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Taiwan’s ITRI Looks to Materialise 3D Software to Help Build the Factory of the Future
As 3D printing evolves around the world, it’s somehow very satisfying to see companies from other countries working together, especially when a variety of products are able to perform to their full…
Young Optics Releases a New MiiCraft 125 Commercial-Grade Desktop DLP 3D Printer for Jewelry and Dental Use
While 3D printing technologies have only recently began finding their way into dozens of industries and research institutions, the technology has been used for dental and jewelry applications for years….
XYZprinting Unveils New 3D Printer Engineered for Educators and Students
I’m a firm believer in the philosophy of quality over quantity, but when it comes to the consumer 3D printing market, the Taiwanese-based company XYZprinting has somehow managed to conquer…
XYZprinting Plans to Implement Memjet’s Printhead Technology into Their 3D Printing Platform
In an increasingly populated and erratic 3D printing industry, the Taiwanese 3D printing company XYZprinting has done a phenomenal job keeping their affordable and plentiful 3D printing hardware on a…
Coming Soon to Indiegogo: The Funplay DIY, a Unique and Affordable Build-Your-Own SLA 3D Printer
As long as there have been consumer 3D printers, there have been DIY 3D printers. We’ve written about many one-of-a-kind 3D printers built by ingenious individuals, as well as multiple…
Elements Lab to Debut App to Custom Design Your Own 3D Printed Jewelry
I love jewelry. It’s just a fact of my life (sometimes much to my poor husband’s chagrin). Wearing a ring or pendant with great meaning can make me feel closer…
XYZmaker: Taiwan’s XYZprinting Releases 3D Design & Modeling Solution, Perfect for Novices
XYZprinting has put Taiwan on the map for 3D printing manufacturing, leading what’s now quite a competitive pack in terms of quality and user satisfaction. Not just marketing spin, these…
Taiwan: Smartphone 3D Printer Allows Screen Light to Cure Resin, to Retail Eventually at Just $100
As we begin to streamline nearly everything in our lives from the convenience of the smartphone, it’s become the center of operation for many activities–from photography to banking to home…
Taiwan’s ITRI Showcases Metal 3D Printed Saxophone
Guitars. Violins — both acoustic and electric. Cellos. Drum sets and Indian tabla drum pairs. The saxophone… 3D printing musical instruments is becoming more common, but it is not necessarily an easy…
Taiwanese Unveil First Industrial 3D Printing Metal System, Will Maintain Aging Military Parts
The Taiwanese not only have a penchant for exploring new technology, they have as a whole been working hard to emerge as serious leaders in manufacturing and innovation, aside from…
Taiwanese Presidential Candidate Tsai Ing-wen Presents 3D Printed Piggy Banks to US Congresswomen
One of the biggest complaints we hear about 3D printing is that the only items that are easy to make are little trinkets, and that it’s too difficult to make anything of…
Underwriters Laboratories Partners with Taiwan on Digitized Manufacturing
Underwriters Laboratories, the worldwide organization which certifies, validates, tests, inspects, audits, advises and trains companies, has just announced an agreement to collaborate with Taiwan on digitize manufacturing processes. A memorandum…
Addwii Unveils The X1 — Affordable Compact Binder Jetting 3D Printer
While FDM/FFF technology is awesome for many DIY products as well as prototyping, there is little doubt that the technology leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to…
Sky Tech Releases Sky-Maker H Series 3D Printer & 16 Accompanying Tutorials
Sky Tech, founded in 2008, has a gameplan, and they are sticking to it. The dynamic company from Taiwan is on a mission to be one of the major contributors to…
SKYPEN: The $19 Dual Color 3D Printing Pen, Now on Kickstarter
I nearly didn’t have time to write this article because I was so busy fantasizing about what I might do with this newest gadget. As a Kickstarter junkie, I was…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — June 20, 2015
This week’s stories include two relating 3D printing and dancing. In one case, a Taiwanese company uses 3D printing to create objects for its haunting production, and in the other…
Woolly Mammoth Resurrection – Forget DNA Regeneration, Just 3D Print One in 197 Pieces
Over the last three to four years there has been much talk about the possibility of resurrecting the now-extinct woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The mammoth, which is related to the…
Taiwan: ITRI Unveils Their First 3D Metal Printer, the AM100/AM250
While Taiwan may be a thriving and independent island, they do bow to what they consider true royalty these days: the technology of 3D printing. And they are certainly not…
“It’s Love” 4D Printed Lamp from DC for Life
3D printing and art, as we’ve seen, certainly go hand in hand–and the same can be said for the even newer 4D technology. Objects printed using 4D techniques are able…
BotFeeder’s Filastic Filament Launches on Kickstarter: Flexible, Strong & Affordable
Every time I go to Kickstarter I feel like a kid in a candy store, delighted by the vast array of technological treats. The latest innovative idea to catch my…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — April 11, 2015
This week’s 3D printing stories we didn’t cover run the gamut from quite serious to whimsical, beginning with serious news of an MIT student’s use of 3D printing to document…
Lung x Lung Creates Unique 3D Printed Shoes with Interchangeable Heels
Only a couple years ago, the thought of 3D printing shoes was one that simply did not make sense. This was especially the case when it came to doing so…
Tiny MiiCraft+ DLP Printers Ready to Ship
The MiiCraft+ packs a lot of usability into a tiny, DLP printer package. MiiCraft is manufactured by Rays Optics, a Taiwanese company focused on the design and manufacture of optical lenses,…
The Band-Aid of the Future — NTU Creates the 3D Printed BioScope
A team of students at the National Taiwan University have developed a “smart bandage” they call the BioScope which amps up the functionality of the Band-Aid to unheard of levels….
