Michigan Tech’s open-source parametric 3D printed slot die system is 17000% cheaper than commercial...
Researchers from Michigan Technological University have developed an open-source parametric 3D printed slot die system for thin film semiconductor processing. By using the 3D...
Oceanside Fire Department Uses 3D Printing to Speed Up Response Time
The Oceanside Fire Department in California is using 3D printing to help make daily tasks easier and improve response times. Fire Captain Andy Stotts, who...
Laser holograms create 3D-printed objects in seconds, no layering required
Volumetric printing replaces layering with a process that creates the entire object simultaneously(Credit: LLNL) How do you create complex 3D-printed objects in seconds, instead...
Wounded sea turtle healed with 3-D printing
Birch Aquarium has teamed up with UC San Diego Library's Digital Media Lab to create what is believed to be the first 3-D-printed brace...
HP Labs Develops Three-Stage Identification and Authentication System for 3D Printed Objects
This will be especially helpful in the future when we’ve moved past the frequent prototyping and custom one-off stage to a time when high-performance...
Books You Should Read: The 3D Printing Handbook
3D printing was invented in the 80s, twenty years passed, patents expired, and then several diverse uses for 3D printing technology were found. As such,...
3D Printing in Space – The Final Frontier
While down here there’s room for debate about the suitability of 3D printing for anything more serious than rapid prototyping, few would say the...
MIT engineers design super fast desktop 3D printer
The team did away with the traditional nozzle design, which uses a "pinch-wheel" mechanism to feed through the plastic, replacing it with a screw...
This enormous 3D printer is designed for a huge job: printing yacht parts
Development of this huge additive manufacturing system goes back to September 2017, when CEAD began collecting market input and looking for a launch customer...
The Impact of 3D Printing on Education in 2017
Over the last several years, the education sector has been working to improve lesson plans, making them more technology-based and interactive, in order to...
