3DGence F340, a PEEK 3D printing workhorse
The 3DGence INDUSTRY F340 is a dual nozzle industrial 3D printer suitable for working with a range of functional materials including the high-grade thermoplastic...
Concrete 3D Printing Technology at CERL Prints Barracks
I was recently invited to the US Army’s Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Illinois to see a...
Stanford University Creates Better Cardiac Catheter Devices with 3D Printing
Stanford medical student Kevin Cyr is part of a team of researchers using 3D printing to build custom cardiac surgical devices.
Second-year medical student Kevin...
Are Smaller, Cheaper 3D Printers Better for Design?
Desktop 3D printing solutions provider Ultimaker makes the case that immediate access and low cost are the keys to getting more iterations into designers’...
Marsha 3D Printed Cylinders The Future of Living on Mars
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In-Situ Resource Utilization
Martian exploration and settlement at any meaningful scale will depend on materials found on Mars. This is enabled by a technology...
Oligomers, the Foundation of Many 3D Printing Materials
Plastic 3D printing relies on light-sensitive materials that are cured or hardened when exposed to light. Whether that’s FDM, SLA, DLP, or other, newer...
3D Printing Helps Prove Sensor Marketability in Low Volume
Fish farming requires farmers to closely monitor water conditions to control rearing operations and yield an ideal harvesting rate. Sensors are increasingly being used...
3D light painting robot creates stunning imagery
Some will argue that this could easily be done in CGI and they're right. But, there's an artistic and genuine feeling that comes with...
Primalloy – Flexible 3D filament | Interstate Plastics
Verbatim's PRIMALLOY™ Flexible 3D filament, provided by Interstate Plastics, is a high performance, a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer which consists of a mixture of a crystalline...
3D Printing Is the Future of Factories (for Real This Time)
FACTORIES, THE CHIEF innovation of the industrial revolution, are cathedrals of productivity, built to shelter specialized processes and enforce the division of labor.
Adam Smith,...