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Formnext 2023 Day Two: A Barely Audible Hum

At Formnext, a persistent, barely audible hum permeates the show floor, created by the murmurs and movements of thousands circulating through the expansive hall. This ambient noise, occasionally broken by…

Janne Kyttanen & Edouard Baaklini: Live entrepreneurship & 3D Value Networks 3D Printed Homes

This is a part of a series where 3D printing pioneer Janne Kyttanen explores value networks and 3D printing. He explains what this is here. Janne is trying to explore creating a value…

LiDar and Its Applications Part 12 – Glacier Volume Changes

This is a brief article on the importance of our glaciers. We can utilize LiDar and 3D data to understand the degradation of our glaciers. How do we improve our current situation?

LiDar and its Applications Part 8 – Tourism

This is an article that briefly talks about managing and creating large National Parks that will account for tourist management as well as resource management. We as technologists are able to effect our environment heavily.

Fab Academy

This is a fun take on traditional education vs a more practical approach. I review the benefits of being with the Fab Academy program.

LiDar and its Applications Part 2 – Digital Elevation Modeling

This is a quick note on the basis of LiDar technology and Digital Elevation Analysis. It is the basis for various studies and industries.

What is Metrology Part 21 – Getting Started with Processing

This is a brief explanation of some basic concepts in Processing. It is important to lay down the foundation before one moves to the 3D realm.

What is Metrology Part 10: Certification

In this article, we are discussing the viability of certifications and how this is especially of new importance within the metrology field.

Interview with Anders Olsson about the Olsson Ruby and Olsson Torque Wrench at the TCT Show

  Anders Olsson is an all-round great person and a boon to the 3D printing community. His Olsson block gave us easy to exchange nozzles, with the Olsson Ruby we got…

Two-thirds of Top 100 Manufacturing Companies Already Use 3D Printing Says PWC Survey

Whether experimenting, prototyping, or producing final products, manufacturers are jumping ever faster into the world of 3D printing.  By 2013, more leading manufacturing companies than not were using 3D printing…

Designer Creates Seven 3D Printed Heels Representing the Seven Deadly Sin

Shoe shopping can be regarded as a fairly widespread sin for many women around the globe. Well, a sinful pleasure, to be exact.  “Just this one pair and that’s it!”,…

Feral Five’s New Single ’3D’ is About 3D Printing Humans – Includes MakerBot Sounds for Beat

One of the ways in which we are able to gauge if a new technology, product, or idea is headed towards mainstream adoption is through its increased use within popular…

Safety Medical to Acquire 3D Medical Limited

In the last year alone, we have seen numerous use cases of 3D printing within the medical field.  I am not talking about just 3D bioprinting. In fact some of…

3D Printed Auto Parts Marketplace Seeks Funding On Indiegogo

A man from Boone, North Carolina wants to create a marketplace for 3D printed car parts and is using Indiegogo as a way to crowdfund his grand idea. Landon Crist recently…

Online Jewelry Shop, Brilliance, Uses 3D Printing To Fit Rings

An online jewelry shop called Brilliance uses 3D printers to custom fit their products. Since online jewelry shops don’t have the opportunity to show their products to their customers, custom fitting…

MXd3D Now Has a Template Marketplace – Thanks to multiple acquisitions

MXd3D, a 3D printing startup now based in California, begun as a web-based software that allowed 3D designers to upload their work and verify that their design would come out…

3D Printing Inventor, Charles Hull, Amazed At Advancement of the Technology

Charles Hull, the American inventor of the 3D printer, declared in an Informationweek interview that he was truly amazed at the advancement in 3D printing technologies. He said that the…

Giant 3D Printed Whale Fossil Now On Display At The Smithsonian

The National Museum of Natural History now has the 3D-printed fossil of a whale on display. 3D Systems is working in partnership with the Smithsonian in order to bring fossils…

Arup Develops 3D Printed Structural Steel

Arup, an English multinational engineering firm, uses 3D printing to manufacture pieces and components of steel structures in complex projects. The company cites the Beijing National Stadium (“bird’s nest”) and…

Morphi is a 3D Design App for Touchscreens

3D modeling apps have a tendency to feel like extremely complex engineering tools. Well, it’s because, for the most part, they are! However, a New York startup, The Inventery, has…

3D Printers For Kids: Hasbro Teams With 3D Systems

There is no doubt 3D printers can be tremendous learning tools. There are already major initiatives in place to help bring printers to millions of kids across America, and eventually…

3D Printing of a Moon Base, New Technology and Ideas Make it Soon Possible

When you consider humans building a base on another rock floating in space, you usually think of those science fiction books you read back in high school. Fairly soon, such…

Jolla Has Released 3D Files So That Users Can 3D Print “The Other Half”

Jolla, a Finnish company which was formed in March of 2011 by Nokia’s old Meego OS team, has made a pretty big announcement today. If you follow the Jolla brand,…