As expected, 3D Systems announced their quarterly and annual results yesterday, and the results were indicative of the 3D printing industry today.
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Design of the Week: NYC Cityscape
This week’s selection is designer Troy Haung’s incredible 3D printed cityscape of his home, New York City.
3D Systems’ Latest Announcement Confirms Shift To Medical Applications
3D Systems announced the opening of a new center of excellence dedicated to 3D healthcare.
Speeding Up Any Resin 3D Printer With Autodesk’s Ember Tuning
Autodesk has found a method to dramatically speed up certain types of 3D prints on their Ember resin-based 3D printer – and these adjustments might work on other resin 3D printers, too.
Autodesk’s Project Escher Attempts To Combine 3D Printing With Other Manufacturing Processes
This could be a very big deal: Autodesk has taken up the challenge of opening up 3D printing to a much wider audience with Project Escher.
Is Stratasys Becoming More Interested In Desktop 3D Printing?
Recently I responded to a survey from Stratasys regarding their operations, but it was entirely focused on desktop 3D printing.
Carbon: It’s About The Materials, Silly!
Carbon’s latest move suggests their real ambition could be materials, not 3D printing.
Confusion In Analysis of 3D Printing Stocks!
It’s a weird time to be tracking 3D print-related stocks these days.
The Secret To 3D Printing Graphene: Freeze It!
It’s been quite problematic to 3D print graphene, but researchers at the University of Buffalo have come up with a very cool solution.
Secrets Of 3D Scanning Museum Sculptures: Part 5, Fixing The Models
This is part five of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
Secrets Of 3D Scanning Museum Sculptures: Part 4, Processing Your Scans
This is part four of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
Secrets Of 3D Scanning Museum Sculptures: Part 3, Performing The Scans
This is part three of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
Secrets Of 3D Scanning Museum Sculptures: Part 2, Selecting Subjects
This is part two of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
Secrets Of 3D Scanning Museum Sculptures: Part 1
This is part one of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
Considering The True Biodegradability of PLA
Hackaday’s recent story about PLA biodegradability got me thinking more about PLA’s characteristics.
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.
Peasl For 3D Printing?
I ran across an unusual material called Peasl. Could it be used for – or with – 3D printing?
An Inexpensive All-Metal Delta 3D Printer: Trium
A very interesting delta 3D printer has been launched on Kickstarter, the Trium 3D printer.
Secrets Of 3D Scanning Museum Sculptures: Part 6, Printing The Scans and Beyond
This is part six of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
AVOC 3D’s Really Inexpensive 3D Printer
AVOC 3D is working on an incredibly cheap 3D printer that might fit into many budgets.
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.
Stratasys Releases 2015 Financials, And A Strange Thing Happened
As scheduled, Stratasys released their 2015 financial results, and while they’re not exactly pretty, some interesting outcomes occurred.
Something Every 3D Printer Owner Should Have: A Foundry
Many people have 3D printers capable of producing plastic objects, but very few have a metal 3D printer. But with your own foundry, it’s almost as if you did.
Audio Capture of 3D Print Security Fears Overblown
Researchers at the University of California at Irvine have found a potential security issue with 3D printers, but I believe fears expressed are overreactions.
How To Make An Air-Tight Dry Box For 3D Printer Filament
There’s a very useful Instructable describing how to keep your 3D printer filament from getting spoiled by humidity.
MADE Shows How To Capture Your Feet In 3D
A crowdfunding project has demonstrated a method of producing custom-fit shoes using 3D scanning that could be adapted for 3D printing.
Design of the Week: Kinematic Petals Dress
This week’s selection is the innovative Kinematic Petals Dress by Nervous System.
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.
Watch Out For The MakerX Box
There’s going to be another option for 3D print streaming: The MakerX box.
3D Printed Lock Key Actually Works!
A designer has been able to recreate a physical lock key with 3D technologies and a handy hardware store.
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.
Proven: Metal Additive Manufacturing Can Optimize Building Structure
A research paper by engineers from Netherlands-based Arup suggests that 3D printed building elements could provide significant benefit when designing particular structural styles.
3D Printing Gives a Dog a Bone
3D printing is currently changing the human healthcare industry. Could veterinary medicine be next?
Metal 3D Printer Manufacturer XJET Announces Huge Investment
Israel-based XJET announced a huge USD$25M investment to bolster their progress in developing an incredibly innovative metal 3D printer.
Materialise Hopes To Open Path To Increased 3D Printing In Hospitals
Belgium-based Materialise announced new software that should enable medical professionals to make significantly greater use of 3D printing technologies.
Bowden Style 3D Printing’s Critical Element: The Tube
We’ve been working on some Bowden-style equipment recently and realized an important design aspect.
colorFabb Announces A Mystery High-Temperature 3D Printer Filament
Dutch filament manufacturer colorFabb announced they’re working on a new high temperature filament.
3D Platform Improves Their Massive 3D Printer
3D Platform just launched their new “3DP Workbench”, a very large format 3D printer.
The RoVa3D Desktop 3D Printer And Its FIVE Nozzles!
Most 3D printers have but a single nozzle, or perhaps two. But the RoVa3D has up to FIVE nozzles.
3D Systems Announces the ProJet MJP 3600 Series
3D Systems may be taking a battering by the investment community recently, but that’s not stopping their technology: they’ve announced a major new series of 3D printing gear.
Pinshape’s 3D Printing Design Guide Is Very Useful
Pinshape has published an enormous, 10,000 word design guide for their contributors. I think it’s pretty good, even if you are not a Pinshape contributor.
Design of the Week: Flying Toaster SD Card Holder
This week’s selection is the eclectic After Dark Flying Toaster SD Card Holder by Swiss Thingiverse contributor Erich Styger.
It’s A New Version Of 3D Slash!
3D Slash has announced version 2.0 of their powerful, but easy-to-use web-based 3D modeler.
WI3DP: Mariel Diaz Castro
I am a Maker, an entrepreneur, a geek, a DIY and OpenSource lover.
WI3DP: Mary Visser
Prof. Mary Visser, Holder of the Herman Brown Chair teaches sculpture and 3D modeling at Southwestern University.
Gizmo 3D Printers Pre-Ordering Now Open
Readers may recall a series of stories we wrote earlier this year on Gizmo 3D Printers, an Australian startup with a stupefyingly fast 3D printer. Now you can order one.
Carbon Renamed & Rolling CLIP Out to More Early Adopters
Since the announcement a year ago (almost to the day) introducing the world to the CLIP 3D printing process, from the company that was then called Carbon3D, much has been made of the speed of this process and the high levels of funding it has garnered.
3D Systems Unexpectedly Delays Tax Filing
Industry giant 3D Systems announced they were delaying the filing of their 2015 10-K tax form to the US government. What does this mean?
Design of the Week: Pretend Missile Attachment for Minidrones
This week’s selection is the strange “Pretend Missile Attachment for Minidrones” by MyMiniFactory contributor Savik K., which portends some very interesting future designs.
The Most Bizarre 3D Printer Promo Yet: A Free 3D Printer, With One Big Catch
Zortrax has launched a very unusual sales campaign to promote their popular M200 desktop 3D printer.
MyMiniFactory’s Response To The Thingiverse Controversy
Designers and artists have increased concerns since a rogue entrepreneur began reselling designs from Thingiverse, but MyMiniFactory has a partial solution.
3DPrintClean Introduces An Affordable Filtration Enclosure
3DPrintClean has been producing professional filtration solutions for a while now, but they’ve just launched a new low-cost version.
ISIS-Destroyed Artifacts Begin To Digitally Resurrect
A project to digitally recover ancient artifacts destroyed by ISIS fanatics has begun to bear fruit.
Arcam To Develop German Market
Sweden-based Arcam seems to be setting up a German subsidiary.
Standards Still Lacking For Industrial 3D Printing
I’m reading an article by Robert Grace discussing the state of standardization of 3D printing within the industrial space.
Push Vs. Pull 3D Printer Marketing
BEEVERYCREATIVE posted a tale of how their 3D printer is being used, and it illustrates a change in how 3D printers are marketed.
A Chat With Ultimaker’s Leaders, Part 2
Earlier this year we sat down for a direct chat with the two top executives at Ultimaker to find out what they’re up to.
Ultimaker Partners With The University of Illinois and Coursera, Filling A Big 3D Gap
Ultimaker, the University of Illinois and Coursera announced a partnership in which Ultimaker will assist the development of a series of online courses on 3D printing.
US Congress To Examine 3D Printing Advances
A special hearing will be held this month at the US government to highlight recent innovations in 3D printing technologies.
Unique Method of 3D Printing Bone Joints
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a method of 3D printing custom, bio-absorbable bone joints.
MakerBot Reacts To Thingiverse Controversy
Today MakerBot issued a statement regarding their position on the ridiculous actions by 3D print service company Just 3D Print.
We Have A New Contributor: Rachel Park!
I am very pleased to announce that longtime 3D print writer Rachel Park will now be contributing stories to Fabbaloo.
The REVOCaster Is Now Live
Back in 2014 I wrote on the REVOcaster, a rotational casting device that could complement any 3D printer operation. Now it’s available for order.
Interest In 3D Printing Has Flattened – Literally
Over the past year or so, a number of 3D print-related companies have stumbled, and it could be due to a flattening of interest in the technology.
voxeljet And The Service Centre Business Model
voxeljet, like many industrially focused 3D printer manufacturers, offers an industrial service to its client base.
The 3D Nefertiti Hack
A clandestine group has secretly 3D scanned the famous Nefertiti sculpture at the Neues Museum in Berlin – and released the scan publicly!
A Chat With Ultimaker’s Leaders, Part 1
Earlier this year we sat down for a direct chat with the two top executives at Ultimaker to find out what they’re up to.
Ultrafast 3D Printed SuperCapacitors Produced: Could Change Many Things
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a method of 3D printing graphene electrodes that could revolutionize the way we power mobile devices.
Design of the Week: Ötzi
This week’s selection is the incredible 3D printed reproduction of Ötzi, by Materialise, DNALC and artist Gary Staab.
Stratasys Attempts A Breakthrough In 3D Printed Fashion
Stratasys announced a fascinating set of 3D printed dresses that use unique methods that could attract more designers to their services.
US Army Testing Mission-Specific Custom 3D Printed Drones
The US Army is conducting a test to investigate whether it is feasible to design and 3D print highly specific drone designs for specific missions.
Sculpteo’s 3D Printing Survey Confirms Suspicions
3D print service Sculpteo recently undertook a survey of their members to gauge feelings on various topics. The results are quite interesting.
Mattel’s Step Into 3D Printing: Is This A Good Thing?
Mattel (and Autodesk) announced the “Thingmaker”, a 3D printer for kids. But will it succeed? We’re not so sure.
What Would A FrankenFilament Be Like?
Just as there are many desktop 3D printers, there are as many different kinds of filament for them. But what might an ideal filament be?
Have You Ever Tried Casting Silicone With 3D Printed Molds?
A great video by industrial designer Eric Strebel shows the technique required to successfully cast silicone with 3D printed molds.
CoLiDo’s Surprisingly Diverse Line Of 3D Printers
Recently we managed to get a close look at 3D printers made by CoLiDo; they seem to cover all the bases.
Stratasys Makes A “Large” Move
Industry giant Stratasys has invested in Massivit 3D, and we think this is an interesting strategic move and it’s not surprising given the numerous entanglements between the companies.
3D Printed Flatware: Another Big Market For Metal 3D Printing?
We’re checking out one of 3D artist Francis Bitonti’s latest ventures: Setae Flatware, and realized there might be a lot more to this.
Body-Temperature Polymer Could Provoke Some Very Interesting 3D Prints
A new polymer developed by a team from the University of Rochester has an interesting property: it changes shape when triggered by body temperature alone.
Microsoft Updates 3D Builder App For Windows 10
Did you know Microsoft produces a 3D modeling app? They’ve just updated it, too.
It’s No Longer Possible To Launch A Printable 3D Model Sharing Site
Based on how the 3D print industry has evolved, it is now our opinion that it’s next to impossible to successfully launch a 3D model sharing site.
The Solid Vibration 3D Printing Project
Studio van Broekhoven in Eindhoven has developed a fascinating and simple technique to incorporate sound into 3D prints.
CARP 3D Hopes To Launch A Cheap, Yet Powerful Desktop 3D Printer
We could soon see the arrival of a potentially powerful desktop 3D printer that doesn’t cost a lot, if CARP 3D is able to their new machine.
We’re Looking A Bit Different Here Today
Dear readers, we’ve performed some surgery on our blog this weekend to clean things up and implement some new features.
Another Mini 3D Printer Option: The B-Creative 3D Printer
A new crowdfunding campaign has launched another small-sized 3D printer for you to consider.
EXCLUSIVE: Hands On With 3Dwox’s Replaceable Filament Cartridge
We recently tested the amazing 3Dwox 3D DP200 desktop 3D printer from Sindoh, but now we’ve tested their less-expensive replaceable filament.
Solidworks Developing “Apps For Kids”
Solidworks is perhaps the best known 3D modeling system for industry, but now they’re introducing 3D tools for kids.
Design of the Week: Wonkey Chest of Drawers
This week’s selection is the funky “Wonkey Chest of Drawers” by YouMagine contributor francfalco.
The Tactile Picture Books Project Helps Visually Impaired Children
A project at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed techniques for producing “tactile books” for visually impaired children.
The Case For Adding Injection Molding Capability
Readers of this blog are by definition interested in 3D printing, but there are other ways to manufacture objects. One of them worth considering is injection molding.
UPDATE: MakerBot’s Astonishing Smart Extruder+ Endurance Test
We received some questions about our interview with MakerBot chief Jonathan Jaglom’s statement on Smart Extruder+ testing. We found answers today.
New Porcelain Resin Suggests An Explosion Of Unique Materials?
We’re looking at Tethon3D’s new ceramic porcelain 3D printer resin, and suspect this may be only the beginning.
The Story Of Titan Robotics
There are very few ultra-large scale 3D printer for sale today, but one option comes from a small company in Colorado: Titan Robotics.
Media Coverage Of 3D Printing Still Problematic
We’re reading a very curious post on WT VOX that proposes a list of the “top 10 cheap 3D printers you can buy in 2016”, except it seems terribly wrong.
Loose Spools Of Filament: Just Don’t
Recently we attempted to use a loose spool of filament in the lab, but quickly found major problems and suggest vendors adjust their filament packaging methods.