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There Is Now a 3D Printing TV Channel – 3DPI.TV

It provides news feeds and bulletins on the newest developments

Feb 27, 2014 08:17 GMT  ·  By
3D printing industry TV channel launched
   3D printing industry TV channel launched
Few things make a statement to the importance of a field of research, or anything really, as having a dedicated TV channel, and it just so happens that 3D printing technology has earned its own.

Called 3DPI.TV, it will bring you the latest news about 3D printing technology developments, 3D printers themselves, applications stories and other industry news.

And as opposed to what “other news” means for everything else in the world, it's quite possible that this section will account for much of the screentime.

After all, while 3D printing technology is advancing rapidly, actual 3D printers are being introduced fairly rarely.

Sure, MakerBot (Replicator series) and Stratasys (Objet line, and others) are more active than most in those areas.

Nevertheless, 3D printers don't come out nearly as often as, say, new PCs, graphics cards, memory modules or external storage devices.

So 3DPI.TV (that's the name of the 3D printing channel) might show more than a few videos and clips about 3D scanners, 3D printing pens, etc.

Nevertheless, most of the time the channel is bound to show application videos, like 3D printed prosthetics, toys, models of you (made after models taken by man-sized 3D scanners), 3D printed car parts, etc.

We've already heard about the aerospace industry 3D printing certain essential parts for airplanes, which would normally need to be made through a lengthy and costly in-factory process involving both machine automation and human handling.

At present, 3DPI.TV has over 60 broadcast segments archived, which are accessible both over television and at the company's website. The 3DPI.TV YouTube Channel is available for perusal as well. Then again, everything has a YouTube channel these days, so that's hardly a shock. Leading stories are added each week, and to all three venues.

We didn't really expect an actual TV channel so soon, but 3D printing has been picking up speed a lot lately. The time of imperfect plastic figures is long past, and printers have begun to combine extruders, some even managing full-color printing.

Moreover, there are metal 3D printers as well, and theories have been put forward for carbon nanofiber and the like.

Besides, when you already have a printer that can build an entire house within the span of 24 hours, you know it's time for the world to know more. Especially since there are other ways to 3D print a house, albeit less glamorous ones.

The 3DPI.TV channel is sponsored by 3D Systems, but the 3DPI editorial team controls and maintains it.