
Of Baseball, 3D Printed Hands and You
by Pete Basiliere | October 31, 2017
Hailey Dawson’s pitch won World Series viewers’ hearts. But there is more.
To me, the most exciting aspect of 3D printing is medical devices — prosthetics and implants. 3D printed...

Stratasys and OtterBox — Prototype to Product in 8 Weeks
by Pete Basiliere | April 5, 2016
OtterBox 3D-prints 750 to 1,000 protective smartphone and tablet case prototypes per week with the new Stratasys J750 — sometimes within as little as 24 hours of receiving a new mobile phone...

3D Printing at CES: Hardware and Innovation
by Pete Basiliere | January 11, 2016
A study in contrasts — CES had the most number of 3D printing technology providers ever and the two biggest players had dramatically different exhibits.
Stratasys and its MakerBot subsidiary...

Is Stratasys’ Long Game Possible?
by Pete Basiliere | December 23, 2015
“We shape lives by revolutionizing the way things are made” is Stratasys’ new mission statement. Gartner colleagues and I visited the company’s Eden Prairie MN facility last week to meet...

CES and Consumer 3D Printing — To the Mainstream!
by Pete Basiliere | January 11, 2015
More exhibitors, new printers and exciting applications at CES prove consumer 3D printing is moving beyond the hype. We will — indeed, we must — still pass through the “Trough...

Mice, STEM and 3D Printing
by Pete Basiliere | October 9, 2014
Mice, or more accurately MOUSE, was a guest exhibitor at Gartner Symposium this week. MOUSE “empowers underserved youth to learn, lead and create with technology. Our programs inspire STEM learning...

Gartner Says Consumer 3D Printing Is More Than Five Years Away
by Pete Basiliere | August 19, 2014
Mainstream Consumer Adoption Will Take Time
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I blogged about our first Hype Cycle for 3D Printing when it was published. Our press release and the Hype Cycle graphic are...

XYZprinting Adds SL and AiO — How Cryptic Is That?
by Pete Basiliere | June 5, 2014
In another sign of the maturation and growth of the 3D printing market, XYZprinting announced two new “all-in-one” (AiO) printers with 3D scanning capability and an affordable stereolithography (SL) printer...

Adobe Photoshop Will Drive Use of 3D Printers by Your Business
by Pete Basiliere | January 16, 2014
Adobe Photoshop has long been a tool of choice for designers and creative types who are creating 2D and 3D images. But those images, even when in 3D, were typically...

CES 2014 and 3D Printing - The End of Technology Evangelism?
by Pete Basiliere | January 12, 2014
Sometimes bad weather and cancelled travel plans work to your advantage.
I could not make my way to Las Vegas for last week's Consumer Electronic Show because of the debilitating...