You hear about 3D printing here and there, but for the most part it’s a bit irrelevant to the average person because fabrication is messy, difficult, and prohibitively expensive. Even dedicated DIYers ...

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A small cap company that operates in the 3D printing space could be a play on the growth of non-fungible tokens. Shapeways offers a 3D printing marketplace that allows users to upload 3D printable ...

The advent of 3D printing has brought on a flood of innovative potential to multiple industries. Through 3D printing, an engineer can look directly at her potential product within hours of her ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shapeways, a leading global digital manufacturing platform driven by proprietary software, has entered into an agreement to become the exclusive 3D printing manufacturer for ...

Shapeways, a 3-D printing service and online marketplace, has been described as the Amazon of 3-D printing for its on-demand model, if not its outsize volume: The machines spit out about 120,000 ...

Willy Wonka may have been the first inspiration for 3D printers. He invented all kinds of machines and contraptions to power his wonderful chocolate factory. If Wonka had opened up his factory to Etsy ...

Shapeways has unveiled an elastic new material for 3D printing that can be used for projects that are a little more on the flexible side. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get ...

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What’s the future of additive manufacturing? In a wide-ranging talk here at TechCrunch Disrupt NY with John Biggs, Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen, discussed the current state of play for the 3D ...

Shapeways uses 3D printing to allow anyone to create custom-designed products. The New York company's creations cover the range of art, jewelry, iPhone cases, trinkets, toys, cuff links, mugs, and ...