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Fraunhofer ILT are looking into developing a new device that can merge stereolithography or other light-based methods with multiphoton polymerization. Although the technology... read more »
UK start-up Orbex has just built the world's largest 3D printed rocket engine. The engine is unique in that it is the first... read more »
Printer company Xerox is finally going 3D by acquiring Vader Systems. This marks a major shift into the additive manufacturing sphere by a... read more »
Unlike many other constructs, 3D printed metamaterials have the ability to alter with time. Now, researchers at University of Southern California Viterbi School of... read more »
While new technologies have made the lives of visually impaired persons far better, there's still a long way to go. Even though all... read more »
The Dutch Via Nova College, based in Utrecht, asked visual artist Monira Al Qadiri to develop a concept that will inspire their students... read more »
NASA's Nebraska Space Grant office has just issued Copper3D a research grant for thermoplastic printing applications in space. Both organisations are looking test the... read more »
Hybrid machines that combine 3D printing with CNC are rapidly growing in popularity. Enter: the LASIMM hybrid machine, offering metal parts, large prints and... read more »
Due to increasing urbanization, the coast of Sydney lost large sections of mangrove jungle for the past 200 years. As a result, much... read more »
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 »
Seeing as how many 3D printing thermoplastics are reliant on oil, they present a series of problems. Some of these issues are environmental... read more »
A team at North Carolina State University developed mesh robots by 3D printing silicone architectures with programmable magnetic capillary action. As a result,... read more »
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 »
3D printing has changed the way companies think about prototyping. With the power of additive manufacturing at one’s fingertips, it is simpler than... read more »
Sheffield University and Imperial College researchers are currently looking into the use of novel microstructures in prints to improve durability. They've uncovered possibilities... read more »
PLA is probably the most common and easy to use 3D printing material on the market. Thai researchers have developed luminescent PLA composites... read more »
Prodways has just unveiled its SolidscapeDL DLP printer and all-new photopolymer resins: EmeraldCast, DiamondCast, and ProtoCast. The new 3D printer and materials are... read more »
The Dutch city of Eindhoven has been a haven for 3D printing applications for quite a while. This is especially true of construction... read more »
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Institute of Engineering in Medicine have developed a spinal cord implant that could potentially revolutionize... read more »
Steven Hetts, interventional radiologist at UC San Francisco, and Nitash Balsara, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California,... read more »
