Sculpteo 3D printing blog

  NASA has been a pioneer not only in space travel, sending the first man ever to the moon, but also in utilizing Additive Manufacturing for aerospace applications. 3D printing allowed them to break new boundaries and improve their rockets. Let’s hav...

Are you in a mood for some history? Today, we are going to take a look at the history of mechanical engineering. You certainly know it, additive manufacturing and 3D modeling are now great solutions, helping mechanical engineers in their daily work. ...

In 1980, rapid prototyping was born. From 1980 to 1988, many experiments were made and different 3D printing processes were created. But who were the men and women behind this incredible innovation? We can guess they perfectly knew they had created a...

3D Printing and video games: when a digital character can be handled in real life. Today we share with you a customer story full of colors and movement: the story of the promising student video game Lily, colors of Santa Luz. This project charmed us,...

From the first lasers (and their ancestors the MASERs) to today’s laser cutting, there’s quite an interesting history of trials and errors, dismissal and discoveries. To understand a bit better what’s behind our new laser cutting service, take this h...

Holo-Z is a starting business which provides hologram supporting for various kinds of screens. They use Sculpteo’s service for 3D printing and delivery. We had an interview with Cyril Dieumegard, the company’s founder, and he told us about why he cho...

The drone industry knows it well, making drones is becoming more and more about the features. With aircraft capable of flying on long distances, at incredible heights and always carrying more loads, the real deal is to have drones that can take care ...

The Slovenian startup Noordung has created of an urban electric bike to mix biking with music and introduce innovative solutions, providing excellent biking user experience for urban bikers. In Europe more than 20 million bicycles are sold, and more ...

Smartphones can achieve more than what they’re used for. Based on this assumption, Capturax created a case that extends the capabilities of any smartphone or tablet to turn them into a professional device that can capture data (using Barcode & RFID t...

Sometimes a little competition between friends is a good thing! When 3D designer Maarten de Lange, was challenged by a friend to create a complete replica of a petrol chemical factory to scale he created an amazing model which you can view in the ima...