3D Printing Start-Up Carbon Lands Major Investment
A major development occurred recently in the world of 3D printing, as Carbon, a San Fransisco based start-up, raised a further $81 million... read more »
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Thermwood Launches a New LSAM 3D Printer
Thermwood is a well-known Indiana-based company that sells high-performance CNC routers. In the last couple of days, the company announced the release of... read more »
Could 3D Printing Be Used To Build The Next Generation of Aircraft Wings?
Two manufacturing giants, Airbus and Renishaw, have partnered on a new project to help build the next generation of aircraft wings with additive... read more »
Contour Crafting Expected To Be Used To Build Homes By 2018
Contour Crafting made headlines in 2014 when the pioneer of the 3D printing method, Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis of USC, was crowned the winner... read more »
3D Fingerprint Technology: A New Tool In The Arsenal of Law Enforcement
Think you've heard it all when it comes to the uses of 3D printing? Think again. Another week has passed and yet another... read more »
Meet Olli: The Self-Driving, 3D Printed Minibus
Beep beep. The unmistakable sound of your Uber driver's car horn could soon be replaced by that of a self-driving, 3D printed minibus... read more »
The CowTech Cyclop – Very Affordable $99 Open Source 3D Scanner
This guest post is written by Jason Smith, founder of CowTech. When I first came across the BQ Ciclop I was thrilled.... read more »
Prototyping a LIDAR Wind Speed Measuring System
When Sibelloptics co-founder Steve Vetorino and his team required a robust, lightweight enclosure for a key feature of their Windimager LIDAR wind measurement... read more »
GE Aviation gets FAA Certification for First 3D Printed Jet Engine Part
A few weeks ago General Electric announced that the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) cleared their first 3D printed part to fly. The... read more »
Festo 3D Prints Robotic Ants and Butterflies
Festo is an industry leader in advanced robotics and they have presented two of their projects: BionicANTs and eMotionButterfiles only made possible by... read more »
Carbon3D Reaches Incredible 3D Printing Speeds with CLIP!
Carbon, a company unknown until now, just released a groundbreaking 3D printing technology which is 25 to 100 times faster than currently available... read more »
3D Print Enormous Objects With The Z-Unlimited Rails System
You want to print something REALLY tall? Now you can! Dutch inventor, artist and engineer Joris van Tubergen has developed an extension rail system... read more »
Visually Impaired Can Feel Art With 3D Printed Paintings
Visually impaired and blind people will probably not have the best moments of their lives in museums. It's hard for them to experience art, especially because... read more »
Maltreated Toucan to Receive 3D Printed Beak
A male Toucan from the forest of Costa Rica got beat up by local children and lost half its beak during the attack. Veterinarians luckily found the... read more »
3D Printed Birdhouse Changes Color When a Bird Is Inside
People can do amazing things with specialty filaments. Take thermo-sensitive filament for instance. Thermo-what? Yes, filament that changes color when temperatures rise. 46-year-old engineer Reginald... read more »
Weak Ankles? Try 3D Printed Ankle Braces!
There is a good chance that many of your friends want to sport a bit more in the upcoming year. And if you... read more »
3D Printed Yearbook For Blind Students
3D printing technology can be dangerous when people start to use the technique to 3D print weapons. Company 3D TEK agrees, but wants... read more »
3D Printed Noah’s Arc Consists of 100,000 Pieces
The world is facing problems with climate change on the one hand, and machines taking over jobs from humans on the other hand.... read more »
Disabled Dog Runs For The First Time With 3D Printed Legs
It can be seen as 3D System's heart-warming Christmas stunt: a dog called Derby was born without his front limbs, but thanks to... read more »
Dutch Museum Adds 3D Printed Chair to Collection
Museums used to solely exhibit handcrafted art pieces, but as technology evolves, the way we make art changes as well. Dutch designer Joris Laarman created a... read more »