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Industrial 3D printing goes skateboarding (w/video)

Kayak paddles, snowshoes, skateboards. Outdoor sporting goods used to be a tough market for 3D printing to break into, but fused particle fabrication (FPF) can change that.

April 9, 2019 Read more

3D-printing channel structures in glass

With the Glassomer process, a method that enables scientists to shape glass like plastic, they are now able to produce three-dimensional hollow structures in quartz glass.

March 29, 2019 Read more

3D-printed tissues may keep athletes in action

Bioscientists are moving closer to 3D-printed artificial tissues to help heal bone and cartilage typically damaged in sports-related injuries to knees, ankles and elbows.

March 28, 2019 Read more

New 3-D printing approach makes cell-scale lattice structures

System could provide fine-scale meshes for growing highly uniform cultures of cells with desired properties.

March 26, 2019 Read more

Rapid magnetic 3D printing of human cells

A team of engineers has found a way to use 3D printing technology to create artificial tumours to help researchers test new drugs and therapies, which could lead to personalized medicine.

March 25, 2019 Read more

Light provides control for 3D printing with multiple materials

Scientists have developed a novel 3D printer that uses patterns of visible and ultraviolet light to dictate which of two monomers are polymerized to form a solid material. Different patterns of light provide the spatial control necessary to yield multi-material parts.

March 12, 2019 Read more

3D-printed live cells convert glucose to ethanol, carbon dioxide to enhance catalytic efficiency

Researchers have 3D printed live cells that convert glucose to ethanol and carbon dioxide gas, a substance that resembles beer, demonstrating a technology that can lead to high biocatalytic efficiency.

March 6, 2019 Read more

Scientists develop 3D-printable water sensor

X-ray investigation reveals functioning of highly versatile copper-based compound.

March 4, 2019 Read more

3D printed tool cuts through titanium, wins innovation prize

High quality cutting tools can now be 3D printed, with potential for time and cost savings in aerospace and Defence manufacturing.

February 27, 2019 Read more

Finding keyholes in metals 3D printing

New research has identified how and when these gas pockets form, as well as a methodology to predict their formation -- a pivotal discovery that could dramatically improve the 3D printing process.

February 22, 2019 Read more

Combining mechanical computing with 3D printing to create 'sentient' materials

Engineers are combining mechanical computing with 3D printing as part of an effort to create 'sentient' materials that can respond to changes in their surroundings, even in extreme environments that would destroy electronic components, such as high radiation, heat or pressure.

February 20, 2019 Read more

Star Trek anyone? 3D printing method creates objects in one piece (w/video)

It looks like something you might find aboard the Starship Enterprise. A projector beams a three-dimensional video into a container of photosensitive resin. The video plays while the container rotates for a few minutes - then the fluid drains, leaving behind a complete, fully formed 3D object.

February 13, 2019 Read more

3D printed tires and shoes that self-repair

Instead of throwing away your broken boots or cracked toys, why not let them fix themselves? Researchers have developed 3D-printed rubber materials that can do just that.

February 5, 2019 Read more

Movable microstructures from the 3D-printer

Researchers develop a method for dynamic 3D-printing - microstructures can be moved by light and temperature.

January 29, 2019 Read more

Researchers create 3D-printed soft mesh robots (w/video)

Structures can contract, reshape and grab objects while floating on water.

January 23, 2019 Read more

Engineers 3D print smart objects with 'embodied logic'

Using stimuli-responsive materials and geometric principles, engineers have designed structures that have 'embodied logic.' Through their physical and chemical makeup alone, they are able to determine which of multiple possible responses to make in response to their environment.

January 15, 2019 Read more

Multimaterial 3D printing used to develop fast response stiffness-tunable soft actuator

Researchers have designed and fabricated a fast-response, stiffness tunable soft actuator which is able to complete a softening-stiffening cycle within 32 seconds.

January 15, 2019 Read more

New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material

Scientists have created a recipe for a renewable 3D printing feedstock that could spur a profitable new use for an intractable biorefinery byproduct: lignin.

December 19, 2018 Read more