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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 Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Silicon Valley, home to all things technology, had its beginnings in a humble garage from which arose one of the best-known names in the digitized 21st century. Standing where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard developed not only technology but a company that would become...
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 Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories
Carlsbad, California-based Forecast 3D recently made a major investment, bringing in a full dozen HP Jet Fusion 3D printers this summer to form the foundation of its newly-created 3D Manufacturing Center. Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology is at the heart of the...
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 Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Sometimes when a new technology leaves the laboratory, it goes off to perform its functions in an industrial setting, research facility, or educational institute. Sometimes, though, its installation may be quite literally out of this world — and that’s...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 13, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Israel-based Nano Dimension has been working at the forefront of efforts in 3D printing in electronics applications, paving the way with their unique DragonFly 2020 3D printer, a desktop machine with which we have become quite familiar ahead of its full commercial...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 12, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
When it comes to 3D software, SOLIDWORKS is a mainstay in today’s busy design world. SOLIDWORKS Corporation’s software suite, acquired by France-based Dassault Systèmes back in 1997, sees widespread use across a number of applications and industries; its...
by Clare Scott | Sep 11, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education, Exclusive Interviews
A few weeks ago, the entire United States got excited about the solar eclipse that would appear across the country, with the sun becoming fully blocked by the moon in several states. Events were held around the country to observe and celebrate the eclipse, and one of...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 8, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
It’s almost impossible to discuss advances in 3D printing today, particularly in Boston, without mention of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as the school not only produces well-educated engineers but also delves deep itself into additive...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 7, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Editorials / Opinions, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
Boston, Massachusetts is coming into its own as a hub of advanced technologies, championed by an expanding array of strong businesses and fed into through a wealth of prestigious local institutions of higher education. 3D printing is, unsurprisingly, thriving in such...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 6, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Formlabs, well known for being the first company to introduce affordable desktop SLA 3D printing, has been working toward a sea change in additive manufacturing with a strong focus on the user experience and true democratization. The company was founded in 2011 and a...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 5, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
3D printing is taking off in Boston, and Rize Inc. is among the companies leading the charge. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with company President and Founder Eugene Giller and VP of Marketing Julie Reece at the company’s Woburn, Massachusetts...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 1, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
Burlington, Massachusetts is home to the most recent unicorn to emerge from the 3D printing industry: Desktop Metal. On a recent excursion to Boston, I enjoyed the opportunity to spend the morning with the innovative metal additive manufacturing company and its...
by Clare Scott | Aug 31, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
If you’re familiar at all with Kapton, you may know it as its tape form. Kapton Tape is used commonly in electrical applications and is known for being able to hold up in extremely high or low temperatures – from about -450º to 500ºF. The material itself,...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 31, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Often described as the biggest company you’ve never heard of, Jabil is a digital solutions provider working on a global scale. The company’s Blue Sky Innovation Centers offer a hub of activity with in-house facilities to create for and connect with...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 30, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
In Waltham, Massachusetts, Dassault Systèmes‘ North American headquarters houses a 3DEXPERIENCE Lab filled with an integrated ecosystem of advanced technologies. The 3,100-square-foot fablab was announced this year at SOLIDWORKS World and officially opened on...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 28, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories
When it comes to the global maker community and the spread of desktop 3D printing among individuals and smaller-scale operations, tech enthusiasts come in all shapes and sizes. One highly popular figure in the online community for makers is China’s Naomi Wu, who...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 24, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
There’s a great deal of optimism and ambition in additive manufacturing today as the growing industry looks toward tomorrow. HP Inc. has long been on record as saying it was entering the field especially to disrupt the status quo not only in 3D printing, but in...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories
When HP makes a move, the industry pays attention. In 2015, HP Inc. parted ways with Hewlett-Packard Enterprises, keeping the intellectual property for its upcoming 3D printing business as the company worked through massive restructuring efforts including several...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 21, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Medical 3D Printing, Popular Stories
While we’re a long ways off yet from 3D printing organs for transplant, today’s reality is seeing 3D printed hearts saving patient lives in plastic. The structural heart team at Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in Detroit is paving the way for those who...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
As additive manufacturing continues to see increased use around the globe, national strategies for adoption of the technology are becoming a bigger focus for governments seeking to ensure that they are not left behind in the next industrial revolution. With support...
by Clare Scott | Aug 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Sponsored
A couple of years ago, the Chinese government announced the Made in China 2025 initiative, which would focus on upgrading the Chinese manufacturing industry over the coming decade with an emphasis on advanced technology. 3D printing has been a big part of the plan...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Established in 2012, America Makes is the United States’ national accelerator for additive manufacturing and 3D printing, leading the way in dedicated public-private partnerships in technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. To celebrate its fifth...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 16, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Massachusetts-based Markforged has been focused on strength in 3D printing, and one of those strengths — materials aside — is the positioning that additive manufacturing offers for local manufacturing. The company, led by Founder and CEO Greg Mark, is keen...
by Siddarth Wadehra | Aug 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Software packages that support 3D printing are advancing rapidly and have become incredibly powerful and complex in the last decade or so. While a number of companies offering software solutions that support 3D printing have increased exponentially in the recent past,...
