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Students in Canterbury, New Zealand, have 3D printed a brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) in an effort to raise awareness of the biosecurity threat posed to the country by the bug. They worked together on a Summer Student Programme,…

Last September, the Japanese group Nikon confirmed its intention to acquire the industrial 3D printer manufacturer SLM Solutions. Four months later, this acquisition has officially been finalized: Nikon announced recently that more than 21,000,000 shares and more than 42,000 convertible…

All Circuits is an electronics subcontractor that designs electronic boards for the automotive, medical and mass-market sectors. Its Bayonne site, BMS Circuits, which is responsible for medium and large production runs, has been investing in fused deposition modeling 3D printing since…

Additive manufacturing has already been used for a few years by NASA and ESA in space research, and 3D printing can be expected to be used more and more in space exploration. According to Smartech, the value of the printing…

3D printing often proves useful for surgical training and modeling of medical conditions, particularly those which present complex cases and are difficult to train outside of the operating theater. This includes eye surgery; in this case, specifically surgery to rectify…

It is certainly no secret that 3D printing is being integrated into more and more sectors. This includes more traditional manufacturing industries, where additive manufacturing is increasingly being adopted as a complementary technology to produce more lightweight yet still strong…

Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly top 5, where we collate the best 3D printing videos of the week. This time we have a 3Dnatives original video for you about how 3D printing can be used for cancer treatment…

The UK government is currently consulting on proposals which would offer law enforcement agencies more power to tackle serious crime, including 3D printed weaponry. They are considering the criminalization of the ‘making, modification, supply and possession’ of ‘articles for use…

One of the first industries to use 3D printing was the automotive sector. Initially, the main application was prototyping, as the technology allows parts to be manufactured quickly, while the design can be easily changed. Though as we know that…

The additive manufacturing process rarely stops once your 3D printer has completed the part. Often, it takes varying amounts of time to complete post-processing steps, depending on the printing technology used. In fact, a recent study showed that the biggest…

As we have seen on numerous occasions, choosing the right material is a fundamental step in additive manufacturing. This is especially important in resin 3D printing, a process in which photosensitive materials are cured layer by layer until the final,…

Online commerce is an area that has grown very quickly in recent years, in part due to the pandemic. If you consider that, according to Statista, there are around 523 million e-commerce users in Europe alone, then it comes as…