by Joris Peels | Jul 12, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Metal 3D Printing
Metal 3D printing is a burgeoning area at the moment. Many companies are investing in metal 3D printing systems and the market is growing quickly. There are a number of different metal 3D printing technologies out there. In this article we’ll give you an overview of... 
by Joris Peels | Jul 5, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
Bioprinting has been a much hyped and anticipated technology development. The idea of being able to 3D print organs is a very powerful one indeed. If researchers are successful in commercializing bioprinting then life could be extended for many people. In areas such... 
by Joris Peels | Jun 26, 2017 | 3D Printer Reviews, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
There are a lot of 3D printers available nowadays. Which one do you buy? It really depends a lot on who you are and what you wish to use it for. Generally the more you pay for a 3D printer the more capable it becomes and the more reliable it is. There are quite a few... 
by Joris Peels | May 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, Editorials / Opinions
Many people somehow see 3D printing as some benign force. The technophile’s latest solution to the world’s ills is a small box that spits out plastic. It too, as the flying cars and jetpacks, will come to save us from ourselves. What many people do not... 
by Joris Peels | May 18, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Editorials / Opinions
Adidas has announced that it plans to 3D print 100,000 shoe soles of its Futurecraft 4 shoe by 2018. The German shoe and apparel company is doubling down on its Future Factories initiative where it is reshoring the production of shoes to Germany in highly automated... 
by Joris Peels | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Over the past years we’ve seen a number of companies such as Sciaky, Optomec and Trumpf take traditional welding processes and turn them into 3D printing processes. Aeroprobe and the Edison Welding Institute are now working on doing the same for Friction Stir... 
by Joris Peels | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
E-NABLE, Create Orthotics and others have shown us the value of 3D printed prosthetics. Desktop 3D printers allow for the creation of low-cost personalized prosthetics, even traditionally high-cost bionic prosthetics. The problem with prosthetics has always been that... 
by Joris Peels | May 16, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions
The decentralization of production is a hot topic nowadays. The idea of distributing manufacturing that lets you make products close to your customer to obtain an edge in time to market and speed of delivery seems like an increasingly viable strategy for many high end... 
by Joris Peels | May 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Science & Technology
Our honeymoon is officially over. After a few years of being feted by the world’s media and being one of the most talked about tech subjects globally, 3D printing deception is now the norm. Inflated promises and overclaim by some vendors has led to user and... 
by Joris Peels | May 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Metal 3D Printing
Optomec is an American company that has two 3D printing technologies: Aerosol Jet and LENS. Aerosol Jet can be used to 3D print electronics and is being used to 3D print millions of mobile phone antennas. LENS is a metal 3D printing technology that can be added onto... 
by Joris Peels | May 12, 2017 | 3D Printing Materials, Editorials / Opinions, Robotics
Industrial additive manufacturing machines have been used to manufacture at scale for a number of years now. Especially in applications such as dental, surgical guides, hip cups and hearing aids, millions of end use parts have been made. DLP machines from EnvisionTEC,... 
by Joris Peels | Apr 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions
3D printing has a lot of potential impacts and uses in business. Prototyping to producing intermediates and making end use 3D printed parts are just some of the application areas where 3D printing is seeing large-scale implementations at the moment. One of the touted... 
by Joris Peels | Apr 18, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions
Open source development has brought a lot of advantages to desktop 3D printing. Is our flirtation with open source a youthful indiscretion that will soon be discarded? Or is open source the key to our recent past and to unlocking the future of 3D printing? A Short... 
by Joris Peels | Apr 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a space and rocket engine company that has made the space shuttle engines, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile engines for the Minuteman and other ICBMs, Atlas V stages and the engines that power the Patriot interceptor missile system. The... 
by Joris Peels | Mar 31, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printed Art, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Editorials / Opinions
3D printing is being used by artists, curators, museums and galleries worldwide to create works. Designers, sculptors, digital artists, painters and people new to the art world are using 3D printing as a medium to create works. This headfirst rush into the technology... 
by Joris Peels | Mar 10, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Editorials / Opinions, Education, Science & Technology
So, you want to buy a 3D printer? Want to pull the trigger? Make the leap? Get into this wonderful world of 3D printing? Be a part of the fourth industrial revolution sweeping this earth? Wonderful, wonderful I’m sure it will be amazing for you and you will make... 
by Joris Peels | Mar 4, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
An ULTEM aircraft spare part flies on a T-44 Pegasus, a $99 3D printer, Tractus has a preferred filament supplier, 3D Slash 3.0 is out, NatureWorks releases a new Ingeo filament, RAM3D & Renishaw bring metal 3D printing to New Zealand, Luxexcel reaches ISO... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 25, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, 3D Software, Business, Science & Technology
Fabrisonic has received another patent for Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing. ‘Design your own 3D printed dolls’ startup MakieLab has been acquired by Disney. Cura, Ultimaker’s open source slicing software, has gotten a new update. 3D scanning... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 23, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Science & Technology
3D printing has many military applications. Militaries around the world have been working on developing 3D printing technologies, using 3D printing for prototypes, developing their own fablabs and using the technology in aircraft and other military vehicles. Many... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 21, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Education, Science & Technology
3D printing is often discussed in education. Many schools, educators and education authorities are evaluating the technology for possible applications. 3D printing is often cited as a STEM tool or something that can assist teaching staff. It is early days yet, but we... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 18, 2017 | 3D Printed Guns, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Reseller agreements galore, Tri-Tech acquired, a new Silver Member for America Makes, Iran produces its very first bioprinter, more 3D printed guns hysteria and Additive Industries announces the finalists of the Additive World Design Challenge. 3D Center... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 13, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions
The Tiko 3D Printer seemed too good to be true, and maybe it is. The company admits that it has fired staff and is low on cash. It seems to be seeking investment while as many as 12,000 backers may not have gotten their 3D printers. What happened? Unibody Dreams The... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 11, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Oerlikon is investing an additional $54,000,000 in 3D printing, American Elements expands its metal powders for 3D printing, Dremel and 3DPrinterOS partner, the MakerBot Replicator+ wins an award, e-Xstream Engineering and Solvay take home an award, a 3D printed (RC)... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 10, 2017 | 3D Printing, Exclusive Interviews, Robotics
Roboteurs is a startup that specializes in robots and robotic components for education. They sell kits with electronics so teachers and kids can do fun educational projects with them. The team at Roboteurs made a 3D printed 6-axis robot arm. The design itself is a... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 4, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
An inventor sends round a mailing to sell his stake in a company, GKN and EOS become BFFs, Xometry secures extra funding, Graphene 3D Lab makes more news, people from Youngstown, Ohio go to Israel and DUS Architects’ PR department is still the envy of the... 
by Joris Peels | Feb 3, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
3D printing has had and will continue to have impacts on many areas. One of the most hotly anticipated areas for 3D printing to impact is medicine. A myriad of stories have appeared pointing to all manner of exciting innovations in the medical field. Sadly many of the... 
