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January 2022

Jan 09. Skiing by Helicopter

December 2021

Dec 29. Best Products of 2021
Dec 12. Looking Back on 2021

November 2021

Nov 28. Formnext 2021
Nov 15. ASTM International Has Acquired Wohlers Associates
Nov 01. Travel and Events Ramp Up

October 2021

Oct 20. An Era of Crowdsourced Funding
Oct 04. End-to-End AM Workflow

September 2021

Sep 19. RAPID + TCT 2021
Sep 05. Football

August 2021

Aug 24. Limits to 3D-printed Gear
Aug 09. In-Person Events Resume

July 2021

Jul 25. Wohlers Audio Series—Episode 2
Jul 11. A Name 18+ Years Later

June 2021

Jun 29. Wohlers Audio Series
Jun 13. The Biltmore

May 2021

April 2021

Apr 16. Custom Rings
Apr 03. Another Supply Chain Collapse

March 2021

Mar 21. How Wohlers Report 2021 was Produced
Mar 06. Vaccinated

February 2021

Feb 27. 3D-Printed Housing
Feb 08. Using AM for Design and Production

January 2021

Jan 23. In-Person Meetings
Jan 11. TIPE 3D Printing 2021

December 2020

Dec 28. Best Products of 2020
Dec 13. Where is My 3D-Printed Gear?

November 2020

Nov 27. Thanks for Giving
Nov 14. Print Often, Learn Fast
Nov 01. Newest Member of Wohlers Associates

October 2020

Oct 18. Women in 3D Printing
Oct 03. Autodesk

September 2020

Sep 19. Game Day Series
Sep 11. Legend Scott Crump

August 2020

Aug 23. Impact of a University Instructor
Aug 09. The Stars Aligned

July 2020

Jul 25. How to Become Good at Something
Jul 11. Travel and the Pandemic

June 2020

Jun 29. AM Terminology
Jun 14. 3D-Printed Bike Saddle

May 2020

April 2020

Apr 18. Working from Home
Apr 05. Remarkable Struggles

March 2020

Mar 21. Extraordinary Times
Mar 06. Ray Huff

February 2020

Feb 23. Investment
Feb 09. World’s Largest Firework

January 2020

Jan 26. Recycling with AM
Jan 12. Beatlemania Bass Guitar

December 2019

Dec 30. Best Products of 2019
Dec 14. The Edge of the Ledge

November 2019

October 2019

Oct 19. AM Investors
Oct 05. Bangalore

September 2019

Sep 15. AM in India
Sep 09. Elastic and Rigid Behavior in Single-Material Parts

August 2019

Aug 26. Dave Bourell Honored
Aug 11. Design Rules for AM

July 2019

Jul 28. Selecting Parts for AM
Jul 15. Martin and Short

June 2019

May 2019

May 18. DfAM in Germany
May 04. 3D-Printed Figurines

April 2019

Apr 20. Factors Contributing to AM Growth
Apr 07. U.S. Comeback in AM

March 2019

Mar 26. Publication of Wohlers Report 2019
Mar 09. Snow in the Rockies

February 2019

Feb 23. AM Adoption in Aerospace
Feb 09. New Website

January 2019

Jan 27. Successful Company Founders
Jan 13. Additive Manufacturing in 2019

December 2018

November 2018

Nov 17. RAPDASA and Formnext
Nov 03. AM in Formula One

October 2018

Oct 21. AM in Africa
Oct 09. AM in the U.S. Military

September 2018

Sep 23. Live Music
Sep 09. Footwear from Wiivv

August 2018

Aug 26. 3D-Printed Food
Aug 11. 3D-Printed Guns

July 2018

June 2018

Jun 16. The Impact of DfAM
Jun 03. Alan Parsons

May 2018

May 20. Design for AM in Montreal
May 08. Small Batch Production at Avid

April 2018

Apr 22. Important Events in AM
Apr 08. AM at NATO?

March 2018

Mar 27. Wohlers Report 2018
Mar 11. AM Material Sales Growth

February 2018

Feb 24. Most Popular AM Application
Feb 11. Growth in AM Patent Applications

January 2018

Jan 27. AM System Manufacturer Growth
Jan 14. Venture Funding for 3D Printing

December 2017

November 2017

Nov 18. formnext 2017
Nov 04. How I Built This

October 2017

Oct 20. Vestas Wind Turbines
Oct 09. CSU’s Idea2Product Lab

September 2017

Sep 23. Time in Silicon Valley
Sep 09. Ukraine

August 2017

Aug 27. New On-Campus Experience
Aug 14. It’s All About the People

July 2017

June 2017

Jun 19. Ireland
Jun 04. DfAM at Materialise

May 2017

May 20. Next Generation AM
May 06. 25 Years of RAPID

April 2017

Apr 22. How to Design for Additive Manufacturing
Apr 08. 22nd Annual Wohlers Report

March 2017

Mar 26. The PA Profession
Mar 12. Character and Integrity

February 2017

Feb 26. An Itch for Travel
Feb 12. 3D Printing’s Place in History

January 2017

December 2016

Dec 16. 3D Systems – Healthcare
Dec 04. 30 Years Later

November 2016

Nov 20. Metals at formnext
Nov 06. South Africa

October 2016

Oct 23. GE’s AM Acquisitions
Oct 08. Proto Labs

September 2016

Sep 23. American Football
Sep 12. 3D Veterans Bootcamp

August 2016

July 2016

Jul 17. Dear Leader
Jul 02. North Korea

June 2016

Jun 19. Small Town USA
Jun 05. Lundeen Sculpture

May 2016

May 21. SME’s RAPID 2016
May 06. Premium AEROTEC

April 2016

Apr 23. New Associate
Apr 09. Wohlers Report Published

March 2016

Mar 26. Passwords
Mar 13. Spear Phishing

February 2016

January 2016

Jan 17. Popularity of FDM

December 2015

November 2015

Nov 21. America Makes Three Years Later
Nov 08. Progress in South Africa

October 2015

Oct 25. 3D Printing Startups
Oct 11. 3D-Printed Buildings

September 2015

Sep 27. Last Week’s Euromold 2015
Sep 12. HP’s Stephen Nigro

August 2015

July 2015

Jul 18. AM in Aerospace
Jul 04. Cheap 3D Printers

June 2015

Jun 21. 3D Printing in Australia
Jun 06. Jobs from 3D Printing

May 2015

May 22. Apple iPrint
May 11. Consumable Strategies

April 2015

Apr 27. Materialise
Apr 11. 20 Years Later

March 2015

Mar 30. Not for Everyone
Mar 14. Wohlers Park

February 2015

January 2015

Jan 19. CES
Jan 03. Best Products of 2014

December 2014

Dec 22. More Inside 3D Printing
Dec 07. HP Multi Jet Fusion

November 2014

Nov 22. 16th EuroMold Conference
Nov 09. AIRTEC 2014

October 2014

Oct 26. Autodesk Tools for 3D Printing
Oct 12. Carl’s Workshop

September 2014

August 2014

Aug 17. 3D-Printed Saxophone
Aug 03. 3DRV

July 2014

Jul 20. Stelarc
Jul 03. AM Demand Will Exceed Supply

June 2014

Jun 22. Growth of Metal AM Systems
Jun 07. AM Industry Growth

May 2014

May 25. Organic Modeling with SolidWorks
May 11. Love Hate Relationship

April 2014

Apr 27. The Evolution of 3D-Printed Guitars
Apr 12. Extraordinary People

March 2014

Mar 29. Rebranding Manufacturing in America
Mar 15. AM Material Pricing
Mar 02. Playing the Bass

February 2014

Feb 13. Hands-on Experience with 3D Printing
Feb 01. Favorite Products of 2013

January 2014

Jan 17. Our Predictions for 2014
Jan 05. Top 3D Printing Developments in 2013

December 2013

Dec 20. 3D Printing Metal Parts in Space
Dec 09. Nelson Mandela

November 2013

Nov 25. 3D Print Shops
Nov 10. 15th AM Event

October 2013

Oct 27. Crowdfunding Loves 3D Printing
Oct 12. America Makes

September 2013

Sep 28. The Future of Additive Manufacturing
Sep 15. Rain
Sep 01. Made In Space

August 2013

Aug 18. 3D Printing Misinformation
Aug 04. 3D Printing at UPS

July 2013

Jul 20. Unexpected Consequences
Jul 08. Looking Ahead

June 2013

Jun 23. Belgium
Jun 08. 3D Printed in China

May 2013

May 25. Wohlers Report 2013
May 12. Losing Another Industry

April 2013

March 2013

Mar 16. Canadian Aerospace Finds AM
Mar 03. One Second After

February 2013

Feb 17. Fun
Feb 01. SolidWorks World 2013

January 2013

Jan 20. Tom Kurfess
Jan 06. Bend, Not Break

December 2012

Dec 22. John Deere
Dec 10. 3D Printing at Retail Stores

November 2012

Nov 25. Good Music
Nov 11. Jules Poukens

October 2012

Oct 27. 3D Printing the Filet of the Future
Oct 14. Unbroken

September 2012

August 2012

Aug 19. Winner of AM Pilot Institute Announced
Aug 04. Metal AM Development in South Africa

July 2012

Jul 23. Morris Technologies
Jul 07. Why Most Adults Will Never Use a 3D Printer

June 2012

Jun 23. Olaf’s Guitars
Jun 10. Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute

May 2012

May 27. Dean Kamen
May 13. COFES 2012

April 2012

Apr 28. Mainstream Press
Apr 13. ASTM ISO Collaboration

March 2012

Mar 31. National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
Mar 16. Steve Jobs
Mar 04. Three Years in China

February 2012

Feb 18. SolidWorks World 2012
Feb 05. The White House’s Tom Kalil

January 2012

Jan 22. Back Surgery
Jan 08. Additive Manufacturing Consortium

December 2011

Dec 24. Engineering Salaries
Dec 11. New at EuroMold

November 2011

Nov 27. Innovation from Research
Nov 13. Portugal

October 2011

September 2011

Sep 18. Netfabb Mobile
Sep 03. SolidWorks Corp.

August 2011

Aug 20. Climbing a Mountain
Aug 06. Additive Manufacturing Education

July 2011

Jul 23. Chinese Moldmaking Industry
Jul 09. Makers

June 2011

Jun 26. Mainstream Media
Jun 13. Melbourne, Australia

May 2011

May 28. Carl Bass and IDEAS
May 15. Health of U.S. Manufacturing

April 2011

Apr 30. Universities Create Wealth
Apr 15. Japan

March 2011

February 2011

Feb 20. Most Asked Question
Feb 03. Apollo 13

January 2011

Jan 22. An Impressive Facility
Jan 09. Software Downgrades

December 2010

Dec 26. Best of 2010
Dec 12. EuroMold 2010

November 2010

Nov 28. A Thrilling Sport
Nov 13. A Note from Tim Caffrey

October 2010

September 2010

Sep 17. Internet at Hotels
Sep 04. 3D Data for Additive Manufacturing

August 2010

Aug 21. Empty Nesters
Aug 07. Alan Shepard and Apollo 13

July 2010

Jul 24. Tel Aviv
Jul 10. Cray

June 2010

Jun 26. 10 Talks in 6 Days
Jun 13. Cameron on TED

May 2010

April 2010

Apr 18. Changing a Name
Apr 04. 3D Printer from HP

March 2010

Mar 21. Business Stripped Bare
Mar 07. U.S. Manufacturing in the Future

February 2010

Feb 19. Fresh Thinking at Thogus Products
Feb 05. James Cameron Uses 3D Printing

January 2010

Jan 23. Favorite Products/Services of 2009
Jan 17. Earthquake in Haiti
Jan 03. An Unforgettable Experience

December 2009

Dec 17. Decline in Solid Modeling
Dec 07. Solido at EuroMold

November 2009

Nov 22. Teamwork
Nov 09. South African Bright Minds

October 2009

Oct 24. Sydney Icon
Oct 10. Patience in Portugal

September 2009

Sep 28. US-Turkey Workshop
Sep 14. Autumn

August 2009

July 2009

Jul 19. Outliers: The Story of Success
Jul 02. Additive Manufacturing Roadmap

June 2009

Jun 20. Tourist Travel to Space
Jun 05. 3D PDF

May 2009

May 23. Manufacturing a Spore Creature
May 09. 14th Annual Report

April 2009

Apr 26. COFES 2009
Apr 11. 3D Design Derby

March 2009

Mar 28. Engineering Theory Versus Practice
Mar 15. Online Social Networks

February 2009

Feb 28. Favorite Products of 2008
Feb 14. 3D Printing at SolidWorks World

January 2009

December 2008

Dec 20. Travel Annoyances
Dec 08. How to Get Things Done

November 2008

Nov 23. Election Reactions Around the World

October 2008

Oct 25. 3D Design for Everyday Consumers
Oct 13. Bungled U.S. Energy Policy

September 2008

Sep 29. The U.S. Has Fallen Behind
Sep 13. How Much Do Engineers Make?

August 2008

Aug 31. Medical Modeling
Aug 16. Are Cars in the U.S. Less Efficient?
Aug 03. Autodesk is Now the Giant

July 2008

Jul 19. Costa Rica
Jul 07. Riding Rockets

June 2008

Jun 22. Engaging Students is Key
Jun 08. Home Manufacturing in the Future

May 2008

May 23. Adam Cohen
May 10. $2.5K to $95K Cars from Tata

April 2008

Apr 26. Rewriting the Rules of Making Metal Parts
Apr 11. Corporate Litigation

March 2008

Mar 30. Lack of Engineering Graduates?
Mar 16. Record Growth for U.S. Manufacturers?
Mar 03. Innovation May be the Answer

February 2008

Feb 17. National Center for Rapid Technologies
Feb 03. Biggest Advancement of the Year

January 2008

Jan 19. Favorite Products of 2007
Jan 05. Machines that Build Themselves

December 2007

Dec 21. 3D Printing of Game Characters
Dec 07. A Ball that Snowballed

November 2007

Nov 25. Inspiring Questions
Nov 10. Google Maps

October 2007

September 2007

Sep 17. Four Events in One Week

August 2007

Aug 31. The Pros Have Tarnished a Great Sport
Aug 20. Design and Manufacturing in the Future
Aug 04. Predicting the Future of Additive Fabrication

July 2007

Jul 20. LASIK Surgery One Year Later
Jul 08. Truth About China

June 2007

Jun 22. Collapse in Japan
Jun 13. Layer-at-Once Plastic Sintering

May 2007

May 27. Metal Fabrication is Heating Up
May 12. We Need More Invention

April 2007

Apr 29. Larry Rhoades Will be Missed
Apr 15. Will Fab@Home Succeed?
Apr 01. Using a Smartphone for Laptop Internet

March 2007

Mar 16. Five Things You Don’t Know About Me
Mar 04. Germans Drive Fast

February 2007

Feb 18. Upgrading to Vista?
Feb 05. The World is Small

January 2007

Jan 20. Stress
Jan 06. We Need Your Help

December 2006

Dec 23. Travel Tips
Dec 09. New Products at EuroMold

November 2006

Nov 26. The Terminology Challenge
Nov 11. The Future of Additive Fabrication

October 2006

September 2006

Sep 17. Recent Conference in Finland
Sep 02. Protomold

August 2006

Aug 20. Cosmic Modelz
Aug 03. Sixty Machines at Work

July 2006

Jul 16. A Life-Changing Experience
Jul 02. Is a 500 mpg (213 km/liter) Car in Our Future?

June 2006

Jun 19. Today’s Kids
Jun 04. The Need for Nets

May 2006

May 21. Sony Discontinues SL Business in NA
May 15. RAPID 2006

April 2006

March 2006

Mar 19. What’s Happening to the U.S. Automobile?
Mar 05. Rapid Manufacturing

February 2006

Feb 19. Bright Minds
Feb 06. Why Lawyers Get Rich

January 2006

Jan 22. Amazon.com’s Resolution
Jan 08. Favorite Products of 2005

December 2005

Dec 23. Ping Fu
Dec 11. Syncing Between Computers

November 2005

Nov 19. It’s Only a Tool
Nov 12. Future Applications to be Revealed
Nov 06. Flight Attendants

October 2005

Oct 22. Always Room for Improvement
Oct 11. Best All-in-One Handheld

September 2005

Sep 24. RP4Baghdad
Sep 11. There’s Never Enough of It

August 2005

Aug 26. The Fiefdom Syndrome
Aug 12. Become an Engineer

July 2005

Jul 31. The Future of the U.S. and China
Jul 19. Everything Happens for a Reason
Jul 02. Change is Underway in Japan

June 2005

Jun 11. High Gasoline Prices

May 2005

April 2005

Apr 27. Why Attend COFES?
Apr 10. Why Not Go Metric?

March 2005

Mar 20. A Self-Replicating 3D Printer?
Mar 10. Multicolor Parts will Flourish

February 2005

Feb 21. Rhino and its STL Tools
Feb 06. Super Sunday

January 2005

Jan 22. 3D Printer Stars in TV Show
Jan 05. Destructive Tsunami

December 2004

Dec 30. Favorite Companies of 2004
Dec 14. Joe Greco will be Missed

November 2004

Nov 29. 3D Systems vs. Stratasys and Objet
Nov 15. Success in South Africa

October 2004

Oct 23. Growth is in the Forecast
Oct 09. Lucky to Live in America

September 2004

Sep 20. Why So Few Use PowerPoint Correctly

August 2004

Aug 31. Solidimension Finally on a Roll
Aug 14. SME is a Different Organization
Aug 02. Joel Orr’s Book is a Masterpiece

July 2004

Jul 10. Schools are Best Equipped to Educate

June 2004

Jun 26. Is OpenRP Another Attempt to Replace STL?

May 2004

May 30. RP Industry Reverses Downward Trend
May 01. Bright Minds Mentor Program

April 2004

Apr 25. GARPA Develops and Expands

March 2004

Mar 28. Complex Tooling and Molded Parts in 45 Hours
Mar 13. Solidscape Stops SDI from Selling System
Mar 01. Is Israel a Dangerous Place to Visit?

February 2004

Feb 14. China is Embracing RP Big Time
Feb 05. A Milestone for the Industry

January 2004

Jan 31. Chief Executive is Good for 3D Systems
Jan 17. There’s No Place like South Africa
Jan 10. Mission: Space

December 2003

Dec 13. An Explosion of Metal-based RP Systems

November 2003

Nov 23. $39,900 InVision Product

October 2003

Oct 26. In the Future, RP will mean Rapid Production
Oct 15. Do You Receive upFront.eZine?
Oct 06. Product Development in Portugal
Oct 05. Portugal’s VRAP 2003 Event

September 2003

Sep 27. Rapid Manufacturing to the Rescue
Sep 12. Stratasys and Objet get Cozy
Sep 01. “America’s Manufacturing Base is Under Attack”

August 2003

Aug 23. Eight Lawsuits between 3D and EOS
Aug 18. Change at the Top was Overdue
Aug 04. The Need for Speed

July 2003

Jul 19. Company Execs that Share the Pain
Jul 12. Spend a Week at SIGGRAPH

June 2003

Jun 15. Does Rapid Tooling Have a Future?
Jun 01. Rapid Prototyping’s Evolution

May 2003

May 26. RP&M 2003 Exceeded Expectations
May 18. Will the A/E/C Industry Adopt RP?
May 03. Personal Interaction Matters

April 2003

Apr 27. What’s in a Name?
Apr 11. Website Topics of Interest
Apr 05. U.S. Manufacturing is a Disappearing Act

March 2003

Mar 29. 12 Years Later, 3D Printing Group Added
Mar 22. Precision STL-Based CAD/CAM
Mar 16. Industry Education Partnership
Mar 07. Google
Mar 03. The Battle has Begun

February 2003