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From ComputerWorld.com By Lucas Mearian FOLLOW Computerworld | Feb 18, 2016 3:00 AM PT Last month, MakerBot began offering its Smart Extruder+, a new and improved print head for its flagship Replicator and Replicator Mini desktop 3D printers.The company claims the new Smart Extruder+ provides a more reliable printing process for its fused filament fabrication (FFF) machines. In order to test this, MakerBot sent me a Replicator 3D printer and Smart Extruder+ to review.I've got to admit, I've been waiting a long time to review a MakerBot Replicator. First released in 2014, the current Replicator is MakerBot's fifth generation of...

From 3ders.org Mar 10, 2016 | By Benedict Martin Hansen, a 3D printing enthusiast and Tesla driver from Northern Germany, has designed a miniature 3D printed Tesla Supercharger with which users can charge their smartphone. The original Supercharger was designed to rapidly supply charge to Tesla’s Model S car. It’s hardly an exaggeration to say that the Tesla Model S is changing the world. The world’s best selling electric car as of 2015, the Model S is an all-electric, five-door, automotive masterpiece. What’s more, Tesla has devoted a significant amount of energy into making its Model S the most easily chargeable...

Afinia brings the H480 price to $799 in dramatic price change! Afinia, one of the leaders in 3D printer technology, and the undisputed leader in 3D printer support announced today the price of the H480 printer has been reduced to $799. The H480 is a favorite 3D printer of educators and hobby printers with slightly more creativity, as the H480 is versatile enough to work the largest selection of printer filament. The open architechure also makes it great for classroom use, offering high visibility. Afinia is also lowering the 3D year warranty for the H480 from $199 to $129, as...

From 3DPrint.com  by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Oct 13, 2015 Accessibility to 3D printers and education is a concern even in the most metropolitan areas, where many schools, libraries, and manufacturers are making substantial efforts to see that everyone has access to and begins to learn how to use existing 3D files, make their own with digital design, and then 3D print them. In many rural areas, 3D printing is still a complete enigma–and especially in remote villages of Poland. 3D printing aside, exposure to any high-tech knowledge is uncommon. Referring to this as ‘digital exclusion,’ the team at Zortrax is...

From 3DPrint.com  by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Mar 9, 2016 Very often we write about 3D printers–sometimes countless times–that are in the news but we have not yet had the good (hopefully!) fortune to switch on for ourselves and get down to the real nitty gritty business of actual 3D printing. After a couple years have passed, and my peers and I here at 3DPrint.com have written about Zortrax over and over from reports on fabulous sales numbers for both hardware and materials to their involvement in education, and far more, the powers that be decided it was high time...