3D Systems and Hershey team up to deliver 3D-printed edibles
The companies plan to co-develop a variety of 3D printed chocolate and non-chocolate products.
Jan 17th, 2014
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Using 3D printers to create prosthetic limbs
A University of Toronto lab is partnering with an international NGO and a Ugandan hospital to use 3-D scanning and printing to speed the process of creating and fitting sockets for artificial limbs.
Jan 14th, 2014
Read moreA 3D desktop printer with nanometer resolution
New printer from Old World Laboratories makes ultra-precision 3D printing an affordable tool for every designer or dedicated hobbyist.
Jan 8th, 2014
Read moreFully functional loudspeaker is 3-D printed
Cornell researchers have 3-D printed a working loudspeaker, seamlessly integrating the plastic, conductive and magnetic parts, and ready for use almost as soon as it comes out of the printer.
Dec 12th, 2013
Read moreGE announces winners of 3D Printing Design Quest
GE announced eight winners of its 3D Printing Design Quest, which challenged innovators to redesign loading brackets found on jet engines using 3D printing. The redesigned brackets reduce engine weight and fuel consumption.
Dec 12th, 2013
Read more3D printing used as a tool to explain theoretical physics
Students may soon be able to reach out and touch some of the theoretical concepts they are taught in their physics classes thanks to a novel idea devised by a group of researchers from Imperial College London. The researchers have successfully demonstrated how complex theoretical physics can be transformed into a physical object using a 3D printer.
Dec 9th, 2013
Read more3-D printing and custom manufacturing: from concept to classroom
Strategic investments from NSF help engineers revolutionize the manufacturing process.
Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreThe engineering behind additive manufacturing and the 3-D printing revolution
Get to know some of the foundational innovations that are creating new options for manufacturing.
Dec 3rd, 2013
Read moreNailing it: Scientists build a low-cost, open-source 3D metal printer
Until now, 3D printing has been a polymer affair, with most people in the maker community using the machines to make all manner of plastic consumer goods, from tent stakes to chess sets. A new low-cost 3D printer developed by Joshua Pearce and his team could add hammers to that list.
Dec 3rd, 2013
Read moreDeveloping convincing 3D printed skin
Researchers at the University of Liverpool are developing synthetic skin that can be produced on a 3D printer and matched to a person based on their age, gender and ethnic group.
Dec 3rd, 2013
Read moreMaterials scientists win award for tiny 3D-printed battery
Materials scientists at Harvard University have been recognized by the printed electronics industry for their work on novel 3D-printed lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand.
Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreA*STAR Singapore launches $15m program to develop 3D printing technologies
Industrial Additive Manufacturing Research Programme to enable direct manufacturing of high performance industrial grade components.
Nov 22nd, 2013
Read moreEngineers cut time to 3D-print heterogeneous objects from hours to minutes (w/video)
Researchers have developed a faster 3D printing process and are now using it to model and fabricate heterogeneous objects, which comprise multiple materials.
Nov 20th, 2013
Read moreResearchers use CT and 3-D printers to recreate dinosaur fossils
Data from computed tomography scans can be used with three-dimensional printers to make accurate copies of fossilized bones, according to new research.
Nov 20th, 2013
Read more3D printing can reduce science lab equipment costs by 90%
Joshua Pearce has penned a how-to book on the open-source 3D printing technology that could revolutionize how science is done all over the world.
Nov 18th, 2013
Read moreResearchers experiment with 3D painting to build up and repair parts (w/video)
'Cold spray' techniques additively build large-scale parts, repair components close to original state.
Nov 14th, 2013
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