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NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, are holding a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency's journey to Mars.
May 26th, 2015
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Researchers develop new method - computational hydrographic printing - that physically aligns a surface color texture onto a 3D surface with a precision never before attained.
May 22nd, 2015
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Researchers investigated a new combination of 3-D printed microfiber scaffolding and hydrogels. The composites they tested showed elasticity and stiffness comparable to knee-joint tissue, as well as the ability to support the growth and cross-linking of human cartilage cells.
May 15th, 2015
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Researchers explore mechanics of silk to design materials with high strength and low density.
May 15th, 2015
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4-D printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3-D printing to an entirely new level.
Apr 24th, 2015
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Device produces soft, squeezable objects; can combine fabrics, wiring.
Apr 17th, 2015
Read moreThe implications of intellectual property in 3D printing have been outlined in two documents created for the UK government.
Apr 16th, 2015
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Manufacturing researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have scoped out the missing sections in current guidelines for powder bed fusion, the chief method for printing metal parts.
Apr 15th, 2015
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Researchers have whittled the cost of printing to ten cents per kilogram - down from $30 per kilogram. They made this leap by recycling plastic that had already been printed, using a recyclebot and plastic resin codes developed by the team.
Mar 18th, 2015
Read more3-D printer is the first to use light and oxygen to synthesize materials from a pool of liquid, reimagining a technology that could bring 3-D printing into mainstream manufacturing.
Mar 17th, 2015
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A UC Berkeley research team unveiled the first and largest powder-based 3-D-printed cement structure built to date. The debut of this groundbreaking project is a demonstration of the architectural potential of 3-D printing.
Mar 9th, 2015
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The 3-D printing scene, a growing favorite of do-it-yourselfers, has spread to the study of plasma physics. With a series of experiments, researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have found that 3-D printers can be an important tool in laboratory environments.
Mar 3rd, 2015
Read moreInterventional radiologists use 3-D printers to develop personalized medical devices that can deliver antibiotics and chemotherapy in targeted manner.
Mar 2nd, 2015
Read moreThe device, called a nerve guidance conduit, is a framework of tiny tubes, which guide the damaged nerve ends towards each other so that they can repair naturally.
Feb 23rd, 2015
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Scientists at VTT in Finland have developed a prototype of a tree that harvests solar energy from its surroundings - whether indoors or outdoors - stores it and turns it into electricity to power small devices such as mobile phones, humidifiers, thermometers and LED light bulbs. The technology can also be used to harvest kinetic energy from the environment.
Feb 19th, 2015
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Start-up Blacksmith Group today launched the world's first compact 3D printer that can also scan items into digitised models.
Feb 14th, 2015
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A two-part water-based gel made of synthetic DNA and peptide could bring the inventors of a 3D bio printer closer to being able to print organs for transplant, or to replace animal testing.
Feb 11th, 2015
Read moreNew substrate release solutions offer easy, less expensive alternatives to aluminum parts removal during gas metal arc weld 3D printing.
Feb 10th, 2015
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