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AXA: Despite Skepticism, 3D Printing Will Be Adopted by Small Businesses in the UK
AXA, a $57 billion insurance company based in France, recently released a survey on the UK’s startup ecosystem and the vision of entrepreneurs. In its report, AXA revealed that many…
Magic Candy Factory Has Celebrities Psyched About 3D Printed Selfies & Autographs
3D printing is leading the way for substantial progress in nearly every industry you can imagine, offering serious innovations that will only continue to evolve further when it comes to…
Sainsbury’s Uses 3D Printing to Produce Characters for Stop Motion Christmas Ad
$19 billion supermarket chain Sainsbury’s Christmas advertisement entitled “The Greatest Gift” is trending to be one of the most popular ads from major retailers and supermarkets globally this year, with over…
Searching for Blame in Deadly 3D Printer Accident
Whenever there is an untimely death, the first thing we do is look around in an effort to understand how such a thing could have happened. When 17-year-old Tom Taylor…
Curious Travellers: Your Travel Photos Could Help Recreate Heritage Risks Around the World in 3D Print
As a pretty carefree kid growing up in the southeast, I enjoyed the pleasure of many a fun and informative field trip. Those were the best days, where sack lunches…
Architect Dr. James Gardiner Revolutionizes Construction and Coral Reefs Through 3D Printing
If you’re not familiar with Dr. James Gardiner, that’s likely to change soon. The Australian architect is gearing up to change the world through 3D printing, revolutionizing everything from skyscrapers…
The 3D Printing Industry Relies on Partnerships — As Seen at TCT Show
The past week was a very busy one for the industry — and for yours truly. I was out on the floor last week in Birmingham at the very busy…
From Star Trek to Additive Manufacturing in China — A Few Questions For: Star Prototype
Here at 3DPrint.com we do our best to keep an eye on a global perspective in 3D printing. The truly global aspect of the industry is ever more in the…
UK Business: Innovate 2 Make Merges with Progressive Technology, Creating Manufacturing Powerhouse with Metal 3D Printing & Traditional Processes
Something’s in the air lately for mergers and acquisitions, it would seem, with the 3D printing realm continuing to power up in numerous and surprising ways, growing ever stronger and…
Ogle Models Puts 3D Printing Talents to Work for Student Team Racing in Formula Student 2016
While hopefully most of us are indeed ‘following our passions’ and enjoying our careers on a daily basis, sometimes hearing about the exciting things others are doing from within the…
Paragon Rapid Technologies Adds RP Support’s NEOS 800 Industrial SLA 3D Printer to Prototyping Facility
Based in the United Kingdom, rapid prototyping service provider Paragon Rapid Technologies is steadily growing into one of the premier local 3D printing specialists in England. Although we haven’t covered Paragon…
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…
An Engineer’s Best Friend? Stratasys 3D Printers Run Around the Clock at De Beers Technologies
Diamonds offer many meanings around the world, most of them emotional. While realistically they are pricey jewels that represent a financial investment, they also say to those glancing at the…
Haydale Composite Solutions Introduces their First 3D Printing Material – Graphene-Enhanced PLA Filament
When the topic of graphene materials comes up, most people’s minds immediately go to Graphene 3D Lab. They’ve been responsible for some of the most interesting and unique materials we’ve…
UK & EU Shut Out 3D Printing Community, Designating Extensive Copyright Laws on Furniture
It’s amazing what an eruption Brexit had in the headlines, only to be superseded by worse things in the news shortly after, causing a worldwide ruckus to fade back into…
3D Tech Eases Children’s Fears, Streamlines the Process During Ear Implant Procedure
Undergoing even a routine medical procedure can be unnerving, no matter your age. But for children, whose understanding of rules and confidence in strangers is just developing, it can be…
Back to School Soon! Kidesign Launches New Kideville 3D Printing Games at Reduced Prices
Although it’s still only July and we are in the deep throes of summer—signified by the lack of school nights and the searing outdoors—it’s also already time to launch into…
Jaguar Land Rover to Begin Testing Self-Driving Cars with 3D Sensing Technology on UK Roads
You may be getting behind the wheel of a self-driving car even sooner than you expected. While media hype has suggested that we would all be in self-driving cars within…
Photographer Henry Reichhold Uses 3D Photogrammetry and 3D Printing to Capture London in Bronze
As with most advanced technology, photography used to be something that only the wealthy could afford; however the 20th century is when that would change. Eventually the prices of cameras…
RZR MKR 3D Design Competition from Gillette, 3D Hubs and MakersCAFE — Design a 3D Printed Razor Handle
It’s sometimes easy to overlook the hours of design work that have gone into the objects we use everyday. There’s a great deal more to a shaving razor, for example,…
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There are very few things that don’t come in a subscription box anymore. You can sign up for monthly assortments of makeup, cat toys, dog toys, wine, nerdy trinkets, snacks,…
The Alfie Edition: Team UnLimbited Releases First Fully Parametric, 3D Printed e-NABLE Prosthetic Arm
The world news today is certainly flooded with plenty of darkness, so when the clouds part for the sunshine to peek through, we’re grateful. And we always know something wonderful is…
Matsuura Becomes an MTC Member, Will Install a Lumex Avance-25 Hybrid 3D Printer and Milling Machine in the Coventry Facility
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) was opened in 2011 as an attempt to encourage the development of high-tech manufacturing technology in the UK and help connect academia and industry. As one…
University of Sheffield: 3D Printed Micro-Rockets Fueled for Thrust by Enzymes May Soon Deliver Drugs in Human Body
When you are really, really sick, often all you want to know is that help is on the way. As doctors see you, write prescriptions and offer treatments, it’s often…
