My feet still hurt from walking the rows and rows of exhibits at CES as I write this. We just got back from CES, and while it’s fresh in our minds, we are documenting this CES 3D Printing Recap, covering the best and the worst of what we saw at CES 2016. Let’s just say, that show is gigantic. Thank goodness the 3D printing related companies were not spread out so much. Actually, I really do want to give a shout-out to the CES staff. I don’t know who they are, or if they might ever read this, … [Read more...]
Planning A Killer 3D Printing Event
Last August we interviewed Colton Robtoy as he was planning the CD Printathlon. CD is the Capital District, which is the Albany, NY area. We were talking to him about the challenges of planning this Printathlon. He was trying to get the word out about it, and that is why he came on our podcast. Very recently we noticed that he had written some recap blog posts in the Pulse on LinkedIn. They were awesome; they had such great tips. He was so honest about all the things that went … [Read more...]
Astroprint 3D Printing App Store
What does a world traveler and coder like Drew Taylor do when he falls in love with 3D printing? Well, of course he leaves his former career behind and starts Astroprint 3D Printing App Store. In this WTFFF?! episode brought to you live from the show floor, Tom and Tracy discuss how Astroprint 3D Printing App Store is positioning itself as the "Android" of the 3D Printing space by providing a cloud OS and apps to improve and enhance the 3D printing process. The apps provide for remote monitoring … [Read more...]
SoCal MakerCon Recap
This year’s SoCal MakerCon Convention attracted so many more attendees and exhibitors than last year that it had to be moved to a larger building a month before the show. In this WTFFF?! episode, Tom and Tracy Hazzard discuss their experience exhibiting and giving a talk on Makers Making Profits. They also preview nine upcoming interviews conducted live from the show floor. Hear about the lessons and ideas they gathered from the event. --- Listen to the podcast here: SoCal … [Read more...]
Builder Dual 3D Printer Review – Double Dutch Color 3D Printing
If you have just started looking into all of the available 3D printers on the market, you may be wondering why so many printers are only capable of printing with one color or material at a time? That is exactly what we thought as we got started a couple of years ago. Once we started getting good at 3D Printing on a one color machine we began to crave two things, better material colors, and making prints in more than one color. So we started evaluating two color (dual extrusion) machines, and … [Read more...]
3D Printshow Recap
It’s trade show Season! We are getting out of the studio to bring you the cutting edge 3D Printshow recap right from the show floor. The Pasadena Convention Center was the perfect venue for the 3D Printshow California, the quality of exhibitors and seminars was much better than expected. We took our AV crew on the road to capture all the highlights, you can see the 3D Printshow recap photos here: 3D Printshow Recap Photos 3D Printshow Recap Videos In addition to this podcast of the best of … [Read more...]