The long awaited Star Trek app has come at last, letting you put your face on a crew member of Enterprise.
3D Printer Stocks and Investing
We've written a general overview to 3D printer stocks in 2013, which a good place to begin: Click here
Several companies which make 3D printers and 3D modeling software are publicly traded companies. The beauty of investing in 3D printer stocks now is that most of the world has yet to know what 3D printing is, let alone understand the future of this world-changing technology.
3D printer leaders like 3D Systems Technology (DDD) and Stratasys. Inc. (SSYS) are trade on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, respectively. Two new smaller companies just recently went public: Arcam AB (AMAVF) and ExOne (XONE). Organovo (ONVO) is a pioneer in the 3D bioprinter area.
Some 3D modeling software (CAD) companies that allows the creation of the digital files that serve as input for the 3D printers, are also public. For example, the biggest player is AutoDesk (ADSK); another player, the creator of the massively popular Solidworks software, is a product of a public company in France named Dassault Systèmes, that you can buy on the Nasdaq (DASTY).
This 3D printer stocks archive page will keep you abreast of the latest happenings in 3D printing investment opportunities.
Forme is a different kind of 3D file repository
Most 3D object repositories hold modeled objects but Forme has 3D scans that can be modified.
The Google of digital 3D objects
Searching for specific components such as special gears and oddly sized valves on the internet was nearly impossible before the 3D Part Source service launched.
Introducing the 3D Printer Discussion Forum
We''ve introduced a brand new discussion forum to 3DPrinter.net! You'll be able to use it to easily converse with others about 3D printers and related topics. Give it a try!
thinkklip service helps people share 3D printers. But should you?
If you want a 3D printer but don’t want to pay for all of it, why not share one? I’ll tell you why.
Thing of the Week: Customizer Contest Winners!
MakerBot held a contest for its Customizer on Thingiverse, awarding three individuals with Replicator 2Xs for their thoughtful customizable uploads in the categories of Artistic, Useful, and Wearable.
Makexyz goes international
The site that lets you be the print service, makexyz, has expanded internationally and has a new API to get your prints across the globe faster.
3D printing services get flexible with materials
3D printing services Shapeways and i.materialise are getting more "flexible" with their material choices these days. Flexible, as in squishy.
In-depth tour of TechShop, “the most important startup to the United States’ manufacturing industry.”
Mark Scoble interviews Techshop CEO Mark Hatch, in an 66-minute tour of TechShop S.F., where he learns about the facility and meets some TechShop entrepreneurs along the way.
Dreambox: the 3D printing vending machine
Three U.C. Berkeley students have just developed a 3D printing vending machine. The first prototype is at their campus, but they have bigger plans.
3D printing necessity turns out to be mother of new service invention
Many products bear out the old adage, Necessity is the Mother of Invention, and this also proved true for new 3D Printing service MakeXYZ.
New 3D printing service lets you be the service
You’ve probably heard of SaaS (software as a service), but in 2013 expect to hear about PaaS (printing as a service) being enabled through sites like makexyz.com.
Future of Shopping in a 3D printed world:
Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen video interview
Reason magazine interviews Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen about Shapeways and the future of shopping in the new world of 3D printing.
Thing of the Week: Thingiverse Collections
Thingiverse gives users more control over managing their favorite Things with Collections, a news way of grouping Things, along with some cool social features.
Owning a 3D printer doesn’t make it a FabLab!
There are basic differences between a true FabLab and a shop that has simply gone out and bought a 3D printer