Bringing you the latest 3D printing news from industry, academia and government projects all around the world. From press releases to research papers - come join us, and learn about the hottest trends in additive manufacturing.
Game designer Sonja Uittenboogaard (swurls.nl) draws her own characters. I took three of them, a dragon, an owl and a wizard, and tried... read more »
Creality has shrunk a dual-mode 3D scanner to the size of a compact camera, given it a touchscreen and two swappable batteries, and... read more »
Lawrence Livermore mounted cameras on a direct-ink printer so software can measure filament diameter and flag broken strands before a part leaves the... read more »
Carnegie Mellon software takes a photo, splits the object into 3D parts, and adds peg-and-socket joints so the pieces print and snap together... read more »
Artec 3D says its new handheld blue-light scanner delivers 0.025 mm accuracy at target-anchored features only, while capturing the whole part in color... read more »
Atlas Building Composites, a spinout of MIT mechanical engineering research, 3D prints structural trusses from shredded single-use plastic fused with fiberglass, including a... read more »
MIT CSAIL, with Google and Northeastern, built software that generates 3D models from prompts and lets users fix printability defects with language and... read more »
Elegoo Day runs to September 29 with up to 54% off. Four prices are the lowest we have on record, the material tiers... read more »
FibreSeek has opened a limited global pre-sale of 500 FibreSeeker 3 printers, a desktop machine that lays continuous carbon fibre into plastic parts.
A custom seat tray for a 1984 Honda CB400, a hard-to-find grille for a VW Golf Mk1 Convertible, and a black throttle body... read more »
University of Amsterdam physicists have developed a way to 3D print structures out of ice that need no extra supports and melt back... read more »
RMIT engineers have created a 3D-printed titanium material that floats in water even after severe damage, a candidate for jetties, buoys and marine... read more »
University of Waterloo researchers 3D printed a diamond-geometry electrode that improved redox flow battery performance by 52 percent in lab tests.
The University of Maine launched a 30-foot 3D-printed boat designed for offshore speeds near 40 knots, skipping a new mold for every hull.
A co-branded storage cabinet that SUNLU rates to hold up to ten 1 kg spools at 10 to 55 percent RH without heating... read more »
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and A.J. Tuck combined 3D printing and electroforming to make leak-free HIP cans for nuclear and energy components.
MIT researchers have 3D printed a set of modular building blocks that stay electrically connected no matter how you compress, stretch, rotate, or... read more »
SHINING 3D has launched the EinScan Trak, a wireless tracking and scanning system whose spherical scanner splits open to release a standalone handheld... read more »
Queen’s University Belfast pharmacy researchers have 3D-printed a dissolving microneedle patch that carries two skin-cancer drugs in the resin itself, in a single... read more »
Washington State University researchers used AI to find process settings that 3D print GRCop-42, a NASA copper-chromium-niobium alloy used in rocket engine combustion... read more »
