by Sarah Saunders | 21 hours ago | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
When I was in elementary school many years ago, a good friend of mine was injured when one of the fingers on her right hand accidentally got smashed in her family minivan’s sliding door. It was near the end of the school year, but we still had plenty of homework... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 26, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
There’s a lot going on in the 3D printing world this week! In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll cover everything from 3D printed clothing to 3D printing materials and 3D printers themselves. The ShareCloth team is announcing its new software... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 26, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials
In 2015, Monik Shah founded the 3D printing service 3Dwalla in Mumbai, which offers 3D printing and prototyping services to accelerate product development and innovation. The startup, with a tagline of “Prints Beyond Paper,” encourages people to design and... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 26, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Business, Medical 3D Printing
Custom 3D scanning and 3D printing mouthguard manufacturing company GuardLab, which last year partnered with the UFC for a global licensing agreement and signed Toronto Blue Jays outfielder and MLB All-Star José “Joey Bats” Bautista as a brand ambassador... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 25, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education
I have always been an animal lover. In addition to the cat I had growing up, I had a myriad of caged pets as well – a hamster, fish, parakeets, lizards, and mice. My husband and I now own two dogs and two cats, and we have had to remind each other, and... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 25, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
When it comes to 3D printing in the medical field, it seems like Australia is the place to watch these days. In just a few of many examples, the country is home to what’s touted as the hospital of the future, an Australian woman recently received a 3D printed... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 25, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing
The European Space Agency (ESA) has long been a fan of 3D printing, successfully testing a 3D printed platinum alloy rocket combustion chamber in 2015, announcing on more than one occasion that it planned to use 3D printing to build a human-occupied base on the moon,... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 24, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials
In 2016, eco-friendly 3D printing filament manufacturers 3D-Fuel and 3Dom (made up of 3Dom USA and 3Dom Europe) teamed up to form 3DomFuel, still commonly known as 3D-Fuel, in order to mutually expand production capabilities and develop high-quality, eco-friendly 3D... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 24, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
While it took China a little longer to embrace 3D printing technology, once companies across the country started to get on board, nothing could slow them down. Developments have been made in 3D printing with metal and in aerospace 3D printing, and earlier this month,... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 24, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Scientist Tresa Pollock, the chair of the Materials Department at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), doesn’t work in the extreme conditions of outer space herself, but rather works to discover new materials that can do so. Pollock will soon be... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Education
We’re talking about a new product, 3D printer resellers, grants and awards, a company acquisition, and a VIP visitor for Oak Ridge National Laboratory in this week’s first edition of 3D Printing News Briefs. Xaar introduces its new 1003 AMx printhead,... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 23, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Robotics
Whenever we hear about a new project from researchers and students at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, we know it’s going to be something unique and interesting, like a self-sustaining quarry project in Rio de Janeiro that uses quarry dust as a 3D... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 23, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
From design contests to helpful guides, there’s always something new and interesting to be found on 3D printable model marketplace Pinshape, which was acquired by Formlabs about a year ago. There are all sorts of models on the site, including this cool... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
Most of the time, when we’re discussing a country’s 3D printing plan that’s completely endorsed and supported by the ruler of the country, we’re talking about the UAE city-state of Dubai and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
Do you remember your first car? Mine was a little green Ford Contour, which I adored and named Baby. My parents purchased the secondhand car when I was 18, and I drove Baby until it couldn’t drive anymore, may it rest in peace. It was a great car, which is to be... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education
After the stunning success of the Within Reach 3D Design Challenge brought about impressive winning designs in 2016, e-NABLE, MatterHackers, and Pinshape wanted to keep going, and see what would happen with new challenges that pushed the maker community to find ways... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 21, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
Engineering, architecture, and construction company WinSun, based in Shanghai and also known as Yingchuang Building Technique, has a lot of experience in 3D printing construction projects, from its garden villas and landscaping projects to its office buildings. The... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 20, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing
Additive manufacturing company Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), based in Connecticut, is a leader in both high performance additive manufacturing (HPAM) and advanced materials science. Back in 2014, the company used its patented OsteoFab technology to manufacture a... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 19, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing
Happy Friday! In this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, Metalysis joins an international alloy technology partnership and CRP USA is exhibiting its WINDFORM 3D printing materials at SOMSA for the first time. DeskArtes, Thor3D, and EOS are all... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 19, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Musician and sound designer José Luis González Castro has a lot of experience with video game sound effects and creation, which paved the way for his current project. Castro is working to develop an 8-bit, reprogrammable modular synthesizer, which he dubbed the... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
I fly on an airplane maybe once or twice per year, but I admit that I don’t know a lot about planes, or engines; I just have faith that it will get me where I need to go. According to Experimental Aircraft Info, for each power impulse, every airplane engine... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 18, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printed Art, 3D Printing
While lamps and other lighting fixtures serve the very basic purpose of illuminating our homes, offices, and other buildings, that doesn’t mean they have to look totally utilitarian. 3D printing technology makes it very easy to customize common household items... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 18, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
It’s been a few months since the last Pinshape design contest we talked about, but the wait is over! The popular online marketplace for 3D printable models is announcing a new contest, the Mechanical Design Challenge, sponsored by Formlabs, 3D Hubs, Prusa... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
Advanced manufacturer FATHOM, based in California, has had a busy year so far: the company expanded its on-site managed services, showcased a video game controller at SOLIDWORKS World that was 3D printed using a Stratasys F123, demonstrated a DragonFly 2020 3D printer... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Robotics, Science & Technology
We’ve seen some pretty fascinating 3D printing research in the medical field out of the University of California San Diego over the last couple of years, like a 3D printed blood vessel network and 3D printed liver tissue. But recently, a mechanical engineering... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
3D printing technology has been used to make a difference all over the world, including developing countries like the Dominican Republic. Hundreds of Dominicans who work in the country’s sugar cane fields lose limbs every year because of machete accidents.... 
