When most people think about FDM 3D printers, they picture these machines printing in PLA or ABS plastic. Recently, more and more people have begun using other

Back in October of 2013, a company named ORD Solutions launched a Kickstarter campaign. The results? They were extremely successful in blowing past their funding goal of $25,000 CAD, and reaching an astounding figure of $116,592 CAD.

Back in May, we reported on an incredible initiative that MyMiniFactory and Oxfan had teamed up for. They had decided to utilize the benefits of 3D printing to

The materials market for 3D printing is said to be just as important as the technology behind the printers themselves. In the last year or two, we have begun to

The scientists at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) have used 3D printing to manufacture tiny implants with a memory function or complex shapes, such as the cochlea of the human inner ear.

Called Lixpen, the 3D printing pen has the similar function as of 3D printers: it melts and cools colored plastic, letting you create rigid and freestanding structures.

The 3D printed tape measure is a follow up on his previous 3D printed dial calipers, which has 9 seperate moving parts and can be printed as one complete assembly or in pieces.

Company hopes to push 3D printing technology forward with printer and Spark platform.

A low, mechanical thrum creates an ever-present soundtrack at Type A Machines, a 3D-printing company on the third floor of San Francisco’s TechShop, in SOMA. Big and drafty and sunlit with exposed pi…