for Rocket Engines

As additive manufacturing (AM) is incorporated into the larger manufacturing ecosystem, the technology has to prove itself capable of standing up to more and more critical tasks.

You Might Say This is a Titanic 3D Print

BernCo Models has produced a 1/72 3D printed version of the famous Titanic liner – and it sails just like the real thing.

Not The Best Way To 3D Print Materials in Space

I’m reading a paper by researchers from Northwestern University where they propose a new method of enabling 3D printed Lunar and Martian materials.

Funeral Parlors: An Unlikely Business Using 3D Printing

According to a report, some Chinese mortuaries are now making use of 3D printing in an unexpected way.

Castle 3D Printing Apparently Isn’t Popular

I’m looking at what might be the most bizarre 3D print-related launch campaign ever: 3D printing a life size castle.

Johnson & Johnson Develops 3D-Printed Patient-Specific Surgical Tools

Last year, ENGINEERING.com had the opportunity to speak with Johnson & Johnson

3D Scan the Titanic!

The most famous shipwreck will soon be digitally captured in 3D.

3D Fantasy of the Week: Onboard 3D Printers Producing Aircraft?

I’m watching a very curious video from BAE Systems that proposes a currently – and likely always – impossible 3D printing feat.

3D Printed Baby Model with Functional Organs May Help Doctors Save Infant Lives

Performing surgery isn’t a perfect science, and even doctors need to practice their skills, especially when it comes to children.

Meet Perdix, a 3D Printed Drone Designed to Work in Swarms

By itself, one isn’t all that impressive. But, bring enough of them together, and it’s certainly an impressive sight.

The US Army’s 3D Printed Grenade Launcher Raises Questions

There’s been a bit of a buzz around the US Army’s announcement of an almost fully-3D printed grenade launcher, but really it’s just an experiment.

Precision Health Care Driven by 3D Systems’ Medical 3D Printing

In a world of exploding smartphones, fictional augmented reality (AR) glasses and government spying, one might wonder whether or not new technology really advances the human predicament or if it just allows a few executives to score some extra dough here and there.

How 3D Printing Revolutionized the World’s Oldest Making Process

A wonderful story has been submitted to our publication describing how a traditional ceramics craftsman was able to vastly simplify his work using 3D print technology

An Excellent 3D Printed Visualization

Stratasys has produced a very interesting visualization using their color 3D printing processes.

Deloitte Discusses 3D Printing and Commercial Real Estate

Technological advancements don’t simply affect the lives of individuals, but actually reshape entire societies. What could be more indicative of this power than the change that happens to the buildings in which we live and work?

Diabetes Effects Resolved with 3D Printing – And More?

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute have developed a 3D printing technique to assist diabetes patients, but could this be a new category of application?

Subsea Applications of 3D Printing

There’s an interesting use of 3D printing taking place: under the sea!

3D Printer to Cure Baldness? Wut?

What? You can 3D print hair to cure baldness? Can this possibly be real?

HP is 3D Printing Their Own 3D Printer

It was revealed that HP’s new industrial 3D printer, the Jet Fusion 3D 3200, includes a large number of 3D printed parts itself.

How 3D Printing is Changing Jewelry Design

Technology is a driving force behind the changes in many industries.

Rocket Crafters use Ingenious 3D Printing Technique

It’s always amazing to see others leverage 3D printing in unexpected ways. One company doing so is Rocket Crafters.

Johnson & Johnson Adopts Cutting Edge 3D Printing for the Future of Medical Devices

Healthcare is one of the industries to most dramatically see changes occur due to the use of 3D printing technology.

How 3D Printing Has And Will Affect Sports

3D printers have made custom manufacturing easy and inexpensive.

3D Printing Can Enable Amazing Things

Some say 3D printing is not useful and is dying, but in fact our world is being slowly changed in fundamental ways behind the scenes.

Hacking the TSA’s Master Keys: 3D Printing Adds a New Dimension to Privacy and Security

Another year, another hacker conference, another method for 3D printing keys to previously unhackable locks.

Questions Raised Over Home-3D Printed Wrist Brace

Two questions came to mind when I saw reports of a home-3D printed brace to support a broken wrist.

Yet Another Criminal Application of 3D Printing: Physical Theft

I’m always impressed with unique applications of 3D printing, but according to G4S, a global security firm, there’s a new, darker application being used.

Sigma Labs Introduces Much-Needed In-Process Quality Assurance to Metal 3D Printing

Metal 3D printing enables the production of new, more efficient and intricate geometries, with the potential to reduce costs and increase the performance of a given product.

BEEVERYCREATIVE is also Working on a Space 3D Printer

While much of the world watches the 3D printer testing by NASA, there’s another space 3D printer in the works.

6 Ways 3D Printing is Shaping the Future of the Medical Industry

The technology of 3D printing is developing rapidly and has enabled many innovations across various industries.

Ultimaker’s Very Serious Focus on Professional 3D Printing

At the very beginning, Ultimaker was a group of guys who built a hobby 3D printer. Now, things are utterly changed.

Juno’s 3D-Printed Parts Survive Trip to Jupiter

After a five-year journey, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has arrived at its destination: the orbit of Jupiter, where it will collect data about the solar system’s largest planet.

3D Archaeology Offers Advantages and Disadvantages

A report in Digital Trends describing how a shipwreck was recreated by 3D scanning and printing suggests some possibilities of the technology in archaeology.

Defeat Thieves With 3D Printed Stolen Logos

This application of 3D printing resonates strongly with me, and it may with you as well: replacing a stolen logo.

Russian Team Aims to Send Carbon Fiber 3D Printing to Space

When the first 3D printer in space landed at the International Space Station (ISS), it could 3D print with ABS, the plastic found in LEGO bricks.

WASP’s Diverse 3D Printing Ventures

Italy-based WASP’s medical arm has developed an orthopedic corset, demonstrating the company’s shift towards 3D print applications.

Local Motors’ Olli Concept is Amazing – Except for One Thing

Local Motors announced a new transportation concept based partly on 3D printing: Olli, the autonomous transportation solution.

Do Daihatsu’s 3D Printed “Effect Skins” Herald Mass 3D Customization?

Stratasys has partnered with automaker Daihatsu to offer consumers the ability to customize their vehicle using 3D printing.

Designer Toys Meet 3D Printing with the Locknesters Toy Collection

While it’s not uncommon to take 3D printed parts to a high-level of finished quality, it’s not necessarily something we tend to see too often when it comes to stationary toys and objects that have become synonymous with consumer FDM 3D printers.

New 3D Printing Application Developed: Ankle Foot Orthosis

A project using 3D Platform equipment has successfully developed an interesting new 3D printing application: custom fit ankle foot orthosis, or “AFO”s.

The Time is Getting Ripe to Attempt Large, Complex 3D Printed Structures

It seems that the elements required to enable the 3D printing of incredibly complex structures we’ve all long imagined are slowly coming together.

What is Going On in Dubai’s 3D Printing Project?

There’s been some buzz coming from Dubai about 3D printing, but does this make any sense?

Interesting Rocketry Application: 3D Printed Fuel

The WARR group from Germany has been 3D printing experimental solid rocket fuel.

Dangerous 3D Printing: A Compressed Air Tank

A group of Swiss students has done something previously thought impossible: 3D printing a tank of compressed air.

The Light Rider is a 3D Printed Motorcycle Designed by Aerospace Engineers

What happens when aerospace specialists develop a motorcycle with bionic algorithms instead of calculating spaceship engines?

Dubai Seeks to 3D Print 25 Percent of Its Buildings by 2030

The United States launched its pilot institute for 3D printing, America Makes, in 2012, following up with several more in the proceeding years.

Branch’s Different Take On 3D Printed Construction

There have been multiple attempts to develop a feasible method of 3D printing buildings, and Branch Technology is trying another method.

Is This A Thing? 3D Printed Ties?

Another exploratory 3D print business venture has launched, 3DTie, which, unsurprisingly, produces a line of 3D printed ties.

BoxBotix is an Open Source, 3D Printable Robotics System

There was a time when 3D printing and building robots seemed out of reach of regular civilians, reserved for experts in the technology field.

Additive Industries’ MetalFAB1 Hits Airbus, And It’s Huge

Netherlands-based Additive Industries has delivered its very first MetalFAB1 to none other than Airbus. The results are huge in more ways than one.

The Simple Way A 3D Printing Startup Can Obtain Customer Scans

There’s no shortage of ideas for 3D printing startups, but many depend on obtaining custom 3D scan information about clients, and that’s usually a difficult proposition.

Divergent Wants to Be World’s First 3D Printed Supercar

Kevin Czinger wants to completely change the way automobiles are built.

Who Knew Replicating a Functional BB-8 Would Be So Hard?

Most moviegoers leave the special effects to the professionals. Firefighter Ed Zarick, however, was not content with seeing BB-8 rolling around the silver screen of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

High-Rise Prefab Housing Looks to 3D Printing

The scale of what 3D printing may be used for continues to grow. The Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, based at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is currently initiating a project to construct high-rise public housing using concrete 3D printing.

Another 3D Printing Use Case: Land Models

Along with prosthetics, prototypes, jewelry and other increasingly common usage scenarios for 3D printing is one that was discovered years ago but hasn’t seem to grow as much: land models.

Is 3D Printing Really Necessary For Lunar Bases?

A proposal from Russia and EU to build a lunar base at the south pole of our moon suggests heavy use of 3D printing. But is this really required?

MEDICREA’s Real Time Spinal Support Team

A lab service assists physicians in real-time to prepare implantable spinal rods, demonstrating how 3D printing must get much closer to application areas.

Prosthetic Limbs: 3D Printing for Athletes with Disabilities

3D printing is helping many individuals to lead fulfilling lives through their use of prosthetics.

Student 3D Prints His Own Dental Appliance: Good Or Bad Idea?

Amos Dudley has somehow managed to design and 3D print a custom dental appliance for correcting his teeth, but is this really a good idea?

Tomorrow, Manufacturing Changes Forever

Tomorrow, Tuesday, is the scheduled date for the launch of AMF, Made In Space’s orbital manufacturing facility.

3D Systems’ Latest Announcement Confirms Shift To Medical Applications

3D Systems announced the opening of a new center of excellence dedicated to 3D healthcare.

Under Armour’s 3D Printed Shoe Experiment

Footwear maker Under Armour announced a small experiment in 3D printing, but it isn’t what you might think.

The MODECLIX Project — A 3D Printed Fashion Collection from UH

The fashion industry has seen its fair share of 3D printed innovation, which has hit catwalks all over the world and been incorporated into the collections of designers such as Iris van Herpen, Chanel and Noa Raviv, among others.

A Glimpse Into Personal Fashion Design With 3D Printing

A recent TED talk by Danit Peleg shows how a designer can use 3D printing to create their own fashions.

Stratasys Discovers Another Key Use For 3D Printing: Audio

Stratasys described how they partnered with an audio designer to create a new type of speaker using 3D printing, but this could trigger an entirely new set of use cases for the technology.

3D Printing Gives a Dog a Bone

3D printing is currently changing the human healthcare industry. Could veterinary medicine be next?

AM Provides an Answer for ESD-Safe Aerospace Parts

Outer space is an isolated place. Whether you’re an astronaut on an EVA, a satellite in orbit or a deep space probe traversing the solar system, one thing’s for sure, you’re completely cut off from Earth, its resources and the engineers that can solve any unexpected problems that may arise.