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3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — August 20, 2016
Another week, another handful of stirring stories in the 3D printing realm that we weren’t quite able to get to over the jam-packed week. The Brussels, Belgium-headquartered chemical group Solvay…
Australian Company Fastbrick Robotics Introduces a Robot That Can Build a House 4X Faster than a Human
In the year 122, the Roman emperor Hadrian began building a stone wall that would eventually stretch more than 70 miles across Northern England. Constructed as a defensive fortification around…
Experimental Aircraft Association Members Can Now Access SOLIDWORKS Software for Free
Oshkosh, Wisconsin is the headquarters of a community of people who love flying, aircraft, and everything to do with them. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) was formed over 60 years…
Xometry Enhances One-Stop Manufacturing Platform With SOLIDWORKS Integration
As the overall demand for streamlined 3D printed parts rises, one-stop manufacturing solutions become more and more important to designers and engineers looking to innovate as quickly and efficiently as…
SolidProfessor Expands Technology Grant Program so More Students Can Receive Technological Training at Reduced Cost
Like everything else, there’s a good and a bad side to the lightning-fast advancement of technology. The benefits outweigh the problems, in my opinion, as lives are saved and jobs are…
Using 3D Printing to Explain the Mind-Bending Optical Illusion That Broke the Internet
Last week an entry for the Best Illusion of the Year Contest called the Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion from Japan’s Kokichi Sugihara confused and delighted viewers all over the world. The…
SME Announces the 2016 Winners of the SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition
Michigan-based advanced manufacturing technology industry organization SME has announced the winners of their 2016 SkillsUSA student Additive Manufacturing Competition. This was the second year that SME held their additive manufacturing…
Desktop Metal Gets Strategic Investment from GE Ventures and Saudi Aramco
As the hype for desktop FDM 3D printing has slowly dwindled over the past year or so, another, more industrial-driven additive manufacturing process has been gaining some much needed traction….
3D Systems Now to Add Geomagic for SOLIDWORKS, Integrating 3D Scanning
If you are a fan of 3D scanning and using SOLIDWORKS, 3D Systems is now making life easier all around. With the addition of Geomagic for SOLIDWORKS, users will now…
An Invaluable Resource for All: 3D Hubs Releases Definitive Guide to 3D Printing
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of 3D Hubs and all of their reports. Always well thought out and entertaining, I mainly look forward to seeing their data…
Artec 3D Releases Studio 11 Software, Highlighting Autopilot Feature for Speedier Workflow
Considering all that has been accomplished throughout recent years with Artec handheld scanners, one can scarcely imagine the heights they will reach with the new Studio 11 software, just released. This is a…
XYZprinting’s Printers Even Easier to Use Now Thanks to Partnership With SOLIDWORKS
In the 3D printing industry, there are periods of time in which it seems like a particular company is everywhere. Right now, that company is XYZprinting. The Taiwanese company has…
Stratasys Releasing New GrabCAD Print App in Beta This Summer
With the advent of the J750 3D printer, it would seem (despite rather weak Q1 results) that industry titan Stratasys is on an upswing, on a roll, refreshed—and with a…
Mcor Technologies Turns Logo into 3D Printed Bottle Opener for Hope Beer
After spending a day laboriously writing away, there’s no better way to wash away the daily troubles than with an ice cold beer. Whether it’s a craft beer or a…
Spanish Design Team Uses 3D Printed Mechanism to Create Images in Water
What is it about water that’s so beautiful and entrancing? On an everyday level, it’s mundane – we drink it, cook with it, clean with it without giving it a…
Hawk Ridge Systems Becomes One of the First 3D Systems Resellers to Offer the New ProJet MJP 2500
3D engineering and manufacturing equipment reseller Hawk Ridge Systems has announced that they have begun offering the recently released 3D Systems ProJet MJP 2500 Series of professional-grade inkjet 3D printers. The…
Check Out “Heavy Metal,” the First Guitar 3D Printed in Aluminum
Aluminum is the most commonly found metal on Earth, and after oxygen and silicon, it is the third most commonly found element. Because of its low density, resistance to corrosion…
Summer MakerBot Makeathons Aim at Developing STEAM Education Content
This summer, in cities all over the US, MakerBot will be sponsoring Makeathons which support Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education. In fact, it is estimated that approximately 80…
Serious About 3D Modeling Software? Take a Look at ImplicitCAD—Powerful, Open Source, & Centered Around 3D Printing
3D printing has certainly emerged as one of the most exciting tools for hobbyists, designers, engineers, and more—and over the past few years, has become such a mainstream technology that…
The DragonFly 2020 PCB 3D Printer was a Major Achievement for a Recent College Graduate
If you’ve been following 3D printing news at all, it’s likely you know at least a little bit about the DragonFly 2020 printer. The electronic circuit board printer from Nano…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — March 19
This week’s 3D printing stories includes news from Asia, where South Korea plans a first of its kind metal 3D printing facility, while the Thailand government has started regulating 3D printing due…
SolidProfessor & ATE Partner to Bring Online & Classroom 3D Software & Printing Education to Southeast Asia
While other cities, countries, and companies may be spending an inordinate amount of time conceptualizing and talking about how they are going to harness the benefits of 3D printing, we’ve…
UC San Diego: Team Creates 3D Printed Gas Delivery System for Pulmonary MRI Research
3D printing is responsible for propagating a host of innovations in every sector, and in virtually every part of the world, thrilling artists, engineers, architects, and designers of all sorts…
3D Printed Bronze Pendant Creates Topographical Link Between Lovers
One 3D designer and printer took the idiom “home is where the heart is” literally when he created a unique Valentine’s Day gift for his girlfriend earlier this month. With…
