3D Printing Metal and Plastic in One Go
Metal and plastic hybrid 3D printing has long been the aim of those wishing to print PCBs and rudimentary electronic components, such as... read more »
Electronics
3D Printed Tensegrity Soft Robots
Additive manufacturing and tensegrity and robots? Soft ones? These are three of our favorite things. A South Korean research team from Ulsan National... read more »
3D Printing a Mold to Repair a Seal with Epoxy Resin
While production 3D printing has certainly stepped into the limelight, the DIY and household 3D printing community is still active and growing. Some... read more »
Jingle Bells With 3D Printed Soft Robotics
In our article on silicone 3D printing, we mentioned that soft robotics is benefiting from the technology. Soft robotics are actuated motion systems... read more »
3D Printing & Embedded Electronics – How AM Enables Smarter Objects
All throughout the world of modern manufacturing, 3D printing is adding unique functionalities to various products in ways traditional manufacturing cannot manage. The... read more »
3D Printed Heat Sinks Display Higher Efficiency
Heat sinks are a crucial part of many electronic devices, dispersing the temperatures they produce during operation. Electronics, especially computers, would succumb to... read more »
3D Printed Magnetic Liquid Could Form Micro-Robots
Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have managed to 3D print magnetic liquids that could lead to a whole range of new devices,... read more »
Nanofabrica Joins Siemens-Dynamo Start-up Program
Israel-based micro-manufacturing systems developer nanofabrica has just joined the Siemens-Dynamo start-up commercialization program. As one of Europe's largest manufacturing conglomerates, Siemens' start-up program... read more »
3D Printed Programmable Liquid Chip is a Multi-Purpose Lab
DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has just developed a liquid printed chip that can reconfigure itself at the click of a button, thus serving... read more »
Flexible Transparent Circuits 3D Printed Using Nanowires
University of Hamburg and DESY have been fast at work developing a new form of electronics using flexible transparent circuits. The cooperation between... read more »
3D Printed Cellulose Sensors & Sustainable IoT Electronics
Wood-based, 3D printed cellulose technologies offer an alternative to plastics and polymeric materials currently present in electronics. Simon Fraser University and Swiss researchers... read more »
Conjugated Polymers: 3D Printing Plastics With Electrical Conductivity
UC Merced Professor Yue ‘Jessica’ Wang and her team's laboratory are spearheading an ambitious project to research conjugated polymers. Conductive plastics, and other artificial... read more »
Researchers Print Piezoelectronics With Minimum Restrictions
Originally discovered in the 19th century, piezoelectric materials have made their way into everything from cellphones to printers. Since these crucial technologies have... read more »
KAIST Develop 3D Printed Batteries For Wearable Electronics
One of the technologies that researchers are scrambling to develop these days is wearable electronics. From MIT to Harvard, there have been many... read more »
LIFT: Dutch Researchers Laser Print Pure Gold Structures
Dutch researchers at University of Twente have invented a new form of metal additive manufacturing that allows a laser apparatus to print pure... read more »
Researchers 3D Print Lithium-Ion Batteries Using PLA
When it comes to technologies so ubiquitous that we can't picture our world without them, it's hard to do better than lithium-ion batteries.... read more »
imec Introduce 3D Printed Chip Cooling Solution
With the growing demand for high-performance 3D chips and systems, there's the problem of keeping them efficient. One of the most difficult factors to... read more »
Optomec Reveals Aerosol Jet HD High Resolution Electronics Printer
Producing electronics is tricky for many reasons. One factor is just how small and intricate the parts inside can be. Micro-transistors and silicon... read more »
Researchers at University of Nottingham 3D Print Fully Functional Electronic Circuits
Printing fully functional parts is one of the most coveted goals in modern additive manufacturing. This is especially true of electronics. Now, a... read more »
Research Group in India Develops Wearable Electronic Textiles With Military Applications
The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology has made a new breakthrough in wearable electronic textiles. A research group is workshopping polyester-based... read more »
