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In-Q-Tel and 3D Printing, Part 1: What’s In-Q-Tel?

So far, a venture capital company called In-Q-Tel has invested in three startups within the 3D printing and scanning space: Voxel8, Arevo, and Fuel3D. If you don’t recognize the name…

3D Printing is Leading the Custom-Made Evolution to Make Your Things Better Fit You

3D printing is becoming a disruptive technology and will soon be leaving some big names wondering: ‘Why didn’t I think of this first?’. Prototypes and end-use parts made with 3D…

Online Educators SolidProfessor Partners with SOLIDWORKS to Offer New Certification Courses

As technology continues to exponentially improve, the future of industry and manufacturing is rapidly requiring new employees have at least a passing familiarity with 3D technology. Automation, additive manufacturing and…

CES 2017 Featured Exhibitor Fuel3D Unveils New High-Resolution Desktop & 360 3D Scanners

When last we checked in with leading 3D scanning technology company Fuel3D, creators of the handheld 3D scanner SCANIFY, it was working with Sfered on a mirror-based 3D scanning system for…

CES 2017: Day One at The Sands Expo Showcased 3D Printing & 3D Scanning Advances

If there’s one thing I’m picking up on this week, it’s that what happens in Vegas most certainly does not stay in Vegas. The announcements rolling in from CES 2017 are abundant…

Think 3D Printing Won’t Be in the Spotlight at CES 2017? Think Again!

This Thursday marks the official opening of the 50th annual CES event, and 3DPrint.com is thrilled that we’re going to be in attendance this year. In 2016, we traveled around the…

Fuel3D & Sfered Collaborate in New Mirror-Based 3D Scanning System for Custom Eyewear

As you are pushing your undoubtedly quite fashionable spectacles up your nose while reading, you’ll probably agree that the eyewear industry is definitely one in need of the best customization and…

Fuel3D Announces Their First Custom Enterprise Solution: The CryoScan3D Foot Scanner

3D scanning technology company Fuel3D has been incredibly busy lately, and they seem to be intent on spreading their technology throughout as many industries as possible. Just last week they were…

Fuel3D Receives Funding to Develop Instant Full-Face 3D Capture Technology for the Eyeglasses Industry

Currently, six out of ten people in fully-developed nations wear eyeglasses, use corrective lenses or have had corrective eye surgery. The global eyewear market, which includes prescription frames, contacts and…

Fuel3D and Douglas Stewart Join Forces to Bring 3D Scanning to the Classroom

3D printing in the classroom is nothing new. We hear about it all the time, about the importance of teaching kids about 3D printing as early as possible to begin…

Fuel3D Studio 2.1 Update is Released, Adds Cloud Processing and New ‘Cat Bird’ Algorithm

The Oxford University developed high speed 3D scanning technology of Fuel3D just got faster now that the company has released their new software upgrade Fuel3D Studio 2.1. The software update…

Fuel3D Presents Several In-Development Products at CES 2016

CES 2016 is well underway, and announcements, revelations and releases are rolling in from every corner of the 3D industry. Several companies have announced the imminent release of brand new…

Eliminating Limitations: Fuel3D Announces Two New Accessories for SCANIFY Scanners

3D scanners can do some amazing things, but, like any technology, they have their limits. One frustrating problem that users run into is the difficulty in scanning shiny objects. The…

Watch Fuel3D Help 3D Scan and 3D Print This 30,000-Year-Old Figurine

As part of a joint exhibition between the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium and the Louvre Museum, Fuel3D retailer Trideus 3D scanned and printed the 30,000-year-old Venus of…

Fuel3D & UFP Deutschland Sign European Distribution Deal for SCANIFY 3D Scanners

Having a great product is obviously critical to success in the hardware space, but after that a key part of success is ensuring that that great product makes it into…

Fuel3D Labs & 3DplusMe Integrate Their Processes For Personalization Platform

Fuel3D Labs and 3DplusMe have extended their SaaS platform to be compatible with Fuel3D image capture technology, and the combined system will be revealed at SIGGRAPH 2015 in Los Angeles….

SCANIFY Allows TOYZEROPLUS to Create Superior 3D Printed, Handpainted Action Figures

While many still eschew even the latest smartphones and are wary of this selfie-driven society, likening modern image-loving populations to mass Narcissus cults, the truth is that from cave drawings…

3D Printshow London: A brief overview of what caught our eyes

3DPrintshow in London was held earlier this month, drawing visitors from around the world. I had the chance to visit with and talk to various companies who were there to…

Fuel3D Signs Funding Agreement With In-Q-Tel To Refine Their Scanners for the Intelligence Community

Fuel3D just signed a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), a not-for-profit investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence…

RS Components Expands 3D Modeling Portfolio with SCANIFY Scanners

  RS Components, a brand within Electrocomponents PLC, a global distributor for engineers, says they’ve added the SCANIFY handheld scanner from Fuel3D to their range of desktop systems for 3D…

Fuel3D Signs on with WYNIT Distribution to Retail SCANIFY 3D Scanner

Fuel3D, a developer of 3D scanning solutions, has signed a deal to place their SCANIFY handheld, point-and-shoot 3D scanners in retail locations throughout North America via WYNIT Distribution. We’ve covered…

Artists Create 21st Century, 3D Printed ALS Portrait to Aid ALS Sufferers

  The 3D scanning solutions developer Fuel3D raised $2,500 in support for ALS research via a partnership between Artists Lend Support founder and filmmaker Brian Fender and 3D artist Josh…

Project Bigbronze Presented at CES: Life-Sized Bust of Fuel3D’s CEO Created Using bronzeFill

Different varieties of filament lead, obviously, to different capabilities for 3D printed creations. While some people still associate 3D printing with choppy, layered looking plastic creations that proclaim “prototype” more…

Fuel3D Launches Super Fast 3D Scanner at CES 2015 – Takes 3D Scans in 1/10 of a Second

3D printing by itself can be fun, but unless there is a way in which the user can import or create a model to print, it remains extremely limited. There…