Charles R. Goulding digs into Sculpteo’s latest State of 3D Printing survey.
I recently spoke with Rich Stump of FATHOM and learned how the manufacturing service industry is consolidating.
A series of disturbing reports have emerged this week from resellers of LulzBot’s 3D printers that could alienate the open source community.
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss the conjunction of 3D printing and growth in CBD products.
Researchers in the US military have developed a set of tests to determine the strength of 3D printed parts that could aid in future metal 3D printing quality control.
The great promise of 3D printing combined with innovative 3D design (such as generative design) is to reduce parts and material waste while creating geometry that surpasses the capability of traditional subtractive machining.
Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman examine the potential for 3D printing in hub and spoke logistics.
There’s a key barrier that’s holding back 3D printing from much more radical use, but it may be about to break down.
Tethon 3D announced a new product: a ceramic powder suitable for use in SLS 3D printers to add to their extensive portfolio of printable ceramic materials.
HP 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing is introducing a new material along with several other 3D printing announcements today.
JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models.
Polaroid has introduced its Play 3D Pen to the US.
3D modeling freelancer site Cad Crowd announced the winners of their COVID-19 Design Contest.
Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman check out 3D printing used for building new robots that may help slow the spread of pandemic.
Stratasys announced a workforce reduction due to the impact of COVID-19, laying off a number of permanent staff.
Printlab has introduced a new “student portal” that allows students to work online when learning about 3D printing.
An announcement by Xaar leads to some interesting speculation about Stratasys’ future strategy, which could be a different style of involvement with additive manufacturing.
Game developer Johan Peitz posted a tweet recently with an animation of a project he’s working on called Pico CAD, an 8-bit 3D modeling tool.
Charles R. Goulding revs up the idea of 3D printing in the Harley-Davidson supply chain.
3D modeling freelancer site Cad Crowd announced the winners of their COVID-19 Design Contest.
Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman check out 3D printing used for building new robots that may help slow the spread of pandemic.
Stratasys announced a workforce reduction due to the impact of COVID-19, laying off a number of permanent staff.
Printlab has introduced a new “student portal” that allows students to work online when learning about 3D printing.
An announcement by Xaar leads to some interesting speculation about Stratasys’ future strategy, which could be a different style of involvement with additive manufacturing.
Game developer Johan Peitz posted a tweet recently with an animation of a project he’s working on called Pico CAD, an 8-bit 3D modeling tool.
Charles R. Goulding revs up the idea of 3D printing in the Harley-Davidson supply chain.
This week’s selection is “Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design” by Bjarki Hallgrimsson.
3D print service Sculpteo today released the results of their latest comprehensive annual survey of 3D printing use worldwide, and there’s several important findings.
I’m taking a quick look at Gen3D, a CAD tool for generating complex structures that can then be 3D printed.
Recently I spoke with Xometry’s Aaron Lichtig to find out how the 3D printing manufacturing network is faring during the crisis.
Loveland’s 3D printing legacy lives on as SynDaver West launches its new professional desktop 3D printer.
David Macfie, Charles R. Goulding, and Alyssa Schneider explore the use of 3D printing in just in time manufacturing.
This week’s selection is the 3D printed “d.i.d” Pen Plotter by design studio Ufficio Progetti Perduti.
Bellus3D, a 3D scanning company, has developed a way to provide a customized 3D print to make face masks far more effective.
This week’s question relates to the costing of ceramic 3D printing: what are the options, costs and considerations for 3D printing ceramic jewelry?
Farsoon announced a monstrously huge deal with Falcontech to provide the AM service with no fewer than 50 advanced metal 3D printers.
A startup company has developed services to assist the transition to additive manufacturing technologies by performing a sophisticated analysis of target parts.
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look into 3D printing and the new shape of supply chains.
Medical point-of-care 3D printing gets a boost through a multi-million-euro investment.
3D printed microlenses have been produced by researchers for use in spectroscopy.
One of Formlabs’ clients has been saved from catastrophe during the COVID-19 crisis in a way that demonstrates the incredible power of 3D printing.
3D printing is enabling many a small business the agility to pivot operations toward localizing their supply chains.
Anna Zevelyov, the CEO of 3D scanner company Thor3D, examines three revelations when it comes to conducting business during and beyond the time of COVID-19.
Artec 3D released Artec Studio 15, their latest release of 3D scanning management software, and it includes some interesting new reverse engineering features.
Researchers have developed a way to expand 3D printed objects 40x using foam.
Augmented reality (AR) and 3D printing are coming closer together all the time, now including a smart remote field service solution brought to additive manufacturing through a new alliance.
A technical notice recently issued by EOS to their clients regarding 3D print metal condensate safety.
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi dig into the potential use of 3D printing for sourcing the US power grid.
A new 3D printed part being used on the International Space Station could open up new worlds of 3D printing applications.
JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models.
Game developer Johan Peitz posted a tweet recently with an animation of a project he’s working on called Pico CAD, an 8-bit 3D modeling tool.
I’m taking a quick look at Gen3D, a CAD tool for generating complex structures that can then be 3D printed.
A startup company has developed services to assist the transition to additive manufacturing technologies by performing a sophisticated analysis of target parts.
Polaroid has introduced its Play 3D Pen to the US.
Loveland’s 3D printing legacy lives on as SynDaver West launches its new professional desktop 3D printer.
Farsoon announced a monstrously huge deal with Falcontech to provide the AM service with no fewer than 50 advanced metal 3D printers.
I recently learned the MakerBot METHOD series has a very unusual feature for a 3D printer: integrated annealing.
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