Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs
In a paper, out today, a team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled “SoFi,” a soft robotic fish that can independently swim alongside real fish in the ocean.
During test dives in the...
3D Jet Writing Creates Highly Porous Polymer Microtissue for Drug Screening
Conn Hastings Genetics, Materials, Medicine, Oncology Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Michigan have developed a device they call a 3D jet writer, which can print high-resolution polymer microtissues on a small...
VOLVO CE Moves into 3D Printing of Parts
Volvo Construction Equipment moves into a new dimension to assist customers in supplying spare parts and as part of its commitment to the research and development of new products.
As the construction industry looks to...
Intelligent Flying Assistant Drone to Help ISS Astronauts
Airbus and IBM are taking the concept of a smart assistant for astronaut crew into space in the form of a spherical free-flying AI drone. Remember intelligent space computer Holly from English science fiction...
Multicolor 3D Printing: Where Is It Heading Next?
There’s been a lot of talk recently about multicolor and full color 3D printing. As 3D printing technology advances, the things that can be done with plastic materials are becoming more sophisticated. Gone are...
Why you should be 3D printing your medical devices
3D Printing Bioresorbable Polymers for Medical Devices
“Why aren’t you using additive manufacturing to make your medical devices?” Scott Taylor, Chief Technology Officer at Poly-Med Inc. (Anderson, SC), a supplier of bioresorbable polymers, posed that...
Prototyping Tools for Spacewalks—How Zortrax Ecosystem Works at NASA
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made body in the low Earth orbit. Sixteen modules launched and assembled from 1998 to 2011, provide 32,898 cu ft of pressurized volume for a crew of 6...
NASA Taps Techshot to Build ‘FabLab’ for Moon, Mars
NASA is preparing to explore the final frontier with the most powerful rocket it’s ever built, set to launch in late 2019. The Space Launch System aims to usher in a new era of...
Digital Manufacturing and 3D Printing to Build Surveillance and Attack Aircraft
Over the last few years, more and more 3D printing innovations have been coming out of South Africa, like the country’s first platinum 3D print. The technology also has its uses in the country’s defense sector, as the South...
Scientists engineer nanoscale pillars to act like memory foam, paving the way to new...
A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have developed a customizable nanomaterial that combines metallic strength with a foam-like ability to compress and...
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