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Rescuing the Additive Industry: The Straight Edge 3D Printing Manifesto
Things have not been going well in the 3D printing industry for a long time. Much has been written on this topic and the reasons for this situation have been…
Bantam Tools Unveils Its First Desktop CNC Machine
Three years after launching its first desktop milling product suited for rapid PCB prototyping, New York-based startup Bantam Tools announced on July 7 it was introducing a brand new desktop…
Carmera Officially Launches to Gather Real-Time 3D Mapping Data for Autonomous Vehicle Makers…and Everyone Else
While it’s true that social media connects pretty much everyone these days, on a different level, roads are what physically connect us – to the grocery store, to school and work,…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 23, 2017
We’re talking about a new product, 3D printer resellers, grants and awards, a company acquisition, and a VIP visitor for Oak Ridge National Laboratory in this week’s first edition of…
3D Printing at Easter: Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down the… 3D Printed Trail
The other day, we heard about Belgium-based La Miam Factory, and its 3D printed chocolate Easter confections, and beer bottles, and Easter has been on my brain ever since. There are…
Bre & Co. Introduces New Shackleton Jewelry Line Including 3D Printed Lithopane Cameo
Recently, we reported that Bre Pettis, founder and former CEO of MakerBot, had launched a new venture, Bre & Co., to make heirloom-quality gifts. At the Bre & Co. launch and…
Bre & Co. Hosts Open House and Holiday Sale for Heirloom-Quality 3D Printed Gifts
Recently, I was invited to the open house and holiday sale of Bre. & Co., the newest venture by the former CEO and co-founder of MakerBot, Bre Pettis. The newly-launched…
Bre Pettis Launches New Creative Venture: Bre & Co. Offers 3D Printed Ceramics and More
When Bre Pettis left Stratasys last year, it was with ambitious goals – the creator of MakerBot stated that he intended to “change the world” through 3D printing with the help of…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — June 20, 2015
This week’s stories include two relating 3D printing and dancing. In one case, a Taiwanese company uses 3D printing to create objects for its haunting production, and in the other…
Bre Pettis Leaves Stratasys, Taking Bold Machines With Him, Looking to ‘Change the World’
From the moment Bre Pettis began exploring 3D printing technology, he knew he was onto something special. It was first MakerBot, where he built up the largest and most successful desktop…
Bold Machines Designs and Releases an Amazing 3D Printed Castle Model
I remember a few years ago when sites like Thingiverse first started to catch on. If you owned a 3D printer, this was a reason to begin using it a…
The 3D Printed Brooklyn Bridge Robot is Alive!
Back in September, when former MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis moved on to launch Bold Machines – The Innovation Workshop at Stratasys, the first project that was announced was a feature…
Rotofugi Gallery, Bold Machines and Ryan McClure Roll Out Nohwitz All Show
The Rotofugi Gallery has worked with Chicago-based artist, Ryan McClure – also known as Rocketboy – on a debut show of his newest 3D printed figure show, entitled “Nohwitz All.”…
2015 Innovation By Design Awards: New 3D Design Category Thanks to Inside 3D Printing & Fast Company
Both Inside 3D Printing and Fast Company are making it possible for 3D printing challengers to come on board for this year’s Innovation By Design Awards contest. Entries will be…
Robert Debbane & Bold Machines 3D Print 176-piece 3-foot Wide Galactica Chandelier
When Stratasys first unveiled the creation of their ‘Innovation Workshop’, Bold Machines, back in September of 2014, many people were wondering what they had up their sleeves. Headed up by…
SuperMod: A 3D Printed Modular & Functional Wall Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
When it comes to architectural design, many of the methods of production and ideologies behind creations we see today are what you could call “old-fashioned.” These ideas and methodologies are…
Stratasys’ Bold Machines Quietly Working on a 3D Printable Modular Creature Known as Nohwitz
Back in September when Bre Pettis stepped aside at MakerBot in order to take on a new role which saw him head up a brand new initiative at Stratasys called Bold…
Exclusive Interview with MakerBot CEO Jenny Lawton on the Future of MakerBot, Next Generation Printer, Smart Extruders, & More
One of the great things about attending a show as large as, and on as large of a stage as, CES is the fact that all of the big players within industries…
MakerBot’s Continual Innovation Brings Improvements to Smart Extruder – Reported Rumors Emerge on its Original and Future Development
UPDATE: 12/10/14 3:48PM ET: MakerBot has responded to us about these reports. Jenifer Howard, Director of PR for the company, had this to say: “We have been continually iterating and…
Have an Awesome 3D Printing Idea? Bold Machines Wants to Make it Happen
Only weeks after the CEO and Co-founder of MakerBot, Bre Pettis, stepped aside to launch a new initiative for Stratasys called Bold Machines, he’s already hard at work. Pettis, the…
3D Printing Legend Bre Pettis, Designs Jacket, Needs Crowd Support to get it Made
Bre Pettis has designed a jacket, and he wants you to lend your voice and your vote to help him get it made. Pettis’ jacket, the STL Tyvek Wind Shell,…
Bre Pettis Launches ‘Bold Machines’ Innovation Workshop & Begins Creating the ‘Margo’ Movie
A little more than three weeks ago, the 3D printing community was astonished when we broke the news that MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis would be stepping down as CEO of…
MakerBot’s Bre Pettis to Step Down as CEO in Order to Head up New ‘Innovation Workshop’ at Stratasys
Update: 1:45PM: It’s Official: From Stratasys CEO David Reis – “Stratasys and MakerBot are excited to announce some management changes at MakerBot that will take effect in the 3rd and 4th…
3D Printers & Poetry Merge to Leave MakerBot Store Attendees Mesmerized
How in the world could an artist of any kind take two things as completely different as 3D printing and poetry, combine them, and then form a masterpiece that would…