As patents have expired and open source 3D printers have grown in popularity engineers, designers, and business minded professionals are all searching for a way to capitalize off the next industrial revolution. Many believe that we are only years away from 3D printers being available in every home, and though that may be true, what

A colleague recently forwarded me a Forbes article that talked about 3D Printing as a service. I agree with the author that while 3D printing machine prices make owning a machine out of the question for many consumers, there is a huge market for on-demand printing. The ability to take a file and digitally send

Just got tickets to New York for April 22-23rd to attend the first ever Inside 3D Printing Conference. As a longtime enthusiast of the industry, a user of 3D printing services, an engineer, and a consumer this will be a great chance to talk with others about the future of 3D printing and additive manufacturing.

I posted here recently about a new mobile 3D scanner that appeared on KickStarter as well as at Engadget’s Expand. Moedls was one of the finalists of the Engadget Insert Coin competition and after meeting at the show I had a chance to trade a few emails with the Founder, John Fehr. John is busy

All the recent news coverage and developments in additive manufacturing have been a huge boon to the investors in the leading companies. I have written here before about some of this growth but now there is a new player entering the space. ExOne is set to release their first earnings report this Thursday so I

The ecosystem of 3D printers is poised to grow as each printer finds its niche market. To do this advances must be made in the modeling and design software so that novice users can create things for 3D printing. Desktop printing benefited from the rise of word processing and desktop publishing software. Most mid-sized and large offices

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend Engadget first ever “Engadget Expand” conference. Billed as event “designed from the ground up for technology fans” it seemed like a perfect fit. Before the event I went through all of the videos for the included Insert Coin competition, read up on the various speakers and exhibitors,