open source 3d printers
AMS 2020 Panels: HP’s Binder Jetting Technology, New Metals for 3D Printing
This year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies, held in Boston and co-hosted by SmarTech Analysis and 3DPrint.com, featured a Startup Competition, interesting keynotes, multiple panels and presentations, and industry forecasts by SmarTech. But…
The Maker Movement Unmade? Part 5: The Community Responds
With this series, we’ve explored the changes that have occurred within the maker movement with the thesis that it seems to have fallen apart. Based on community feedback and some…
The Nydus One Syringe Extruder (NOSE): Turns Your Prusa i3 Into a Bioprinter
Researchers from Germany are exploring democratizing bioprinting with their findings outlined in ‘Nydus One Syringe Extruder (NOSE): A Prusa i3 3D printer conversion for bioprinting applications.’ Recognizing the promise of…
The Oasis 3DP Brings Open Source Binder Jetting to Makers
The 2018 Hackaday Prize will soon be wrapping up, and as always, the contest has yielded some wonderfully innovative and promising ideas. One entry, submitted by Yvo de Haas, aims to…
Desktop 3D Printing and Functional Replacement Parts
3D printing is seeing increasing use in the manufacture of components for bikes, and sometimes even the bikes themselves. Bikes with 3D printed parts don’t just look cool, either – they perform just…
The Future of Open Source Desktop 3D Printers
A few weeks ago a spat erupted between popular low-cost 3D printer manufacturer Creality and 3D printing retailer Printed Solid. This public spat highlights some of the core issues affecting…
Open Source 3D Printing in the Spotlight at MRRF 2018: Community, 3D Printers, Championships
To say that open source is a major part of 3D printing would be an understatement in the extreme; indeed, to many, the open source RepRap Project is the most…
LulzBot at CES 2018: Live 3D Printing Factory, Looking Ahead to a New Year and New 3D Printers
How many 3D printers could a 3D printer 3D print if a 3D printer could 3D print 3D printers? It’s less catchy than the more familiar woodchuck-based tongue twister, but…
3D Printing Educator Spotlight On: Joshua Pearce, PhD, Associate Professor, Michigan Tech
As the global population continues to expand massively, with an estimated 7.5 billion people alive today, sustainability is becoming an ever-more-pressing concern. It takes a lot of energy to support…
The R&D Tax Credit Aspects of RepRap 3D Printers
Modern 3D printing has been decades in the making, but only in the past decade have we seen the proliferation of the technology into the hands of hobbyists, makers, and…
Should Desktop 3D Printing Be Open Source or Closed Source?
Open source development has brought a lot of advantages to desktop 3D printing. Is our flirtation with open source a youthful indiscretion that will soon be discarded? Or is open…
Autodesk Discontinues Manufacture of Open Source Ember 3D Printer
A big upheaval happened at Autodesk in February when CEO Carl Bass announced his resignation, as did board members Scott Ferguson and Jeff Clarke. This week, Autodesk users need to…
3D Printing Outside the Box: The Hangprinter Prints in Midair Without Any Limits
3D printers just aren’t what they used to be – and that’s a good thing. There’s nothing wrong with a traditional box-like printer that sits on the floor or on…
Open-Source Ultimaker Files Its First Patent – But Don’t Panic, the 3D Printer Manufacturer Says
The popularity of Ultimaker is for a number of reasons. Yes, the company does produce reliable, high-quality 3D printers that consistently makes the top of “best 3D printers” lists, but one of the…
Michigan Tech’s Dr. Joshua Pearce Reveals the High Overall Return on Investment for At-Home 3D Printing Use
What originally began as a school to train mining engineers in the late 1880s has grown into a leading tech university, where 3D printing has been on the curriculum for…
Now on Instructables: Build Your Own SLA/DLP 3D Printer with 3D Printed Parts and Basic Hardware
3D printers are getting more affordable these days, but for many crafty makers, building their own printers is more than worth it – not only financially, but in terms of…
The Blender Institute Uses a LulzBot Mini 3D Printer to Facilitate Open Source Creativity
One of the most popular 3D creation software programs is Blender, for a multitude of reasons. First of all, it’s free. Secondly, it’s open source, relying on the collaborative creativity of…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — February 27
In this week’s news, two organizations committed to open source technology, Aleph Objects Inc. and Odoo Community Association, have announced a partnership. In 3D printing medical news, Materialise introduced a new…
The Eleven 3D Printer by ISG3D is Now Available on Kickstarter
We’ve checked in periodically with Canadian startup ISG3D over the past year, most recently in September when we wrote about the upcoming launch of their eagerly anticipated Eleven 3D Printer. As of today,…
3D Printers Online Store Launches the xi3 Prusa
3D Printers Online Store has recently launched the xi3 Prusa, and the printer has a long and varied history of development. Josef Prusa was never satisfied with the status quo….
Now on Kickstarter: The BOLT MINI, a Stylish, Open Source 3D Printer from India
Adarsh Simon is an aspiring product designer with a keen eye for detail, and he also enjoys hacking electronics. Now his interests have led him to research additive manufacturing techniques,…
Looking for a New DIY 3D Printer to Build? Check Out the iTopie’s New Design
While more and more people explore and adopt 3D printers and 3D printing technology, they tend to buy popular, pre-manufactured machines like MakerBots and Printrbots. But the roots of the…
Designer Turi Cacciactore Built His Rostock Delta Printer Using an IKEA Furniture Closet Kit
Salvatore ‘Turi’ Cacciatore is the former head of design research at the Fiat Concept Lab and now a freelance designer, and he’s also become enamored with 3D printers and printing….
Pirx 3D Offers the Design for Their 3D Printer as Open Source Material
Pirx 3D, the Kraków, Poland-based 3D printer manufacturer, say that only two months after launching their latest model, the PIRX One, they’re releasing all the source material for their first, wooden-framed…
