Successful 3D Cartilage Printing
June 19, 2017
Researchers at Belgium's Sahlgrenska Academy and Chalmers University of Technology have 3D bioprinted new cartilage for transplant procedures.
Marines to Muster 3D-Printed Drones
June 16, 2017
The U.S. Marines plan to deploy a small, unmanned surveillance drone called the Nibbler.
GTC 2017: The Prospect of Voxel-Based 3D Printing, Optimization, and Simulation
June 8, 2017
NVIDIA and HP Labs demonstrate voxel-based structural optimization and 3D printing at GTC 2017
Formlabs Makes Play for Production 3D Printing
June 5, 2017
Formlabs' Fuse 1 brings previously expensive and complex selective laser sintering (SLS) technology to the benchtop; Form Cell automates additive manufacturing.
Streamlining 3D Printing Post-Processing Opens Market Opportunities
June 1, 2017
By streamlining 3D post-processing, Rize's augmented polymer deposition technology enables additive manufacturing to take on short-run, end-use production parts applications and moves the 3D printer onto the engineer's desktop.
Printing Space Bricks
May 22, 2017
At least two different research teams have made progress on 3D printing technologies that will allow space travelers to create tools and building materials on the surface of the moon...
MIT Accelerates Liquid Printing
May 17, 2017
It's fast, and there are no particular limits to the size of the object that can be created.
Erasable 3D Printing
May 16, 2017
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed an erasable ink for direct laser writing applications.
Johnson & Johnson Acquires 3D Printing Bone Implant Technology
May 12, 2017
The 3D printing technologies from Tissue Regeneration Systems (TRS) will help DePuy Synthes create patient-specific, bioresorbable implants.
Boeing’s THREAD Prints Embedded Electronics, Optics
May 11, 2017
The process embeds strands of different materials groups such as copper, fiber optic, steel, nitinol, and others, and can also embed tubes into an item.
Testing Sculpteo’s Agile Metal Technology 3D-Printing Software
May 5, 2017
Sculpteo offers a new design-guidance software suite called Agile Metal Technology (AMT).
3DHEALS 2017: 3D Printing Eliminates Communication Barriers in Healthcare
April 27, 2017
Conference on 3D printing for medical professionals tackles cultural resistance, technological hurdles, and patient-doctor communication benefits
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Tests Metal Extrusion Printing
April 24, 2017
The direct metal writing process, as the lab has dubbed it, uses a metal that has been engineered to act like a solid at rest but to flow like a...
Printed Part to Launch on Lockheed Military Satellite
April 21, 2017
Lockheed used a laser powder bed fusion process to manufacture the part out of aluminum.
Dissolvable Metal Supports for 3D Printing - for Real!
April 19, 2017
The solution to dissolvable metal supports causes certain areas of a metal additive manufactured part to react chemically when immersed in a corrosive solution.
3DHEALS 2017 Takes the Temperature of 3D Printing in Healthcare
April 11, 2017
if 3D printing vendors want to court the healthcare industry, they may have to do a much better job in outreach, education, training, and user interface redesign.
Wohlers 2017 Report on 3D Printing Industry Points to Softened Growth
April 11, 2017
Wohlers Associates Inc., an analyst firm that focuses on 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing or AM), has just released an annual report detailing the state of the industry.
3DHEART: 3D Printing Surgical Planning Models for Tiny Patients
April 4, 2017
Phoenix Children's Hospital designs 3D-printed pediatric heart models, supporting Project 3DHEART's goal to gain insurance coverage for surgical planning.
3D Printing Prosthetics Part 2: Join Up with Projects and Conferences
March 21, 2017
Two programs addressing prosthetics: Refugee Open Ware (ROW), a hybrid social enterprise, and 3DHEALS, a community-building effort and conference, are featured.
