3D printing news

One of the main barriers preventing 3D printing becoming more widely adopted is speed. 3D printing is slow compared to traditional manufacturing. However, this latest update may solve some of these speed-related complaints. Engineers in Michigan have made a fantastic…

Intellectual Property is a controversial and sometimes confusing issue. The moniker covers such a broad spectrum, that it requires years of experience to master. This is bad for designers who want to create 3D-printed models and share them for both…

This week’s Top 5 Videos contains a great selection of exciting projects in the 3D printing community. We have videos ranging from knee replacements and houses, in addition to using 3D printing in the production of our favourite Netflix TV…

A printer that has recently been making a lot of noise in the 3D printing world is the MOOZ. The MOOZ is a 3D printer currently on Kickstarter that isn’t just a 3D printer. It’s a 3-in-1, 3D printer, laser…

Every month, 3Dnatives summarised the major economic and business news in the 3D printing world. The last month had some very important events occur, from Ultimaker investments to record-breaking performances by Renishaw, and Amazon buying 3D software firm Body Labs.…

This week’s startup of the month is AnatomikModeling, a company focusing on using 3D tech to help improve various conditions such as for congenital thoracic pathologies. Despite only being started two years ago, AnatomikModeling is an exciting new company that…

HRL Laboratories have made a breakthrough; a way to reliably 3D print high-strength aluminum alloys. You’re hungry. The baby’s crying. The picturesque sites of Australia that the travel company promised you has been exchanged for some corrugated steel and a…

The world’s first 3D-printed concrete bridge has just been opened in the Netherlands. The bridge, in Amsterdam, will mostly be used by cyclists. A World First Theo Salet from the Eindhoven University of Technology commented “The bridge is not very…

The RepRap movement began with Adrian Bowyer in 2004 after the expiration of commercial 3D printing patents. RepRap machines are self-replicating machines that can 3D print parts of themselves to use to create additional machines. This original machine has led…

This week’s Top 5 Videos of the week contains videos from a very wide variety of sectors. From the medical sector, to engineering and architecture, to food, we have covered all the bases this week. A new Top 5 videos…

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully 3D-printed transparent glass. What’s more, this test was successfully conducted at room temperature. Reports from the test claim glass structures with composition gradients can also be produced with this method. This…

Start-up Freshmade 3D from Ohio have recently announced that they have created a material strong enough to create 3D-printed bowling balls from. The material, called AMClad, is an “isotropic Engineered Sand Composite (ESC)”, that they say is “ideal for 3D…