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The 3MF format pulls ahead with important new members

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Kathleen Maher

The 3MF consortium has reached an important milestone with the participation of key members including 3D Systems, Stratasys, Siemens PLM, SLM Solutions, and Materialise. Meanwhile, Microsoft has figured out a new way to do standards with the Joint Development Foundation.

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Sunglass and DIYRockets launch 3D printed rocket engine design competition

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Randall Newton

Teams will be rewarded for open design innovations. Dean Kamen is among the prestigious judging panel. Challenging orthodoxy is heady ...

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3D printing community Shapeways publishes infograph shows strong growth in 2011

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Randall Newton

More than 750,000 items were 3D printed by a user community of more than 100,000. The consumer-based 3D printing revolution ...

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Create and 3D print a custom ring with new iPad app

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Randall Newton

iRing 3D is based on the simple yet sophisticated technology behind ParaCloud’s GEM for architectural design. ParaCloud has taken its ...

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3DVIA.com enters partnership with Sculpteo for a ‘3D print’ button

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Randall Newton

Dassault joins the list of CAD vendors with relationships to 3D printing services companies. Success of the crowdsourcing community model ...

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Shapeways seeks to lead personal manufacturing revolution

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Randall Newton

With recent VC funding and plenty of media buzz, the spin-out from Royal Philips Electronics continues its quest to become ...