A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from July 23 to July 29.

Monday, July 23

• 3D Printing Industry Will Reach $3 Billion by 2018 – Report

Friday, July 27

• Afinia Targets Consumer Market with New 3D Printer Priced at $1499
• Organovo 3D Printing: Bold Mission But Needs Cash, May Offer Secondary

This week’s featured Fab Lab is Fab Lab Dublin in Ireland, your own personal factory in the city with all the equipment and expertise to make it easier, faster, cheaper and more fun to create things. 3D printing is one of the key technologies at Fab Lab Dublin.

From their website:

We are a collective of designers, entrepreneurs and makers who are setting up Fab Lab Dublin. A Fab Lab is a digital fabrication lab equipped with computer-controlled machines like 3d printers, laser cutters, 3d scanners and precision milling machines. The lab acts as a personal factory in the city where you can design and produce your own inventions, prototypes and designer products.

Design and manufacture is fundamentally changing. Designs (physibles) can be shared digitally and collaborated on at a global scale. Manufacturing is being reinvented by the ability to ship digital data more efficiently than products. Digital information is now at the forefront of manufacture and design. A fab lab is equipped with computer-controlled tools that take digital data to create physical products. The lab includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production – meaning individuals can now compete with large-scale manufacture.

We want to empower individual designers, entrepreneurs and makers with access to the tools of invention. Fab Lab Dublin is a space where you can share your passions, designs and ideas. It is a space where collaboration and invention take place. Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them. So come join us and share your passion.

Dublin recently hosted a mini Maker Faire. Here is a video showcasing some of the ideas at the faire.

Learn more about Fab Lab Dublin at their website, or follow them on Twitter @FabLabDublin.

See all of our featured Fab Labs in our weekly series.

Dublin at night photo by infomatique used under Creative Commons license.