9 Best Articles in 2021
Backchannel
The 3D Printing Revolution That Wasn’t
Backchannel
20+ min read · 36 saves · From 2016 · MakerBot made a bold bet that 3D printers would become as common as microwaves. Just one problem: no one else shared that dream.
New Atlas
100x faster, 10x cheaper: 3D metal printing is about to go mainstream
New Atlas
6 min read · 39 saves · From 2017 · Desktop Metal - remember the name. This Massachussetts company is preparing to turn manufacturing on its head, with a 3D metal printing system that's so much faster, safer and cheaper than existing…
shapeways.com
Shapeways - 3D Printing Service and Marketplace
shapeways.com
20 saves · From 2013 · Design, Prototype, Buy and Sell custom products at Shapeways; The world's largest online 3D Printing Service, Community and Marketplace.
makerbot.com
3D Printing Resources and Tools
makerbot.com
1 min read · 15 saves · From 2013 · MakerBot is leading the next industrial revolution in desktop 3D printing for professional, educational, and home use.
Singularity Hub
5 Big Breakthroughs to Anticipate in 3D Printing
Singularity Hub
3 min read · 17 saves · 2019-04-08 · Recently, groundbreaking stereolithography methods have succeeded in producing complex shapes at up to 100 times the speed of traditional 3D printers.
WIRED
3D Printing Can Keep Aging Air Force Aircraft Flying
WIRED
3 min read · 22 saves · 2019-12-07 · Alex Davies · And the military wants you—to help it make spare parts for decades-old B-52 bombers and other planes.
Biz Carson
3D printing finally found its market, and all it took was a pandemic
Biz Carson
6 min read · 15 saves · 2020-05-05 · When COVID-19 disrupted supply chains, 3D printing stepped in to fill the gap. Will it stick around once the dust has settled?
In Future
MIT Technology Review
Is 3D printing the future of battery design?
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 24 saves · 2019-12-22 · The technology promises smaller, more capable batteries that can be integrated into products—and, perhaps, designed with recycling in mind.
In Robotics
WIRED
Massive, AI-Powered Robots Are 3D-Printing Entire Rockets
WIRED
6 min read · 66 saves · 2019-10-14 · Relativity Space may have the biggest metal 3D printers in the world, and they're cranking out parts to reinvent the rocket industry here—and on Mars.
Trending
Nature
High-resolution 3D printing in seconds
Nature
5 min read · 11 saves · 2020-12-23 · Polymerization at intersecting light beams enables rapid 3D printing.
Digital Trends
The Future of 3D Printing and Fabrication with Formlabs
Digital Trends
3 min read · Jan 14th · Drew Prindle · Change is coming to 3D printing. After a big burst of innovation and creativity on the hardware side, many are now shifting focus to materials engineering.
Ars Technica
These tires work better in snow thanks to 3D printing
Ars Technica
1 min read · 13 saves · 2020-12-21 · Jonathan M. Gitlin · Additive manufacturing helps create 3D "sipes" that open and close as you drive.
Boing Boing
How open source designs and 3D-printing make prosthetics more accessible
Boing Boing
2 min read · 2020-12-17 · Thom Dunn · Vice France has a great new article about the ways that 3D printing is disrupting the prosthetic limb industry. While a standard upper-body prosthetic can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $120,000, the…
More like this
NASA
3D Printing and the Future of Aeronautics
NASA
18 saves · 2019-08-19 · Yvette Smith · Today is National Aviation Day and progress is ongoing in the next evolution of air mobility – all thanks to emerging 3D printing technology.
Forbes
We Broke Into A Bunch Of Android Phones With A 3D-Printed Head
Forbes
6 min read · 32 saves · From 2018 · We 3D printed a head and used it to unlock four Android devices. Apple and Microsoft devices weren't fooled, though.
The Guardian
Netherlands to build world's first habitable 3D printed houses
The Guardian
5 min read · 52 saves · From 2018 · Developers say project will cut costs and environmental damage and offer solution to shortage of bricklayers
Quartz
3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents
Quartz
3 min read · 20 saves · From 2017 · Here's what's holding back 3D printing, the technology that's supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most advanced and functional 3D printers will expire, says Duann Scott, design evangelist at 3D printing company Shapeways. These patents cover a technology...
Kickstarter
3Doodler: The World's First 3D Printing Pen
Kickstarter
17 saves · From 2013 · It's a pen that can draw in the air! 3Doodler is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page!
3dhubs.com
2015 Best 3D Printers Guide
3dhubs.com
~20 min read · 15 saves · From 2015 · Looking for the best 3D Printers? The 2016 3D Printer Guide is the most comprehensive resource today, based on 5350 reviews from verified 3D printer owners.
Futurism
Watch a super-fast 3D printer scientists call the "replicator"
Futurism
18 saves · 2019-02-01 · It works more like a CT scan than a conventional 3D printer.
Singularity Hub
3D Printing Is Going to Reshape Retail in These 4 Ways
Singularity Hub
4 min read · 20 saves · 2019-12-27 · 3D printing can create a product from almost any material at mass scale, generating large quantities while individually tailoring each product to consumers.
Kickstarter
OLO - The First Ever Smartphone 3D Printer. by OLO 3D Inc. —Kickstarter
Kickstarter
17 saves · From 2016 · The First Ever Smartphone 3D Printer. At $99. Portable and multimaterial works accurately for professionals and easy for new users.
