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Researchers show soft sides with layered fabric 3-D printer

Device produces soft, squeezable objects; can combine fabrics, wiring.

April 17, 2015 Read more

Intellectual Property in 3D printing

The implications of intellectual property in 3D printing have been outlined in two documents created for the UK government.

April 16, 2015 Read more

Report charts a research path for improving printed metal parts

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.

April 15, 2015 Read more

A call to change recycling standards as 3-D printing expands

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.

March 18, 2015 Read more

Revolutionary 3-D printing technology uses continuous liquid interface production (w/video)

3-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.

March 17, 2015 Read more

First-of-its-kind 3-D-printed cement structure (w/viedo)

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.

March 9, 2015 Read more

3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment

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.

March 3, 2015 Read more

3-D printing offers innovative method to deliver medication

Interventional radiologists use 3-D printers to develop personalized medical devices that can deliver antibiotics and chemotherapy in targeted manner.

March 2, 2015 Read more

3-D printed guides can help restore function in damaged nerves (w/video)

The 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.

February 23, 2015 Read more

Researchers create solar electric forest with 3D-printed trees (w/video)

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.

February 19, 2015 Read more

World's first compact rotary 3D printer-cum-scanner

Start-up Blacksmith Group today launched the world's first compact 3D printer that can also scan items into digitised models.

February 14, 2015 Read more

Towards 3D-printing artificial organs - Synthetic DNA gel points the way

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.

February 11, 2015 Read more

Lower-cost metal 3D printing solution available

New substrate release solutions offer easy, less expensive alternatives to aluminum parts removal during gas metal arc weld 3D printing.

February 10, 2015 Read more

3-D printing with custom molecules creates low-cost mechanical sensor

Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. A research project at the University of Washington merges custom chemistry and 3-D printing. Scientists created a bone-shaped plastic tab that turns purple under stretching, offering an easy way to record the force on an object.

February 10, 2015 Read more

Using 3-D printing, MakerBot and Feinstein Institute repair tracheal damage

This is a first for medical research where regular MakerBot PLA Filament was used to 3D print a custom tracheal scaffolding, which was combined with living cells to create a tracheal segment.

January 27, 2015 Read more

3D-printing with DNA-coated nanoparticles as a 'smart glue'

DNA molecules provide the 'source code' for life in humans, plants, animals and some microbes. But now researchers report an initial study showing that the strands can also act as a glue to hold together 3-D-printed materials that could someday be used to grow tissues and organs in the lab.

January 14, 2015 Read more

New horizons for self-assembling materials

3D-printable materials deform to change surface area, enabling curvature rather than rigid folding.

December 19, 2014 Read more

What your kitchen will look like in 2050

Hyperconnected appliances that anticipate consumers' every need will make Jetsons-style kitchens a reality during the coming decades, predict design visionaries in the latest FutureFood 2050 interview series.

December 16, 2014 Read more