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Industry Experts – David Calderon
This is an interview with David Calderon of the startup CASTOR that is based in Tel Aviv. We are highlighting them and their product which may become a well known name in times to come.
Wikifactory Launches Beta: Social Platform for Collaborative Product Development
Rapid prototyping was the first really big application for 3D printing, as it allows product developers to quickly get a realistic representation of their idea at the earliest stages of…
Beginner Design for 3D Printing Starts Tomorrow Kicking Off Our Month of Crash Courses
Our roster of March crash courses will set in motion tomorrow, March 5, starting with our first spring course, Beginner Design for 3D Printing! There’s still time to sign up…
MIT CSAIL Program Breaks Complex CAD Models Down Into Simpler Shapes for Easier 3D Printing
At the ACM SIGGRAPH Asia conference, a group of MIT researchers presented a paper describing their development of a system that applies what’s called program synthesis, which constructs computer programs automatically based…
Newborns with Cleft Lip and Cleft Palates to be Helped Through 3D Printing
It’s scary to think about newborn babies undergoing surgeries and other medical procedures, but 3D printing has come into play several times to help make these successful. Now, the technology is…
IST Offers Solutions to Safely Recycle and Reuse Waste Solvents from 3D Print Finishing
Substances which dissolve a solute are called solvents – normally liquids, but these can also be gases and solids. Organic solvents are used in all sorts of everyday applications, such…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 12, 2018
Get ready, we have a lot of news to share with you in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, running the gamut from metal powder 3D printing and new software to…
Lowering Product Design Timeline With New Meta Viewer Beta App for 3D CAD Visualization
Six years ago at Columbia University, augmented reality company Meta, now headquartered in Silicon Valley, got its start with the introduction of its first AR headset prototype. Following a successful Kickstarter…
egf Manufaktur Turns to 3D Printing for Customer-Facing Ring Customization
One feature that 3D printing offers, of particular interest to the world of retail, is a level of customization. One area where this is particularly visible is jewelry – from bracelets,…
Frustum Releasing Latest Version of TrueSOLID Technology, the First 3D Volumetric Kernel for Generative Design
Colorado-based Frustum is best known for its flagship Generate platform, a cloud-based topology optimization solution, which Siemens began using last year with a commercial license to decrease the complexity in additive…
3D Printed Bone Replica Helps Pilot with Ankle Cysts Keep Flying High
The talus, part of the tarsus group of foot bones that transmits the entire weight of the body to the foot, is a large ankle bone that articulates with the tibia…
RoMA: Robotic 3D Printing and Augmented Reality Combine in Interactive Fabrication Platform
We often see robotics and 3D printing combined, as well as 3D printing and augmented reality (AR). But Cornell University researcher Huaishu Peng, whose 3D printing work has made headlines multiple times, has…
3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS: 3D Systems Releases Updated Metal 3D Printing Software Platform
At the TCT Show this fall, 3D printing industry leader 3D Systems was busy highlighting its software solutions, including the integrated metal additive manufacturing software platform 3DXpert. The software, which offers…
3D Printing News Briefs: February 6, 2018
Valentine’s Day is next week, so we’ll start today’s 3D Printing News Briefs off with a heartwarming story, before moving on to 3D printed models, and plenty of business news….
3D Printed Occluder Device Can Lower Risk of Stroke-Causing Blood Clots for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
According to a recent paper by Kevin R. King, with the UC San Diego Department of Medicine and Bioengineering, atrial fibrillation, or AF, is the most common arrhythmia in the human…
3D Printing News Briefs: November 7, 2017
We’ve got a lot of 3D printing business news heading your way in today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by a 3D printing event, a 3D printed work…
Morphi 3.0 Introduces New Interface and Features, Including Integration with Apple ARKit for Enhanced Augmented Reality
As 3D printing has become more accessible, it is becoming increasingly important to lower the barriers of entry into 3D design. You don’t have to be a trained 3D modeler…
Tech Soft 3D’s Software Development Toolkits Improve Clients’ 3D Printing Capabilities
According to a market report by SmarTech, the market size for 3D printing will grow over 150% in the next four years; as it’s already at around $294 million, that’s…
Get Ready, Makers: OtterBox Has Released CAD Designs for 3D Printable uniVERSE Case System Accessory Mount
The same day I purchased my very first iPhone several years ago, I also bought a light purple OtterBox case for it, having been told by all of my other…
Research Team in India Uses 3D Software and 3D Printing to Make Prosthetic Ear
As part of a college program, a team from the College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) in India has developed unique software, which helped them make a 3D printed ear in…
Making, Learning, Collaborating, and 3D Printing in the Community: Dayton Mini Maker Faire
Back in March, when I visited Dayton, Ohio’s resident 3D printing bar, Proto BuildBar, I was told that its employees would be exhibiting at a local school’s STEMfest later that…
AFRL Researchers Inspired by Newsprint Use 3D Printing and Perovskites to Fabricate Cost-Efficient Solar Cells
A friend told me once that it was possible to make an inexpensive, working solar oven just by painting a big cardboard box black and lining the inside with tinfoil,…
Toy Company Fidgetbase Takes Fidget Spinners Back to Basics with 3D Printing and Affordable STL Files
As the school year starts wrapping up, it’s time to talk a little more about the year’s hottest toy – or is it a stress reliever and a way to…
3Dwalla and Fashion Design Student Design and 3D Print New Fabrics for Maternity Wear Collection
In 2015, Monik Shah founded the 3D printing service 3Dwalla in Mumbai, which offers 3D printing and prototyping services to accelerate product development and innovation. The startup, with a tagline of…
