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Taken from 3D Print by Tyler Koslow When it comes to 3D printing education, not too many companies have invested as much time and energy into providing resources as the prominent New York City-based desktop 3D printing company MakerBot has. Aside from developing educational resources and tools for a wide range of individuals, from kindergarten students to business professionals, MakerBot is also hosting summer Makeathons throughout tech-centric cities, such as New York City and San Francisco. These events are geared towards educators who are interested in learning to create educational projects and lesson plans that can be integrated into the classroom. This...

Taken from Zortrax. By Ludmiła Rafalska If you’ve read our coverage on the AM Europe 2016 and seen our latest BIG THING, you will probably know, that recently we have been so much into expanding, enlarging and making things really big, in both senses. We found it really great that one of our resellers seems to keep up with our pace and extended the learning in one of Mexico’s universities in a really impressive way. Let’s move now to Latin America, precisely to Mexico where teachers of the Tabasco-based university together with Ideas Disruptivas showed us their unique approach towards learning. The...

Taken from 3D Printing Industry. By Lydia Mahon Zortrax,  manufacturer of the award-winning M200 3D printer, is unveiling its latest device at the Additive Manufacturing Europe 2016 expo. “The Zortrax M300 is our direct response to the needs of our customers. They’ve often indicated the need for a device that is as accurate and reliable as our previous M200 3D printer, but which would allow them to create larger, professional prototypes as a whole – without the necessity of splitting up a project into a series of smaller components”- says Rafał Tomasiak, founder and CEO of Zortrax. “The M300 is yet...

Take from 3Ders. By Alec Over the past few days Amsterdam played host to Additive Manufacturing Europe 2016, which featured numerous interesting workshops, speakers and visions of what 3D printing will bring to the future of manufacturing. But of course the 3D printing community is anxiously waiting for the release of several 3D printers, and fortunately many of these upcoming models were present in Amsterdam as well. 3ders.org checked out three of the most anticipated 3D printers of the moment. Zortrax’s M300 is even bigger in real life. Just earlier this week, Zortrax announced the unveiling of the M300 –...

Taken from 3D Print by Scott J Grunewald While they are not the oldest 3D printer manufacturer, MakerBot is unquestionably one of the most well-known, and thanks to being purchased by Stratasys in 2013 they are certainly the largest. A few months ago MakerBot hit a rather significant milestone for themselves as a company and for the 3D printing industry as a whole. As of April 2016, MakerBot has shipped 100,000 MakerBot 3D printers to customers all over the world. They are the very first 3D printer manufacturer to reach this huge milestone, and not only is that a pretty...