Why I 3D Print My Metal Jewelry
One of the perks of writing about 3D printing is having a finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the AM world, and also of what’s possible. I often rave about how “complexity is free” in ...
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3D Printing a Drill-Powered eScooter
When you need to commute a short distance, there’s hardly a better choice today than an electric scooter; they’re fun, practical, and affordable. And when you need to make an electric ...
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Rodin Cars 3D Prints Titanium Hydraulically-Controlled Sequential Gearbox
When you’re a startup supercar manufacturer nestled in the remote hills of New Zealand, relying on old tricks is no way to pull ahead of the pack. That’s why Rodin Cars is leaning heavily...
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3D Printed Magnetic Microfilter Can Be Controlled Remotely
Microfluidic devices are already small, which is why they’re so often 3D printed, but the particles suspended in the fluids that go in them are way smaller. Lots of chemical and biological ...
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Two Teams Win NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge Using 3D Printing
NASA started a competition in 2016 challenging entrants to “create thick, vascularized human organ tissue in an in-vitro environment to advance research and benefit medicine on long-duration ...
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The New Massivit 5000 Is… Massive
The Israeli 3D printer manufacturer Massivit 3D certainly lives up to its namesake with the recent release of the Massivit 5000, capable of printing parts 1.8 meters tall. Let’s take a look ...
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3D Printed Ball Wheels Are On A Roll
When someone is accused of ‘reinventing the wheel,’ it’s meant to signify that they wasted time developing something that already exists. And yet Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said “Build a ...
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Mosaic Launches Array, An Automated 3D Printing Platform
Mosaic has made a name for themselves in the multi-color 3D printing world with their popular Palette system, a sophisticated device that turns any FDM desktop 3D printer into a multi-color ...
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Baubot Construction Robot Can 3D Print And More
At this point, construction-scale 3D printers that can print houses aren’t exactly new. Most of those house printers are essentially just very large cartesian 3D printers that extrude some ...
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Researchers Grow Brain in 3D Printed Microfluidic Bioreactor
Microfluidic systems may be small, but they’re likely to be among the fastest growing applications for 3D printing in the coming years due to their low cost of entry and production. ...
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Saving Hong Kong’s Coral Reefs with 3D Printed Clay Tiles
The Caribbean Sea gets a lot of attention for its colorful and diverse coral reefs, but Hong Kong’s waters host some 84 species of coral, more even than the Caribbean. And just like the ...
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3D Printed Molds for Sheet Metal Forming
With all of the continuous advancements in commercial and industrial 3D printing, it’s easy to forget that even desktop printers are highly-capable machines. Beyond being able to produce ...
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Aston Martin Develops 3D Printed Active Suspension System
While Porsche is printing pistons and Bugatti prints half a car, Aston Martin tinkers in their own luxurious garage. The premier automobile brand from Britain joins those and other ...
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Danish Duo 3D Print Lunar Habitat
Learn how two Danish architects utilize Craftbot 3D printers to see their vision come to fruition: LUNARK a 3D printed lunar habitat.
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3D Printed Titanium Spinal Fusion Cage Receives NMPA Clearance in China
The research forefront of 3D printing for spines is ever advancing, and China offers the latest advancement with Huaxiang Group’s AM titanium spinal fusion cage receiving Category 3 medical ...
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Multi-Material 3D Printed Stent Automatically Expands and Delivers Drugs
In 2018, we covered a research project where the team developed highly stretchable hydrogel for 3D printing that could be used in all sorts of applications, from bio-scaffolds for ...
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Hands-On Review: BIQU B1
Hands-on review of the BIQU B1 3D printer, a $300 printer that’s designed for hobbyists, educators, and crafters.
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DoD Contracts ExOne to Develop 3D Printing “Factory in a Shipping Container”
The US military is no stranger to 3D printing, what with their commissioning the largest metal printer and testing conductive plastic 3D printed antenna. A recent contract from the DoD ...
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1,825 Horsepower Bugatti Bolide is Packed with 3D Printed Parts
While our loyal readers are fully aware of the near ubiquitous adoption of AM throughout the automotive manufacturing industry, the shift has gone mostly unnoticed by car and truck buyers. ...
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Treating Scoliosis with Exos Armor, a 3D Printed Back Brace
Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that can be caused by a number of muscular and neuromuscular conditions. It affects 2-3% of the world’s population, so hundreds of millions of ...
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