3D Printing News

All the latest 3D printing news from all over the world.

Mar 4, 2018

Suspended Tree Sculpture Created with 3D Pen and Wood Filament

On display at the Super Bien! greenhouse for contemporary art in Berlin is the sculpture Portrait of a Birch by artist Martin Binder. Entirely drawn by hand using a 3D printing pen, it is some 4 meters of suspended wood-blended filament.

Mar 2, 2018

No More Cords!

Safely Charging a Smartphone with a Laser Beam

Researchers from the University of Washington are developing a method for charging a smartphone once it's placed on a tabletop by using a laser beam and safety features, such as 3D printed retroreflectors.

Mar 2, 2018

Metal Mania

Stratasys Reveals Plan to Develop Metal 3D Printing Platform

Stratasys has announced the development of a new metal additive manufacturing platform that will aim to displace conventional methods for short-run manufacturing.

Mar 2, 2018

Say Cheese

3D Printed Hyperspectral Imagers Brings Better Imaging to Drones

Researchers are using 3D printing to create lightweight hyperspectral imagers which can be carried by drones for a cheaper cost than usual which will make the technology more accessible.

Mar 1, 2018

Liquid Sense

Harvard Researchers Develop Conductive Ink to Embed Sensors into Soft Robotics

Researchers from Harvard University have developed a 3D printing platform for creating soft robotic systems embedded with sensors. The team uses a technique developed in the lab of Jennifer Lewis to 3D print organic ionic liquid-based conductive ink within soft elastomer matrices.

Mar 1, 2018

Smokin'

Scent Tray is a Beautiful 3D Printed Incense Holder and Ashtray

An artist based in Vancouver is using direct metal laser sintering technology to create beautiful incense holders and show off the possibilities for designing with and using 3D printing.

Mar 1, 2018

3D Printing Driving Innovation

Material Research Laboratory in Ireland Gets €4.3-Million for 3D Printing

Game changing 3D printing technology is coming to Ireland's Amber materials science research center at Trinity College Dublin, thanks to €4.3 million in funding from the Science Foundation Ireland and European Research Council.

Mar 1, 2018

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a...3D Printer?

DediBot’s Flying 3D Printer Soars Into TCT Asia 2018

The Hangzhou based 3D printing company DediBot stole the spotlight at TCT Show Asia 2018 with its flying 3D printer. The concept, called the Fly Elephant, connects a Delta-style 3D printer to a powerful drone.

Feb 28, 2018

Hello Dave

Meet CIMON: The Floating AI That Will Live on the International Space Station

Airbus is using artificial intelligence from IBM to create an AI robot that will live on the International Space Station. This 3D printed mission and flight assistance system is called the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, also known as CIMON.

Feb 28, 2018

Charitable, Giving... What's Not to Love

Magic Wheelchair Wins Gigaprize 3D Printer for Epic Wheelchair Costumes

re:3D's Gigaprize for 2017 of a large format 3D printer has gone to Magic Wheelchair, an organization empowering handicapped children to follow in their heroes' footsteps with incredible costumes that integrate wheelchairs.

Feb 28, 2018

Coffee Shop Camper

[Update: They Did It!] World’s Largest 3D Printed Camper Trailer Will be Live-streamed

After nine days of continuous 3D printing the Create Cafe team over in Saskatoon, Canada, has successfully completed the world's largest indoor 3D print. Called the Wave, the camper trailer is an exciting project that highlights big and ambitious prints needn't be confined to the factory floor.

Feb 28, 2018

Open-Source Robo-Cat

OpenCat: 3D Print Your Own Robotic Cat

Feb 28, 2018

A Present Fit for a Tsar

Designing and 3D Printing a Faberge Egg from Scratch

For his wife's birthday, maker Aleksander Wróblewski took inspiration from Russian Tsars to design and 3D print a Farberge egg from scratch which could hold a surprise.

Feb 27, 2018

No Training Wheels Required

Woom Bikes Uses 3D Printing to Design Custom Bicycles For Children

On the hunt for the perfect bicycle for his child, Austrian designer Christian Bezdeka decided to start woom Bikes. The company is using 3D printing to create lightweight and comfortable bicycles for children aged 1.5 years and older.

Feb 27, 2018

DIY Tank Project

YouTuber 3D Prints and Tests a Screw Drive RC Tank

Create your own radio controlled 3D printed screw driver tank by following along with YouTuber Ivan Miranda's latest six part project.

Save the Bees

Can the 3D Printed Synthetic Pollenizer Help the Bee Population?

Streamlining Services

Voxeljet to Send 500,000 Liters of 3D Printed Sand to TEI During Three-Year Contract

Pedal Ti the Metal

Students 3D Print Efficient Single-Piston Engine from Titanium

Feb 26, 2018

New 3D Modeling Software

PlastiSketch Debuts Alternative 3D Modeling Method Using Vectors

PlastiSketch offers a new method of 3D modeling that is an alternative to established tools. It is designed for those that want to create sculpted 3D objects, but lack the artistic finesse required by the likes of Zbrush and Blender.

Feb 26, 2018

Add some fairy dust

ColorFabb Presents New Range of High-Quality 3D Print Filaments

ColorFabb, the Dutch 3D printing filament maker, today launched a new filament. Based on its bestseller, the co-polyester nGen, the new nGen_LUX has been made using Eastman Amphora AM3300 3D polymer and some added "fairy dust".