Staples Announces In-Store 3-D Printing Service

Pretty soon you’ll be able to print your 3-D projects at the local Staples.

A new service called "Staples Easy 3D" will allow customers to upload their designs to Staples’ website, then pick up the printed objects at their local office supply megastore, or have them shipped to their home or business — not unlike the photo- and document-printing service the company already offers.

The project was announced today at Euromold 2012 by 3-D printer manufacturer Mcor Technologies, who is partnering with Staples to provide its new Iris printers for the service.

By Mike Senese

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/design/2012/11/staples-goes-3-d/

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Next Year’s 3-D Printers Promise Big Things — Really Big Things

2012 has been a big year for 3-D printing, but the industry has quietly been growing for decades. And the innovations are impressive — for every new plywood-clad 3-D printer kit that makes the rounds on the internet, engineers are developing ways to print titanium parts for jet engines that will change the aerospace industry.

This week at Euromold, a manufacturing trade show, the companies behind these devices are demonstrating new products and highlighting the novel technologies that will change the way we build things. The 3-D printing industry is on track to be a $3.1 billion business by 2016 and the innovations on display this week show its foundation is growing — both in revenue and in physical print size.

By Joseph Flaherty

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/design/2012/11/big-3d-printers-euromold-2012/