3D Design
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Bicycles are great to have – they’re fun, they’re good exercise, and they’re an eco-friendly way to travel. If you’re planning to take a bike somewhere far away, though, you’d better have a way to mount it on your car, because they...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
What do you look for in a toothbrush? I’m not too picky, myself – I like a toothbrush that will last a while, and that doesn’t cost too much. I also prefer the angled bristles. That’s about it – but if you’re someone who considers...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
We’re seeing a lot of 3D printed eyewear these days. The global eyewear industry is valued at more than $100 billion by some estimates, making the customization offered via 3D printing a major opportunity for the industry as a whole to get ahead. There are 3D...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Technology company McLaren Technology Group is made up of three divisions: McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive and McLaren Applied Technologies. 3D printing is a major technology used by the company; a partnership with Stratasys has seen McLaren’s Formula 1 team...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
A lot of business is done via video these days, and if you’ve ever had to make a video presentation or speech, you’ll know that it’s not much less intimidating than making one in person. There’s still a lot to remember, which almost makes you...
by Charles Goulding | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
3D printers are being used by innovators to produce a variety of products in the wine making industry. The wine related sector in the United States is a large industry; the Napa Valley, California area alone generates over $2 billion in sales around wine making. Wine...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
We first heard about Plumen, a designer low energy lighting company, two years ago, when it worked with designers at Formaliz3d to develop the 3D printed Kayan lampshade for its ecological light bulbs. Plumen believes that the best way to get people to use energy...
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
MX3D is famous for a unique 3D printing process that not only extrudes filament straight into thin air but is industrial strength too. With no need for support structures and the ability to 3D print with metal, MX3D developed Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing, or...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
User-favorite SOLIDWORKS recently announced software updates to the frequently-used platform for the 2018 edition. With several big themes and myriad projects bundled into these updates, a quick overview isn’t enough to dive in to all that the industrious team...
by Clare Scott | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is capable of swimming faster than just about any other human – or at least he was. Phelps’ top speed is about six miles per hour, but engineers Ryan and David of Eclectical Engineering have topped that with a speed of 6.25...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
A team of researchers from the Palermo Astronomical Observatory, the University of Palermo, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics wanted to get a better understanding of what happens between two stars in a close orbit, or binary star system, when...
by Saadia Khalid | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education
If you haven’t already signed up to take the next step in your 3D printing skills with our 3D Printing for Prototyping and Production course yet, now is the time! The course, which runs for 3 weeks, features 6 industry experts who will deliver incisive, insightful...
by Clare Scott | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
Generative design is a computational design approach that mimics the evolutionary designs of nature. Designers input their design goals and parameters into generative design software, which uses cloud computing to explore and test all possible solutions and generating...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
As autumn rolls in, September brings with it each year a slew of updates, announcements, and introductions from the latest smartphone and car models to the next year’s updates for software platforms. SOLIDWORKS 2018 was unveiled last week, and this week...
by Charles Goulding | Sep 16, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
Now that summer is at its end, it’s time to retire that worn out cooler and upgrade to a brand new, accessorized 3D printed cooler. Have you ever been to the beach when your phone dies? Today, most consumers look for specific features when searching for the right...
by Scott J Grunewald | Sep 16, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Popular Stories
Welcome to Ten 3D Printable Things. Every week I’ll be showcasing 10 fantastic and FREE 3D printable projects, designs and models from all over the web. While 3D printing cool things to use around the house is a lot of fun, realistically my house is only so big and...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
Just like earlier this week, today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs is bringing you the latest business news from the 3D printing world. We’ve got an update on the TU Eindhoven 3D printed bridge, and BIOLIFE4D has appointed its Chief Medical Officer....
by Clare Scott | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
What we call 3D printed jewelry typically isn’t directly 3D printed – it’s made, like most metal jewelry, using investment casting. It’s the molds that are 3D printed. But when Cooksongold talks about 3D printed jewelry, there are no molds...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
From 3D printed walking sticks to prosthetic arms and robotic braces, 3D printing technology has often offered a helping hand to those who need assistive devices. We first heard about 3D printing non-profit organization Havenlabs in 2016. It was a busy time for the...
by Clare Scott | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Bricks, typically, are pretty uniform. Some of them may be a bit smaller or larger, but overall they tend to be the same rectangular shape. That’s not the case with the bricks in a recently built pavilion in Hong Kong. This pavilion, named the Ceramic...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Virtual Reality
In July, 3D printing community and marketplace Pinshape partnered with Mold3D Academy for a contest centered around virtual sculpting. In the Design Your Future Avatar Contest, sponsored by Formlabs, Oculus, ZBrush, and 3D Artist Magazine, contestants were tasked...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education
From 3D printed violins and guitars to a modular synthesizer and arpeggiator, 3D printing technology has often been used to help musicians play that funky (and classical) music. A creative group of engineering, design, and music students from the University of...
by Joris Peels | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Business, Exclusive Interviews
When I first came upon the Tyr3D website it was not very confidence inspiring. And I was not exactly a fan of Tyr3D logo either. Yet, I had been assured that they were at the forefront of 3D printing spare car parts. Where everywhere else people just talked about 3D...
by Hannah Rose Mendoza | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printed Art, 3D Printing
Indian artist A Naveen Kumar has packed a thousand years of history and the latest in advanced technology into his 8 x 10 studio in Bangalore. And this month, he’s unpacked them in an exhibit entitled 81 sqft Studio, on display until September 19, at Gallery...
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Sep 13, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing
Today, it often seems like anything should be possible with the advanced technology so many researchers, inventors, and designers have at their fingertips. And many innovations are allowing the disabled to add to their quality of life—including those who rely on...
by Joris Peels | Sep 13, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Editorials / Opinions, Popular Stories
The definitive, totally unsurpassable Top 10 3D Printed Things, as selected with exceeding unparalleled rigor by me. You could disagree with this list, but then you would be wrong. These things have all inspired us, are emblematic of major steps forward in 3D...
