STEM education
EngiMake’s Fully Customizable, 3D Printable QuadBot Hits Kickstarter
C-3PO, WALL-E, Robbie, Bishop, the T-800…there are so many robots out there, and everyone has their favorite. Personally, I’m a big fan of R2-D2. But he may have just been dethroned,…
3D Printer Review: The Dremel Idea Builder 3D40 Offers Reliable Quality in an User-Friendly Package
To say that I was excited about receiving a Dremel 3D Idea Builder printer to test and review is an understatement. We’ve written pretty extensively about Dremel since they first entered…
Case Study of YSoft 3D Printing Classroom in Czech Republic Yields Important Results
It’s pretty clear by now that 3D printing in the classroom is extremely beneficial to students; they enjoy learning and using the technology, and it helps prepare them for the…
Kids Learn and Have Fun With 3D Printing, Robotics and More at Brainiacs Holiday STEM Camps in Nigeria
Kids love playing games on their parents’ phones, there’s no doubt about that. But there are some kids who recently learned how to create their own games! Brainiacs Robotics held non-resident Science,…
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — November 12, 2016
On this week’s edition of “The Stories We Missed This Week”, we’ve got news that spans from the animated universe of Rick and Morty to South Korea. For starters, one…
3D Printing Technology Emerges as Tool to Teach Visually Impaired Students
3D printing technology has proven useful for a number of commercial and personal endeavors, but it has had an especially profound impact on those with various disabilities and impairments. For…
Stop by Barnes & Noble This Weekend for the Mini Maker Faire, See XYZprinting’s da Vinci Jr. 1.0w, and Enter to Win a da Vinci 3D Pen!
On November 5 and 6, Barnes & Noble will host the second annual Mini Maker Faire at all 650 locations in the United States. After an enthusiastic turnout at the first event…
Y Soft Demonstrates Fast Growth; Rising Demand for 3D Printing in Australia
Y Soft, a major Czech Republic-based enterprise office solutions provider, recently revealed their rapid growth in Australia and New Zealand, due to the surging demand for professional enterprise-grade 3D printing…
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — October 29, 2016
On the latest edition of “The Stories We Missed This Week”, we’ve got a whole array of major business news and innovative feats. To start, a nine-year-old boy named Jacob…
Mars Medical Challenge Asks Students to Design 3D Printable Items to Keep Astronauts Healthy on Mars
The team of NASA, the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), and online educational platform Future Engineers has been a lot of fun to follow over the last year. Their collaborative 3D…
Airwolf 3D Attends 2016 Annual California STEM Symposium: Eva Wolf Participates in Learning Through Making Presentation
Airwolf 3D is a 3D printer manufacturer well-known for their dynamic presence within the industry, from introducing new hardware to offering hackathons and educational 3D printing weekend workshops for professionals….
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — October 15, 2016
On this week’s edition of “The Stories We Missed This Week,” we’ve got everything from major shareholder news to smart mirrors. The Israeli electronics 3D printing company Nano Dimension recently…
NASA, ASME and Future Engineers Announce Winners of the Think Outside the Box 3D Printing Challenge
The ingenuity of kids never ceases to amaze me – and young students have had plenty of opportunities to showcase their brilliance lately through 3D printing and design competitions offered…
Gravity Sketch Virtual Reality 3D Design Software Now on Kickstarter
Gravity Sketch is taking 3D design as you know it and launching it directly into the future, allowing you to use features you’ve probably only previously imagined; in fact, you’ll…
Get Your Kids Excited About Microbiology Now with the 3D Printed Microscope Powered by Your Smartphone
Parents love to discuss what their kids are ‘into,’ and this came up recently as my daughter was going to a birthday party for a boy in her class and…
NVBOTS & Citizen Schools Partnership Continues as Joseph A. Browne School Welcomes NVPro 3D Printer
I first took notice of NVBOTS and their lineup of 3D printers a couple of years ago as they entered the educational arena, ready to offer accessibility to students everywhere,…
Polar 3D’s Cloud Platform Hits 100,000 3D Prints, Closes $2 Million Financing
When it comes to implementing 3D printing technology in the classroom, few have focused in on education like the Cincinnati-based company Polar 3D has. We’ve been keeping a watchful eye…
ScratchyCAD Launches Coding Challenge for Realistic 3D Designs, Kickstarter Launches Tomorrow
It’s so inspiring to hear of the innovations being produced via 3D printing, with incredible impacts being made nearly everywhere, from transforming diagnostics and surgeries to helping us get further…
Fifth Grader Spends Summer Vacation Designing and 3D Printing a Model of His School
The other day, I was talking to a friend about the arts and crafts projects we were assigned back in elementary school. It seems that some types of projects are…
Ten-Year-Old Girls Build 3D Printer from Scratch, Winning Science Fair
Building a 3D printer is something that many adults can’t imagine doing – especially without a kit. For 10-year-olds Andi Shievitz and Mallory Moser, however, it was a welcome challenge…
Slant Concepts Launches 3D Printed Robotic Arm for STEM Education
There have been many instances where 3D printing technology has stepped up to give a hand to the manufacturing of robotic arms (pun slightly intended). Whether that robotic device was designed to…
3D Printed Topographical Maps in the Classroom: Sightline Maps Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Bring Software Platform to Schools
Education is a constant work in progress, as educational professionals continue to brainstorm the best ways to get kids to engage with and retain information. 3D printing has contributed immensely…
3D Printing as a Catalyst for the Next Industrial Revolution — A Few Questions For: AJ Perez
From its origin as a startup founded by a group of MIT graduates, Boston-based New Valence Robotics, more commonly known as NVBOTS, has seen incredible leaps forward, seeing success in…
University of Bristol Engineers Awarded for Multi-Functional Manufacturing Platform
As all of us here at 3DPrint.com can attest to, 3D printing is an amazingly innovative and revolutionary manufacturing technology. But, at least for the time being, the true potential of 3D…
