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Digital Manufacturing Trends Q3-2018

The new Digital Manufacturing Trends for Q3-2018 has been released, you can check it out here . Spring has brought about a drastic change to the data, with the beginning of a new financial

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
2 min read
Design

This student used 3D printing to create the world's first underwater jetpack

When Archie O’Brien first saw the Seabob promotional videos he was sold, it was only when he saw the price of around $17,000 that he realized how inaccessible the technology truly

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
4 min read
Announcements

3D Hubs Student Grant 2018 Winners announced.

3D Hubs is today announcing the three awardees of the second 3D Hubs Student Grant. After the success of last yeat the grant has had another excellent reception from students from around the

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
4 min read
Design

How this Dutch company is bringing bicycle manufacturing closer to home.

Back in 2015 Bob Schiller, a Dutch design student at Design Academy Eindhoven started Mokumono Bicycles. This final year design project is now bringing about a change in bicycle manufacturing 3 years on.

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
5 min read
Engineering

Learn how Kepler rapidly went from a sketch on a napkin to a satellite in space with 3D Hubs CNC Machining.

Getting a satellite into orbit is not an easy task, especially when you’re trying to do it in 12 months with a strict budget in mind and for the first time. But

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
6 min read
Engineering

How it's Made - Cake KALK electric motorbike

E-mobility is one of the major trends of the car and automotive industry. So in this week's "How it's Made" we break down the manufacturing process chosen by the designers of

  • Thore Lennart Schultz
    Thore Lennart Schultz
6 min read
Announcements

Try the new Ultimaker S5 on 3D Hubs

On April 23rd Ultimaker released their newest machine the S5, and it's now available on 3D Hubs. In this post, we sat down with Paul Heiden, SVP Product Management of Ultimaker, to give

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
3 min read
Engineering

How it's Made - DJI Mavic Air

The Mavic Air is DJI's latest addition to the drone market and a combination of its predecessors, the Mavic Pro and the DJI Spark, the smallest DJI drone. The camera, the gimbal and

  • Thore Lennart Schultz
    Thore Lennart Schultz
5 min read
Announcements

How AI helps us build the future of Digital Manufacturing

I am Eelco Hoogendoorn, AI specialist, working on machine learning at 3D Hubs. My focus of the past few months has been on developing our instant quoting software for CNC machining and Injection

  • Eelco Hoogendoorn
    Eelco Hoogendoorn
3 min read
Design

How it's made - The Boosted Mini

Boosted, the electric skateboard company with the iconic orange wheels, just announced the release of a new series of the Boosted Boards. With the Boosted Mini the company is adding a smaller and

  • Thore Lennart Schultz
    Thore Lennart Schultz
4 min read
Announcements

19 New Materials added to our CNC Machining Services

This week we’ve added 19 new materials to our CNC Machining services. In total there are now 25 materials available for machining with instant quoting available for all of them. For the

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
1 min read
Industry Trends

Digital Manufacturing Trends Q2-2018

The newly named Digital Manufacturing Trends for Q2-2018 has been released, you can check it out here . The reason for the name change? 3D Hubs now provides a plethora of manufacturing technologies which

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
2 min read
Design

This student invented a new way to eat bugs to get children eating sustainably

The population of the world is set to hit 10 billion people by 2050 and providing a sustainable food source for this mass population will be a challenge. One student looking to tackle

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
3 min read

3D Hubs Student Grant 2018 launched!

Starting today, we’re accepting applications from students around the world for the 3D Hubs Student Grant 2018. We’re looking for inventors, problem solvers and creative talents in STEAM subjects that push

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
2 min read
Engineering

This machine is recycling old bottles into iPhone cases

The world has so far wasted 6.3 billion metric tons of waste plastic with it either ending up burnt into the atmosphere or shoved into huge piles to slowly rot. When Dave

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
4 min read
Announcements

3D Hubs: from 3D printing to Manufacturing

Since we’re making rapid changes to 3D Hubs that also impact the community, we’ve written this letter to give more context as to why we’re transitioning from a peer-to-peer marketplace

  • Bram de Zwart
2 min read
Industry Trends

3D Printing Trends Q1-2018

The new 3D Printing Trends for Q1-2018 has been released and for the first time the report spans both 3D printing and CNC. Although the name hasn't changed the content of 3D Hubs

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
2 min read
Engineering

3D printing consolidates satellite antenna from 100 parts to 1

One of the strengths of metal printing is the ability to consolidate parts. Because of the design freedom offered by 3D printing, factors such as tool paths, undercuts and assembly access can all

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
3 min read

Rolls Royce is working with this student team to create a functional 3D printed jet engine model.

There's a shortage of engineering students and in STEM subjects generally. Whether its developing rockets to Mars, the new future of public transport or a bridge, society needs engineers to make it happen.

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
5 min read
Engineering

Industrial FDM beats Injection Molding to the finish line thanks to on-demand production

Peak Additive LLC (an industrial service provider operating on 3D Hubs) have reinforced the growing interest in 3D printing by disrupting traditional manufacturing techniques. By offering a customer a unique material solution at

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
3 min read
Announcements

How It's Made - The 3D Printing Handbook

It's been 4 years since the inception of 3D Hubs and a lot has changed in the 3D printing industry. Starting with our Knowledge Base we began creating a place for engineers and

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
1 min read
Engineering

These students are putting propeller engines back onto aeroplanes to combat climate change

Most commercial aircraft currently in use are powered by turbofan engines, with a small minority powered by propeller engines. The difference between the two is straightforward; a propeller engines' thrust comes from a

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
4 min read
Industry Trends

3D Printing Trends Q4-2017

3D Hubs 3D Printing Trends is a quarterly update using data from 7,000 active international service providers, who create more than 200,000 3D printed parts each quarter. It’s the only

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
1 min read
Design

Fed up with the daily commute? This design student created his own mode of transport using the latest 3D printing technology.

When this student (Jack Davies) moved from the UK to Amsterdam to begin his internship at 3D Hubs, a 3D printing start-up based in the Dutch capital, he was looking to find a

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
5 min read
Design

How a student created a 3D printed camera inspired by three cameras he couldn't afford

Paul Kohlhaussen, a student from Richmond in London has created a fully functioning 3D printed camera. Paul took the best features from an array of costly high-end cameras and reverse engineered them into

  • George Fisher-Wilson
    George Fisher-Wilson
3 min read
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