Brian Krassenstein

Michelin & Fives Team to Enter 3D Metal Printing Space in a Big Way Via Joint Venture

Over that past year or two we have seen a handful of large companies decide to enter the 3D printing/additive manufacturing space in one way or another. Typically these companies…

New Unique 3D Printable Arm, The Printhesis, Wins James Dyson Award

Go back just a decade or two and when the phrase ‘prosthetic arm’ or ‘prosthetic hand’ came to mind, most individuals likely envisioned a hook-like device attached to a socket….

Chinese Turn to Customized 3D Printed Braces for Scoliosis Treatment

The medical applications for 3D printing continue to expand, encompassing numerous areas within both internal and external medicine. For instance we’ve see dozens of different 3D printed medical implants, as…

eGarbigune, the Mini 3D Printer Made from Recycled Components

Not everyone can afford to buy their own desktop 3D printer, but that does’t mean that they can’t have one. With a little bit of skill (or maybe a lot),…

The 10 Coolest Things to Ever Be 3D Printed

Okay, I know a list like this may be a tad bit too cliché for the internet but after covering the industry for close to two years now I thought…

Bite Off a War Criminal’s Head: Chinese Company 3D Prints Hideki Tojo Ice Cream Treats

As yesterday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, many Chinese celebrated in some rather unique ways. While Beijing hosted a massive military parade to commemorate…

Alcoa Invests $60M in New Facility Concentrating on 3D Printing, Unveils New Ampliforge Process

The world’s third largest producer of aluminum, Alcoa, has seemingly taken a keen liking to 3D printing. Back in November of last year it was reported that the company would…

Chinese Company to Unveil First-Ever Desktop Inkjet 3D Printer Next Year

Just like inkjet printing ended up winning out within the desktop 2D printing space, I have been saying for a while now that ultimately the same thing will happen within…

Organovo’s Bioprinting Future Certainly Looks Bright — CEO Keith Murphy Provides Interesting Insight

Even before meeting Keith Murphy for the first time at an Inside 3D Printing Event last year I had been a big fan of the San Diego-based company. And although…

Good Morning 2029! A World I Don’t Recognize

The thing I love most about technology is that its progress is oftentimes plotted along an exponential curve.  As time moves forward the rate of progress increases by an ever…

Stratasys Unveils New Objet30 Dental Prime 3D Printer For The Dental Industry

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a 3D Printer introduced by either of the big two manufacturers, 3D Systems or Stratasys. Today that has changed, as Stratasys has announced a brand new machine targeted…

zSpace and Leopoly Partner to Transform Education with 3D Printing & Virtual Reality

If you were to look ahead 10 or maybe 15 years from now, the education system will likely have undergone a series of seismic changes. As numerous technologies converge, education will…

MyMiniFactory Launches Seedrs Crowdfunding Campaign To Raise £500,000

Back in the beginning of June MyMiniFactory announced that they soon would be turning to equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs.com, in an attempt to raise capital for the expansion of their…

Cosine Additive 3D Prints These 1,000 Ounce Coca Cola Bottles

Back at the end of July we covered the launch of a brand new large-scale 3D printer called the AdditiveMachine1. The machine, which was launched by Cosine Additive, a Houston-based…

Amazon Registers Domain Name Amazon3DPrinting.com

As 3D printing gradually becomes more widespread, services such as Shapeways and Sculpteo are also expanding rapidly. Both companies have the potential to become the ‘Amazon of 3D printing’. That…

Woot! Get A MakerBot 3D Printer, Matter & Form 3D Scanner & More at Deep Discounts!

Some people refer to MakerBot as the Apple of 3D Printers. While they are generally priced higher than most machines on the market, they also come with lots of features…

Do Recent Insider Purchases of 3D Systems’ Stock Signal a Bottom?

By now you obviously are aware that the 3D printing space within the stock market has been somewhat of a blood bath. With the main players, such as Stratasys and 3D…

Automobile Manufacturer Audi Discusses Their 3D Printing & 4D Printing Ambitions With Us

With all the media attention centered recently on companies like Local Motors and Divergent Microfactories, which are both working towards 3D printing road-ready cars, we haven’t heard a tremendous amount…

Is Now the Perfect Time for HP to Acquire a Major 3D Printing Company?

We all know it’s coming: HP will enter the 3D printing space in a big way near the end of next year. While this is sure to have repercussions which…

‘Caleb’ Film Trailer Released — What Happens When a 9-Year-Old Boy 3D Prints a Copy of Himself?

While 3D printing is still in its early stages of attracting mainstream attention within the media, and you can still ask a group of people in a room if they…

Will MakerBot Unveil Their 6th Generation 3D Printers At 2016 CES? We Think So!

Ever since witnessing the unveiling of three new MakerBot 5th Generation machines at CES back in January of 2014, the tech community has been wondering what will come next. Although…

MIT Develops Possible Holy Grail of 3D Printers–Prints Up to 10 Materials At Once for Under $7k

What’s the ultimate vision for 3D printers, say 30-50 years in the future? Many within the industry believe that eventually 3D printers will evolve into systems which operate sort of…

Aurora Labs Developing Large ‘100 Times Faster’ Metal 3D Printer–NASA Interested

While affordable, smaller-scale metal 3D printing is one of the many Holy Grails within the consumer and small business segment of the 3D printing industry, the manufacturers’ equivalent of a Holy…

G3DP Project: Mediated Matter & MIT Glass Lab Develop Advanced Glass 3D Printer

When it comes to the selection of materials compatible with 3D printing, things seem to really be picking up as of late. From plastics to metals to clays, concrete and…