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Paper-Based 3D Printing Used to Reconstruct Bust of 11th Century Cambodian King
There are, for varying reasons, always those willing to attempt to wipe history from memory by destroying artifacts and documents to serve their purposes. Some artifacts are lost to natural…
CONTEXT Expands Suite of Services and Reports to Cover 3D Printing Sectors
CONTEXT is an IT market analysis company, and they’ve recently announced the launch of a 3D Printing Advisory Service they say will serve “growing customer interest in this market segment.”…
Don’t Throw That SLA Resin Vat Away, Repair It With The ReCoat Kit
DruckWege calls the ReCoat kit “the world’s first DIY repair kit for SLA printers,” and the pair of German engineers responsible for the kit say it arose from their work…
Amazon, Sandboxr & 3D Systems Team Up For 3D Printed Game Characters On Demand
The Amazon 3D Printed Products store is now offering the chance to design and personalize 35 or more video game characters from titles such as Smite, Primal Carnage and Infinity…
3D Printed Life-size Cristiano Ronaldo Makes Debut In Tokyo, Japan
View image | gettyimages.com World football star Cristiano Ronaldo is the pitchman for, well, nearly everything. It’s thought that his salary and endorsement contracts add up to north of $43…
XYZprinting and D&H Distributing Push 3D Printing Into Education Markets
Education efforts among 3D printing companies are ramping up at a blistering pace, and as many of the major players have slowly entered the education sphere, companies like 3D Systems…
NOWlab Designs a Recyclable, Biodegradable 3D Printable ‘Glacier’ Table
The Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska is famous for its magnificent ice caves, but it also serves as a bellwether of how the climate of Earth is in flux. Some 3,000…
Shapeways Announces Major Changes to Terms & Conditions, Content Policy
Shapeways, the 3D printing service based in New York City, has just raised $30.5 million in Series D funding from heavy-hitting investors such as Hewlett Packard Ventures, Presidio Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation,…
Materialise and Consensus Orthopedics Join Forces For 3D ACO Hip Guide System
The ACO Hip Guide System, a platform of 3D surgical planning software and patient-specific surgical guides for hip surgery from Materialise, will now be joined by Consensus Orthopedics following their…
3D Printed Aircraft Fuselages? Constellium, STELIA Aerospace & CT INGENIERIE Partner
Based in Amsterdam, Constellium (NYSE:CSTM) is a global corporate player with nearly 8,800 employees whose activities stretch across industries such as aerospace, automotive and packaging, but the common thread among all…
Biohand: An Inexpensive 3D Printed Open Source Prosthetic
Martin Vincent Bloedorn is a Brazilian CAD enthusiast who says he enjoys learning languages from C++ to Japanese, “fiddling on my 3D printer,” and playing the drums. This project from…
New Maritime Consortium Forms — Will Research 3D Printing of Spare Ship Parts
The Port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest sea port, and it boasts excellent accessibility for sea-going vessels, intermodal connections and the 180,000 people who work for and in the surrounding…
New Doughy Material Promises 3D Printed Bone Repairs
It looks a bit like bread dough, and a new bio-material which can be used to fill bone fractures holds the promise of being capable of forming a bond as…
Build Your Own Cheap Ad(str)apto 3D Printer with Common Hand Tools
He calls it the “Ad(str)apto,” and it’s a 3D printer built entirely – excepting the hot end, electronics, and drawer glides – with homemade parts and hand tools. Heinrich Schlechter…
These 3D Printed Electronic Headphones are the Next Wave in Manufacturing
These headphones designed by Maxime Loiseau are much more than simply an aesthetic statement, they’re constructed with a printed electronics manufacturing technology which obviates the need for separate wiring and…
3D Printing Software Update: netfabb Professional 6 Released
3D design software maker netfabb GmbH says they’re ready to present the new latest release of the company’s expert-level 3D printing software netfabb Professional 6. They say this revised and extended version…
3DCanada Project Will Lead to Enormous Sculture Made up of Hundreds of 3D Printed Busts
Douglas Coupland, the renowned Canadian novelist and artist, also works in design and visual art. His novels, among them the 1991 bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, take…
Xaar PLC Turns to 3D Printing, Appoints Keith Smith as Director of Advanced Manufacturing
Xaar PLC develops digital inkjet technology and manufactures piezoelectric, drop-on-demand industrial inkjet printheads, and their technology is used in manufacturing applications which include graphics, labels, direct-to-shape packaging decoration, and ceramic…
Kickstarter: Tooli, the Creative Desktop Tool Combines Many Technologies into One Machine
Troy Cundy, the founder of Toolbotics, is an inventor with a passion for all things CNC. With 15 years as a maker, he’s helped design and build a variety of…
Office of Naval Research Moves to Ramp Up 3D Printing Activities
In the next couple of weeks, the US Navy says they plan to outline their future plans and requirements for additive manufacturing technology to bolster “fleet readiness,” and the Office…
Seatricity Now Testing the Oceanus 2 Wave Energy Generation System with 3D Printed Models
Seatricity says they’ll spend a week in July tank-testing a 3D printed model of the Oceanus 2 device in Ireland and the generators will have an estimated life cycle of…
Stratasys Acquires RTC Rapid Technologies In Move To Step Up Service To German Customers
Stratasys Ltd. says they’ve acquired the operations and staff of a key German partner, RTC Rapid Technologies GmbH, and the move was aimed at strengthening the company‘s presence in the…
Where is the 4D Printing Market Headed? — Report Says $555.6M Annually by 2025
It’s called 4D printing, and it represents a radical shift in rapid prototyping where multi-material capable prints make use of embedded design to transform from one shape to another via…
The PLEN2 3D Printable Robot Project Launches PLEN Playground
The PLEN2 is a robot kit which includes all necessary parts – control boards, servo motors, and accessories needed to build a rather sophisticated 20 centimeter tall version of what…
