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Insights from the Frontline: Key Takeaways from the AMS 2024 CEO Panel
At the 2024 Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) event in New York City, a panel of sector CEOs took the stage, transforming what could have been just another industry talk into…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: April 10, 2022
This week kicks off with COExperience 2022 by Dassault Systèmes, and Stratasys continues its mobile showroom tour. Plenty of AM industry companies will be at various IME West shows, and…
World Economic Forum Predicts Mass 3D Printing within 10 Years
A new free-to-download white paper from the World Economic Forum (WEF) predicts widespread, mass production of 3D printed industrial parts in the next decade and highlights the relationship between the…
3D Printed Assistive Tech: Printlab & Autodesk Announce make:able Challenge Winners
Last year, UK-based 3D printing curriculum developer PrintLab and 3D software company Autodesk partnered up to launch an annual 3D printing design challenge for students, called make:able, that’s focused on…
Wevolver and Mitsubishi Team up for KyronMAX Design Challenge with $25,000 Prize
Additive manufacturing (AM) provides product designers and engineers a high degree of geometric freedom. However, compared to injection molding, the material selection available in AM is incredibly limited. There are…
Winners Announced for 3D Health Hackathon to 3D Print PPE to Fight COVID-19
The Jersey City Rapid Maker Response Group (JCRMRG), an all-volunteer collective, was founded as the result of a Reddit post calling on 3D printing hobbyists to organize, make, and deliver personal…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup, July 7, 2020
We’ve got plenty of 3D printing webinars and virtual events to tell you about for this coming week, starting with nScrypt’s webinar today. 3Ding and Formlabs will each hold a…
Malaysia: Researchers Provide Overview of Challenges in 3D Printing Biomedical Products
Researchers with the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) recently published a paper about the challenges faced when using 3D printing to manufacture biomedical products in Malaysia. Additive manufacturing has…
Children’s Hospital in Argentina Finally Gets 3D Printed Presurgical Models
For the first time, a presurgical technique using 3D printing was used on four children suffering from congenital heart disease (CHD), holding promise for future developments. The idea was proposed…
The 3D Printing Challenge: A Call for Ideas on How to 3D Print Our Way Out of the End of the World
As each day progresses, more and more people seem to conclude that our planet is heading for disaster. While a substantial segment of the world’s population remains blissfully unaware or…
Freelancer Partners with Department of Energy for Advanced Manufacturing Challenges
Crowdsourcing site Freelancer has teamed up with NASA for more than one competition involving 3D printing and 3D design, including a robot arm and a system for recycling in space. Now…
Print Your Mind 3D Launches 3D Printer Filament Recycling Challenge for High School Students
In response to the ever-growing problem of 3D printing filament waste, Calgary-based professional desktop 3D printer provider and social enterprise Print Your Mind 3D, which works to always practice business in…
Open Source 3D Printed Analog Cameras and Accessories, Created by Dora Goodman
Having grown up as part of what’s sometimes referred to as the ‘Oregon Trail generation’ – the oldest of the millennials – I took most of my pictures with an…
Volkswagen Design Contest Asks you To Design 3D Printed Parts for the VW ID Buzz
Volkswagen is one of the world’s leading automotive groups. The company that makes everything from the Bugatti Chiron to the Polo with the Audi RS6 and Seat Ibiza in between….
Music to Our Ears: Winner of Canada’s 3D Printed Musical Instrument Challenge Announced
We often hear stories of people who need 3D printed prosthetics and assistive devices to play their chosen instrument, be it the cello, the drums, or the piano. And as materials…
Winners of This Year’s Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge Announced
There are a lot of 3D design and 3D printing competitions out there, but among the most serious and industry-focused is the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge. The contest…
3D Printing News Briefs: February 16, 2018
Even though it’s Friday, 3D Printing News Briefs is all business today. DEWA is increasing its cooperation with GE, and Nano Dimension has raised $12 million in an underwritten public…
Finalists Announced for Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge
Every year, Additive Industries holds its Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge, a competition aimed at professionals and future professionals. The purpose of the challenge is to gather more examples of…
Winners of Create to Educate Contest Teach Important Lessons Through 3D Printing
There’s nothing like a good 3D printing competition to really bring out the creativity that exists in such abundance in this field. There are plenty of 3D printing competitions going…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 1, 2017
Happy December! Rather than worrying about how much you have left to do in the few short weeks before the holidays, why not use that time in a more productive…
Benefits and Challenges of 3D Printing in Aeronautics and Automotive Industries
From needs to solutions, the technology on display at last week’s IN(3D)USTRY event at Fira Barcelona kept the focus on today’s developing realities in industrial 3D printing. A very busy…
The Changing Landscape of Additive Manufacturing Materials: Experts Weigh In
Today in Youngstown, Ohio, a solid agenda of additive manufacturing industry experts are gathered to discuss the changing landscape of materials used in 3D printing. Part of SME‘s Smart Manufacturing…
3D Printing News Briefs: July 7, 2017
Happy July! We’ve got a lot of news for you today in this week’s only edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, covering everything from 3D printers and hackathons to business…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 30, 2017
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, Gilmour Space Technologies has secured Series A funding to develop its hybrid-engine rockets that use 3D printed fuel, while Oventus Medical signs a manufacturing…
