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The researchers' Expert-Guided Optimization (EGO) method combines expert judgment with an optimization algorithm that efficiently searches combinations of parameters relevant for 3-D printing, enabling high-fidelity soft material products to be printed.
May 31st, 2018
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Researchers used laser 3D metal printing to optimize a permanent magnet material that may make an economical alternative to the more expensive rare-earth neodymium iron boron magnets in some applications.
May 30th, 2018
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The first human corneas have been 3D printed by scientists with a new technique that could be used in the future to ensure an unlimited supply of corneas.
May 30th, 2018
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Engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed structures that commercial 3-D printers can't: Rather than a layer-upon-layer solid shell, it produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar alcohol used to make throat lozenges.
May 24th, 2018
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Researchers have developed 3D printing reprocessable thermosets that allows 3D printed structures to be reshapeable, repairable and recyclable leading to more sustainable 3D printing processes.
May 22nd, 2018
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Bioengineers have developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be a step toward on-demand printing of complex artificial tissues for use in transplants and other surgeries.
May 22nd, 2018
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New technology has biomedical, soft robot and other applications.
May 18th, 2018
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While advances in additive manufacturing offer potential breakthroughs in prosthetic arms or jet engine parts, 3D printing, as it is known, may also accelerate weapons proliferation.
May 8th, 2018
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Researchers report that using a simple modification to the manufacture of the starting materials improves the toughness of these printable plastics.
May 2nd, 2018
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The antifungal application could prove invaluable among those highly susceptible to infection, such as the elderly, hospitalized or disabled patients.
Apr 25th, 2018
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In a groundbreaking new study, researchers used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time.
Apr 25th, 2018
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Researchers 3-D print food with customized texture and body absorption characteristics.
Apr 24th, 2018
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Researchers have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a boat or even a bunny.
Apr 24th, 2018
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Scientists discover that fluid gel can overcome the problems of bioprinters replicating softer human tissues.
Apr 19th, 2018
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Researchers develop 3-D printed acoustic metamaterials that can be switched on and off remotely using a magnetic field.
Apr 12th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D printer, and they have released the breakthrough designs as open source so that anyone can build their own system.
Mar 27th, 2018
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University students have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alternative for amputees.
Mar 26th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a new process that combines 3D printing and casting. In additive freeform casting (AFFC), first a shell of the part is manufactured using FLM printing, then this shell is filled with a two-component resin. This saves time, increases stability of the part and allows new materials to be printed.
Mar 23rd, 2018
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