We’ve seen many new Fab Labs and Makerspaces spring up in the last few years that are struggling to stay alive financially. To help create sustainable Fab Labs, the Chevron Corporation has made a generous…
Judges for the Bits to Its 3D Printing Sculpture show last year at the Landing Gallery in Rockland, Maine named RACHT from Belgian artist Nick Ervinck as Best in Show. Ping Fu, founder of Geomagic,…
When I first heard Harvard Professor Jennifer Lewis speak about using the laws of nature to guide research in 3D Printing and other novel fabrication methodologies, I did not fully grasp the broad range of…
It seems communities of 3D Printing maker marketplaces have been springing up everywhere. Pinshape was started last year and seems to be attracting designers with emphasis on gaming, comics, and similar worlds. That said, it seems…
From over 200 entries generated in more than 30 different countries, the Strati concept car has been crowned the winner of the Local Motors 3D Printed Car Design Challenge. While the company that introduced Crowdsourcing to…
Like all Fab Labs, Fab Lab Baltimore works in digital fabrication, hence the name. This month the digital fabrication laboratory is bringing art created through 3D Printing, laser cutting, CNC milling, and other forms of making…
Many STEM, 3D Printing manufacturers, and other organizations that “Make” took advantage of the massive publicity coming out of the White House Maker Faire and National Day of Making to announce breaking news. The Fab…
The 1st ever Maker Faire hosted by the White House took place on June 18, a day that President Obama proclaimed as a National Day of Making. 100 Makers, as both individuals and groups, coverged…
When 3D Systems named the hot entertainer will.i.am to the newly created post of Chief Creative Officer, critics – especially those on Wall Street – faulted the company for pulling in a celebrity to a…
3D Printing is being called the next industrial revolution. But for those of us who work in manufacturing it has been hard to see how the technology could compete with the speed and quality produced…