Michelle Matisons

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — June 11

This week’s 3D printing news begins with evidence that the U.S. military is increasingly researching ways to integrate 3D printing into its daily operations. One example of this is a…

Summit Mowers’ Monster Lawnmowers Rely on 3D Printed Parts From i.materialise

Summer is almost here, so it is likely that mowing the lawn is on many homeowners’ minds. For most of us, lawnmowers are just functional machines that help us keep…

Five Children Receive Hands 3D Printed by Delaware Cub Scout Troop

One of the most popular applications for 3D printing technology turns out to be in the field of prosthetics and orthotics, where people can have artificial limbs custom-designed and 3D printed…

MakerBot Opens First Asia Pacific Innovation Center at Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Asia Pacific is a region of immense economic growth, and 3D printing is included as a significant technology fueling growth sectors in businesses, industries, and higher education. Recently, MakerBot announced the first MakerBot…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — June 4, 2016

This week’s 3D printing news covers a new board appointment at Graphene 3D Lab, Inc. Also, a new 3D printing Master’s level course in the UK has been added at…

Search and Rescue: Shapeways and DJI Introduce Phantom 4 Drone Accessory 3D Design Challenge

DJI’s Phantom 4 is a drone that has received much attention for its integrated camera, sleek design, and long flying range. Now, DJI has teamed up with 3D printing services…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 28

This week’s news reports that Hong Kong researchers are using 3D printing to aid in heart surgeries, Minnesota students 3D printed a violin, and Magma Global Ltd. has 3D printed…

Check Out This i.materialise Tutorial on Making A 3D Printed Action Figure

There appears to be quite a distinctive overlap between 3D printing and action figures. For example, DC Comics has signed deals to 3D print some of its more popular action figures…

From Moscow’s Cathedral to India’s Taj Mahal with 3Doodler Artist Eduardo Pires

We just can’t get enough of artist stories from 3Doodler, and here’s another one as 3Doodler spotlights the Doodle of the Year Runner-Up in the recent 2015 3Doodler Awards. These awards…

3Doodle Your Own Swirly iPhone Case with Fun Tutorial from Anna Kelly

3Doodler is constantly thinking of fun little competitions to highlight 3Doodling talent among the Doodling Public. For example, the company recently sponsored a 3D printing pen design competition for Mother’s Day. The…

Materialise Helps Redesign and 3D Print Children’s Programming Toy–The Cubetto Playset

More and more often we see efforts to teach children coding at a young age by virtue of introducing fun programming languages to them. Part of this development is the far…

India’s ShaperJet Wants Every Student to Have Access to 3D Printing

As desktop 3D printers get more affordable and easier to make, it’s easy to imagine a vision in which each school-aged student has access to one. Shaperjet is just one…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 21

This week’s news includes much about the business side of 3D printing. Alexander Daniels, a Birmingham, England-based recruiting firm, has added a new division focused on 3D printing, and PostProcess Technologies and…

A 3D Virtual Tour is Underway for Recently Discovered Sunken Ship

In 2008, an Australian ship called the HMAS Sydney was discovered in the Indian Ocean, about 200 km off Australia’s west coast. Why is this important? Well, of course, sunken ships…

Swindon, England Upgrades a Small Hackspace to a Larger Makerspace Open 24 Hours a Day

About 70 miles west of London, England lies the town of Swindon. This town, located in a borough that had 185,609 people populating it during the 2011 census, has a pleasant…

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University Opens New 3D Printing Research Centre

3D printing is growing all around the world. As business, education, and political leaders see the kinds of manufacturing changes that the technology ushers in, it opens up more opportunities for…

3D Printed Wedding Bands: Shapeways Shows How to Ring It In

If you are interested in giving your prospective fiancée a ring with a customized style and size, one that symbolizes the idea of having a “future together,” then of course we recommend…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 14

This week’s news includes a couple of stories about Stratasys, including a partnership with Fuji Xerox to promote 3D printing in Australia, but these aren’t the only companies with their sights on 3D…

i.materialise’s Top 10 3D Printed Jewelry Pieces for 2016

i.materialise has released a Top 10 3D Printed Jewelry design list for 2016. The company is noticing that 3D printing is becoming more essential for jewelry designers, and it reports continuing to…

New York’s Dimension Learning Hosts Student Challenge to 3D Print Robot Tools for Mystery Obstacle Course

STEAM education approaches Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics subjects to provide hands-on and engaging lessons for school kids of all ages. Increasingly, we see evidence that educators view 3D printing…

SketchUp & i.materialise 3D Printed Jewelry Challenge Winners Inspired by the Cosmos and Diamonds

Advertised as “the easiest way to draw in 3D,” SketchUp is user-friendly 3D modeling software. Perhaps it is so user-friendly because you start by drawing lines and shapes — the…

Precious Plastic’s Incredible Machines Recycle Plastic, Make Filament, and More

One of our greatest ecological challenges, in my estimate, is tackling the problem of plastic waste. The Earth simply can not sustain the levels of pollution generated by a material that can…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 7

This week’s news covers awards, appointments, new 3D printing facilities and services, and a shoutout to 3D printing from a Google parent company executive. Divergent 3D has received a tech award…

3D Print A Handy Hydroponics Gadget for Your Garden

I started a vegetable garden for the first time in years this spring, and I have to admit, it is not going well. Don’t get me wrong: I know how…