Stratasys has been involved with the 3D printing industry for over 25 years and has been one of the most influential companies in the 3D printing world. They are a relatively large company and operate in multiple industries such as healthcare delivery solutions, aerospace, the automotive sector and even education. Despite the size of the company, they continue… Read More »
3D printers have been fascinating the hobbyist and technology buffs for several years now. When they were first offered for sale to the general public, most models were still a bit rough around the edges and unrefined. The capabilities of 3D printers are pretty amazing, even when they first arrived on the tech scene. There have been a… Read More »
FlashForge Creator X improves on its former self and offers several improved features, which make owning the 3D printer much more attractive to a wider audience. The old FlashForge Creator model was actually very popular among 3D printing enthusiasts, as it was offered with an attractive price point and provided quality printing work as well. The old wooden… Read More »
Every year I get surprised by a new innovation in 3D printing. We are truly living in the golden age. This year, Form1 amazed with a revolutionary new approach to 3D printing. Like many new innovations in the industry, it’s not without its flaws. But it oozes potential. For me this was enough to pull the trigger to… Read More »
Sometimes I feel like the 3D printing industry is starting to plateau and level out, with commercial 3D printers starting to get a little stale and the features listed remaining more or less sedentary with only a few differences between machines. It’s mostly a battle of precision and performance. Sometimes though it seems we overlook how we can… Read More »
The Afinia H480 is hardly remarkable by any stretch of the imagination but as it is targeted towards casual printing and more prototyping than anything else it is easy to see why it’s a little lack luster. This is a very work horse style machine, able to print and do just about only that, no frills or any… Read More »
Watch out Printrbot there’s a new budget printer on the scene by the name of Tiko, showing some impressive stats for such a low priced machine. These daring entrepreneurs have set their sight on making sure anyone can afford 3D printing. While the price after the kickstarter is not listed, those donating a staggeringly low 179 dollars will… Read More »
When you think of major 3D printing companies I am sure the top few things that come to mind are probably Makerbot, Ultimaker and Reprap. Though these guys have done their fair share of innovating and making quality products they draw the spotlight away from lesser known brands that have just as compelling options regardless of their lack… Read More »
More and more companies recently are focusing their efforts on making 3D printing available to everyone through seemingly striped down printers that are difficult to get working consistently and even when you manage to do so they’re ‘ok’ in quality pretty much all the time. Though one group, 3D Systems, is drawing focus on the office space and… Read More »
Just when you think that you’ve seen the most from what 3D printing has to offer science throws another curve ball that impresses everyone who sees it. General Electric has astounded us all with their scale jet engine using a new printing technique: melting layers and layers of metal powder together using a laser. While this is cool… Read More »