3D Design

There’s a version of Coachella most people never see. Not the stage. Not the crowd. Not even the music. It’s everything built around it: the spaces where artists host, brands…

In the 1990 classic in economic strategy, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, business theorist Michael Porter wrote, “Most commentators on the Italian economy have persistently underestimated Italy, because they have…

Overall, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has stayed impressively restrained in terms of trying to leverage any potential coattail hype from the AI boom. Perhaps the leading enterprises left standing…

Matthew Shomper has worked on 3D printed medical devices for many years. There, he specialized in new geometries, cutting-edge designs, designing implants, FEA optimization, approval processes, 510(k) submissions, textures, and…

I often do roundups of free 3D printed models for holidays, like Christmas, Halloween, and even the 4th of July, which all of America will celebrate tomorrow. Because I’ve written…

Photolithography, the semiconductor manufacturing process whereby lasers transfer patterns onto chemical layers coating a substrate, is one of the most amazing industrial processes humanity has ever created. It is also…

The inroads that additive manufacturing (AM) users have made into the celebrity branding market is underappreciated, perhaps because the value is difficult to quantify. But just last month, for instance,…

A POV, or Point of View, camera rig, is a wearable support system that helps filmographers capture first-person footage, making the images more immersive. Some good examples of movies shot…

Collaboration between emerging technology enterprises and research universities is one of the most consistently winning tactics for any nation building (or rebuilding) an industrial ecosystem. It’s an especially constructive approach…

The Polish company XTPL is among a category of small startups sitting at the overlap between additive manufacturing (AM) and advanced packaging for the semiconductor industry. 3DPrint.com’s Vanesa Listek wrote…

When your work involves a technological field, like additive manufacturing (AM), which still flies under the radar for most people, it can often feel like what you do every day…

The need for replacement parts that are in limited production—or out of production altogether—will always be a demand catalyst for additive manufacturing (AM). Unless the entire global economy at some…

Last year, Autonomous Resource Corporation (ARC) became the surprising owner of Desktop Metal’s (DM’s) assets following the bankruptcy of the one-time additive manufacturing (AM) unicorn, an acquisition that cost ARC…

I’m a fan of trinckle, the German startup that offers super easy-to-use tools for creating customized jigs, fixtures, and other 3D printed products. With trinckle, it’s not just designers who…

The first thing Adam Hecht will tell you is that 3D printing already has the technology. The harder part has been finding applications people actually want. That’s the gap Decibel…

With all the current focus on the boom in drones used for national security, it’s easy to forget that the civilian drone market is growing, too. In addition to the…

Stefan Hermann, the creator behind the popular CNC Kitchen YouTube channel, wanted a better way to add custom textures to his 3D models. Although fluent in CAD, he found Blender,…

We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with business from Materialise and RapidFit, and Axtra3D and MULTISTATION. Then we’ll move on to a contract for submarine components, and end…

Elon Musk essentially functions as a human loophole in the antitrust regulatory system. Whether or not it’s the deliberate purpose of why he runs his businesses this way, I don’t…

At TCT Asia 2026, the shift did not stop at metal production. It extended into the consumer and prosumer side of the market, where the same logic of scale, integration,…

Walk into TCT Asia 2026, and the first impression is density. More than 55,000 square meters across Halls 7.1 and 8.1 at Shanghai’s National Exhibition and Convention Center, over 550…

Investors have become increasingly anxious about the sustainability of NVIDIA‘s growth trajectory, which is a rather natural outcome when a stock goes up infinity percent or so over the course…

One prerequisite for success in additive manufacturing (AM) is the establishment of a proven system for converting initial sales used as tech validation into future sales of higher-value hardware that’s…

In the report “AM for Data Centers: a 3D Printing Market Opportunity” that I wrote last year for Additive Manufacturing Research (AMR), I referenced Theodore Maiman, the man credited with…