3d printers
The Fabrap 3.0 3D Printer is Unveiled & Expected to be Priced at Around Just $450
Do you remember when the cheapest desktop 3D printer was priced well into the quadruple digits? It seems as though this was a long time ago, but in fact this was the…
Ricoh Signs On As Leapfrog 3D Printer Reseller in Europe
Ricoh Europe has signed on to be official resellers of Leapfrog 3D Printers, including the Leapfrog Creatr HS 3D printer, in Europe starting this month. According to Ricoh, they’ll provide…
Taking the Gigabot 3D Printer Off the Grid With Solar Panels
There is a great deal of consensus around the idea that 3D printing is a technology with enormous potential for helping out in a wide variety of contexts. Efforts are…
Polar 3D Launches Unique Polar Coordinate-Based FFF 3D Printer at CES 2015
One thing that is so fascinating about attending CES is that you hear about all of these companies that you never knew existed previously. For me, on Tuesday, one such…
PICASO 3D’s Designer PRO 250 3D Printer is Unveiled
PICASO 3D, a Russian 3D printer manufacturing company, just announced the release of a printer they say will change the game with it’s uniquely designed print head. Unlike printers which…
Italian Startup Creates Dual Extruder Upgrade for Ultimaker 3D Printers
What do you do when you need a customized feature for your 3D printer? Do you wait until the company that made it comes up the solution you need? Email…
Graphene 3D Lab to Purchase Canadian 3D Printer Maker ‘Boots Industries’
Graphene 3D Lab Inc. has inked a deal to acquire Boots Industries Inc., a Canadian 3D printer manufacturer. Graphene 3D says that they intend to purchase all Boots Industries’ assets —…
Simplify3D Expands Their 3D Printing Software Suite
There are at least 150 manufacturers of 3D printers and as many different formats, firmware sets, file types, and sequences in the bargain; that’s where Simplify3D enters the picture as…
Staples to Begin Exclusively Selling MakerBot 3D Printers and 3D Scanners in Stores and Online
Recently we reported on MakerBot reaching a deal to bring their 3D printers to a select list of Home Depot stores around the United States. Just last week, the two…
Best Buy to Display 3D Printing Technology in Stores with 50 Intel Technology Experience Zones
With 3D technology being so accessible, and hobbyists producing so many amazing 3D printed objects in the comfort of their own homes, it just makes sense that curious shoppers could check…
MakerBot Europe is Announced – Bringing More High Quality 3D Printers and Supplies Across the Pond
When most people in the United States talk about purchasing a 3D Printer, the one that they most likely are referring to is manufactured by MakerBot. The company, a subsidiary…
Village in a Box: Open Source Ecology Project Uses 3D Printers to Build The Next Economy
If you were making your own village from scratch what would you need to get the job done? Sure, you’d need good, old-fashioned muscle, but what else would you need?…
Portabee GO 3D Printer is Officially Released – First Truly Foldable & Portable 3D Printer for $595
Portability is not a feature that one thinks of when they consider 3D printers. These large, bulky machines are meant to stay in one place, and are only to be…
Home Depot Teams With MakerBot to Offer 3D Printers Online and in Stores
With competition in the consumer market for 3D printers heating up significantly over the last year, partnerships are very important to companies wishing to take their products a step further…
Kickstarted Then Kicked to the Curb: Two 3D Printer Crowdfunding Campaigns are Cancelled
3D printing and Crowdfunding… They have both thrived off of one another, especially in the past several months. We have seen 3D printer after 3D printer successfully funded, and in…
Huge 3D Metal Printers Coming Soon With 304 Sq Foot Build Volume from Sciaky Inc.
What do Lockheed Martin, DARPA, Boeing, and the U.S. Air Force have in common when it comes to 3D Printing? Number one, they are some of the leaders in the…
Solidoodle 3D Printer Company Turns 3, Outlines Their Future Goals
Consumer 3D printer company Solidoodle is celebrating its third year in business by making big plans for the future. This doesn’t mean they’ve been taking it easy for the past…
The 3D PFP: A 3D Printer Fundraising Program for Schools
The 3D Printer, a provider of 3D print equipment and supplies out of Maddingley Australia has introduced a school fundraiser program (3D PFP) designed to help more schools have access…
Online Jewelry Shop, Brilliance, Uses 3D Printing To Fit Rings
An online jewelry shop called Brilliance uses 3D printers to custom fit their products. Since online jewelry shops don’t have the opportunity to show their products to their customers, custom fitting…
Trimaker Element 3D Printer To Be Sold At Staples In Argentina
Trimaker, a Latin-American 3D printer maker, will have its latest product, the T-Element, sold at Staples stores in Argentina. What’s more, a Staples’ store in Buenos Aires will incorporate the…
Printrbot CEO Brook Drumm Assembles a HUGE Metal 3D Printer
Printrbot is known for their quality, yet affordable 3D Printers, and are recognized by many for their $599 Simple 3D Printers. Printrbot CEO Brook Drumm has been quite the innovator, selling both…
OpenSLS – An Open Source Project Creates a Sub-$15K Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printer
You may recall, that a little over a month ago, we did a story on a man named Andreas Bastian, who had 3D printed mesostructured material. When I was covering the…
MakerBot Opens First Mini-retail Offering in New York’s B&H SuperStore
On Thursday (May 29) MakerBot and B&H Photo Video opened a MakerBot store within the B&H SuperStore on Ninth Avenue in New York City. This is MakerBot’s first store-within-a-store, and…
RadioShack to Begin Carrying PrintrBot Simple 3D Printers in Stores
One question that comes up a lot, when talking about when 3D printing will come to the masses, is if and when we will be able to walk into a…
