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SUNY Upstate Medical University: 3D Printing Testing Aids for X-ray Equipment

While there are numerous calls to action right now for greater quality control programs in 3D printing and additive manufacturing processes, researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University are more worried…

Ocean’s 8 and Lingering Hollywood 3D Printing Hype

There are a lot of things Hollywood doesn’t get right, and since its popular heyday of consumer hype earlier this decade, 3D printing has certainly figured among those things. With…

‘Colony’: Legacy Effects Teams Up with MakerBot to Create One Scary 3D Printed Alien

My list of “shows I need to start binge-watching” keeps getting longer and longer — almost intimidatingly so. Who needs a social life, though, really? The newest entry, which I…

3D Print Your Own Articulated Star Wars Imperial Shuttle with No Supports

I have no official data to back this up, but it is probably a safe bet that Star Wars space ships account for a very large percentage of available 3D…

MakerBot Replicator Z18 Begins Shipping Today

Back in January, at the Consumer Electronics Show, Makerbot wowed the crowds as they unveiled a series of three different 5th Generation 3D printers, the Replicator, the Replicator Mini, and…

Builder 3D Printers Launches the Big Builder: 26 Inch Z-axis Build Size

Dutch company ‘Builder 3D Printers‘ today announced the launch of their latest 3D printer. It is a printer that could be considered comparable to the MakerBot Replicator Z18, as far…

Leapfrog Launches the Creatr XL 3D Printer: Quality Printer with Huge Build Size

Leapfrog has just announced the release of a new 3D printer. It is the Creatr XL, which is based off of their popular Creatr model, but it has a much…