Rubbery carbon aerogels greatly expand applications
Researchers have designed carbon aerogels that can be reversibly stretched to more than three times their original length, displaying elasticity similar to that of...
SEMI Reports 2017 Global Semiconductor Materials Sales
MILPITAS, Calif. — April 2018 — SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, today announced that in 2017 the global semiconductor...
SABIC Expands Fast-Growing Additive Manufacturing Materials Portfolio with Three New Filaments
April 2018 – SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, announced here at RAPID + TCT the third expansion of its additive manufacturing materials offering within...
Adidas Futurecraft 4D shoes: The fourth dimension is hype
Can light, oxygen, and liquid resins make a comfortable midsole?
Adidas is getting serious about turning its 3D-printed concepts into consumer products. Last week, the sportswear giant...
Guide to Selecting and Buying 3D Printing Filament in 2018
Filament is essentially the 'ink' for a 3D printer. At rigid.ink, we focus on the spools of plastic filament rather than resin. The plastic...
The Cabin of Curiosities is a Whimsical Yet Livable 3D Printed...
The Cabin of Curiosities sounds like something out of a fairy tale, but it’s real – even if its appearance is reminiscent of fairy...
Workshop offers insight into 3D printing
A dozen students in the Columbus area used their spring break week to get hands-on experience constructing a 3-D printer that could spark some...
Cheap 3-D printer can produce self-folding materials
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes,...
An Eco-friendly Alternative to Recycling E-waste
As consumers toss aside old cell phones, tablets and laptops to keep up with the latest technology, landfills are becoming full of the old...
Metal-organic frameworks cut energy consumption of petrochemicals
In the chemical and the petrochemical industries, separating molecules in an energy-efficient way is one of the most important challenges. Overall, the separation processes...