Heidi Milkert
Alligator Board — Professional 3D Printer Control Board Launches on Indiegogo
In the last two to three years we have seen an explosion within the RepRap community with all sorts of new designs for 3D printable 3D printers. As the number…
The Germans are Coming! German RepRap Brings 3D Printers to the US Via Reseller 3DChimera
The third largest exporter to the United States is none other than Germany. Trailing China and Japan, Germany is responsible for just over 5% of total US imports. When I…
Facebook Now Allows Interactive Embeddable 3D Models From Sketchfab in Users’ Streams
Probably one of the fastest growing platforms within the 3D modelling/printing space is that of Sketchfab. The company, which launched only about three years ago, has become the go to…
Philippines Researchers Sign Agreement to 3D Print Wind Pipes For Transplant
As we’ve mentioned only yesterday, the medical applications for 3D printing continue to expand rapidly. In fact, in the next 5 years alone, the number of printers will double and the…
Sculpteo Announces New Pink Gold, Black Rhodium, & White Rhodium Material Options
The 3D printing consumer service market seems to be expanding rapidly. Currently led by Shapeways, who earlier this month announced that they are now 3D printing over 180,000 articles each…
Pi-Top Version 3 Unveiled — The 3D Printable Raspberry Pi Laptop — 30% Thinner & New Functionality
Probably one of the coolest projects we have seen in the last several months is that of the Pi-Top, a Raspberry Pi-enabled 3D printed laptop. When the Pi-Top was first…
German RepRap Announces PRotos v3 Base & Full Kits
One of Germany’s most notable consumer-based 3D printer manufacturers, German Reprap, today announced an update to their PRotos 3D printer kit. Version three of one of the company’s best selling…
Standard Cyborg Unveils the 3D Printed Prosthetic ‘Water Leg’ — Priced Under $500
Life with a prosthetic leg can be cumbersome. Many of us who are fortunate enough not to require such a device have no idea about the issues which need to…
TeVido BioDevices Raises Over $30,000 on Indiegogo to Patent Technique to 3D Print Nipples
It’s really incredible what we have seen in only the last year within the 3D printing space. Some of the most exciting applications have to do with bioprinting. One day…
3Dponics’ Customizer Comes to MakerBot-Ready App Portal — Design Your Own Hydroponics Systems
We’ve been covering a company called 3Dponics since their launch. A 3D printable hydroponics system which enables users to customize their plant-growing experience may have seemed like a stretch at…
What Would You 3D Print If You Had the Option? Croft Additive Manufacturing Surveys 600 Britons
Last week we did a story on a recent survey of 600 adults in the United Kingdom, which centered around the topic of 3D printing. Croft Additive Manufacturing (CAM) was…
Sharebot Unveils New Jewelry 3D Printer at Vicenzaoro: The Sharebot J-3D
Italian 3D printer manufacturer Sharebot seems to be firing on all cylinders here lately, launching new products and applications, and partnering with major companies like Arduino. By reaching out to…
Sandboxr Brings Characters From Infinity Blade, Ender’s Game & More to Amazon’s 3D Print Marketplace
Approximately ten month ago we announced that Amazon had jumped into the 3D printing retail space. Back in March, the world’s largest ecommerce marketplace teamed with 3DLT to launch a…
Kossel Pro 3D Printer Grows Up — Signs on with Two Distribution Partners
It’s been over a year and a half since OpenBeam launched their 3D printer kits for the Kossel Pro on Kickstarter. With a funding goal of $60,000, even the team…
UberBlox — Build Your Next 3D Printer With This Modular Construction & Automation System
Growing up, pretty much every one of us has played with Legos, building nearly anything our hearts desired. With that said, these plastic little bricks were not exactly structurally sound….
Cobblebot Little Monster 3D Printer Launches on Kickstarter for Just $199
Earlier last year the consumer market for 3D printers found itself in a race to the bottom. In this race we saw company after company launch, usually on crowdfunding platforms…
From Mining Gear to Fuel Tubes for Nuclear Power Plants, Swedish Firm Sandvik Invests in 3D Printing
Lately it seems as if everyone wants a hand in the 3D printing/additive manufacturing space. We have seen both the number of 3D printer manufacturers and the number of companies turning to…
Digitrax MH5 — Digitrax 3D Unveils Their 5-Extruder 3D Printer
Some time in the not too distant future, 3D printing will be utilized within mass manufacturing processes. In fact, 3D Systems has been working towards this goal by utilizing a…
Materialise to Simplify 3D Printing Process, Bundles Leapfrog Builder With the Creatr HS
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, in order for 3D printing to move into the mainstream, a simplified, intuitive software interface is necessary. There has been tremendous…
Intel Core i7 Processors to Power HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing Technology
When HP announced that they would be entering the 3D printing industry with their new Multi Jet Fusion technology, the market leaders such as Stratasys and 3D Systems certainly took note….
Voxel8 Unveils New Electronics 3D Printer At 2015 CES
Last month, we covered a company called Voxel8, founded by Jennifer A. Lewis, a professor of biologically inspired engineering at Harvard University. They had just secured funding from Braemar Energy Ventures…
Etron Technology to Unveil New ThingCapture 3D Scanning Technology At International CES Next Week
There is no doubt that 3D imaging technology is improving at an incredibly rapid rate. In fact, it could be argued that there has been more progress made within this…
NemoMaker N1 3D Printer/Laser Engraver & Cutter Launches on Kickstarter for Under $500
The market for desktop 3D printers seems to be picking up, with 2014 being a breakthrough year when it comes to pricing. Despite what seemed like an explosion of new…
Print-A-Part 3D to Launch a 3D Printable Parts Marketplace
There is no doubt in my mind that there will soon be a time when the majority of the items we need are available to us within minutes or hours,…
