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Adidas is known worldwide for its sports products, shoes and even fashion accessories like sunglasses. And for the past few years, the German company has been using 3D printing to improve the performance of sportsmen and women, such as with…

Meta, the parent company behind the Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, announced a few days ago the acquisition of a company specialized in the manufacturing of 3D printed lenses, Belgian-Dutch Luxexcel. This business had already raised several million euros to market…

The war in Ukraine began on 24th February 2022 with the Russian invasion of the country. Since then, millions of lives have been affected and countless citizens and soldiers have suffered serious injury resulting in amputation. This is tragic, of…

Looking back on 2022, we have selected our favorite 3D printing videos from across the year. We have a range of content for you this time, so enjoy! From our original interview with additive manufacturing software company nTopology as part…

If you enjoy using 3D printing, but are not a big fan of designing 3D objects yourself, then you have probably already used platforms such as Thingiverse or Cults, which offer ready-to-print designs. While the number of such platforms is…

When it comes to the body, the parts relating to the fives senses are undoubtedly some of the most important. Eyesight, hearing, taste, touch and smell allow humans and other creatures to explore the universe around them and the sudden…

As 2022 comes to an end, it’s time once again to reflect upon the state of the 3D printing market this year. Or more specifically, it is the moment to look back at the trends that dominated the additive manufacturing…

Both plastic and metal are key materials within many 3D printing processes and applications. When combined to make plastic-metal composites, the properties are modified to apply to a number of fields as the final product has metal and plastic integrated…

2022 was an important year for the world of additive manufacturing. However, due to many uncertainties resulting from the health crisis of recent years as well as economic consequences of the war between Russia and Ukraine, it was also a…

When it comes to finding new applications for 3D printing, there truly seems to be no limit. Case in point, the Australian architectural firm BVN and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed Systems Reef 2, an air distribution…

Nature has survived for over 4.5 billion years and has always been able to adapt to all sorts of situations, so why can’t we do the same? Well in fact we can and 3D printing could be a method to…

You would be surprised by the amount of original and delicate jewelry designs that are possible today using 3D printing, for example a ring with 7,801 diamonds! One player in the field is Cloud Factory, a company formed by professionals…