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German large-format 3D printer manufacturer BigRep has unveiled its collaboration with Etihad Airways Engineering to develop the next 3D printed solutions for the aerospace industry. A collaboration that should allow for the creation of parts for aircraft cabins, but also…

German automaker BMW has announced the launch of a new additive manufacturing plant to accelerate the implementation of the technology in its manufacturing process. The construction of this additive manufacturing campus will cost 10 million euros and is expected to…

A team of researchers from Viterbi University in Los Angeles has found a new way to control sound and vibrations through 3D printing. The team has developed 3D printed metamaterials that are able to block sound waves and mechanical vibrations…

While 3D concrete printing is gaining momentum in the construction industry, it seems that technology is also widely used in the arts industry to create complex and unique structures, including furniture. This is the case of this project presented by the designer Philipp…

Researchers at Darmouth College have been successful in developing a unique new 3D printing material. They have created a smart ink that would allow 3D printed parts to change shape and colour over time. This research will interest  and benefit sectors…

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3DEO are a unique new metal 3D printing company that are combining scalable aspects of traditional manufacturing, and applying them to 3D printing. Though they don’t currently sell their own 3D printers, 3DEO’s technology allows them to create parts at…

Additive manufacturing pushes the earth’s limits and invades space : Relativity Space is a perfect example! This American startup has invented a 3D printing method to create whole rockets that could well take off in a few years. Their Stargate process would indeed be…

The American company Emerging Objects has recently revealed a 3D printed cabin, The Cabin of Curiosities, which is a building project that is a little out of the ordinary, with an exterior that looks more like a garden. At a time when…

The Milan Furniture Fair will be held from 17 to 22 April and will be an opportunity to see some pretty original 3D printed chairs. They will be presented by the Spanish design firm Nagami, which specialises in large scale 3D…

A team of scientific researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory claims to have developed a 3D printing method that can make fully liquid structures. This technique would use a very specific 3D printer that would deposit “water nets” in a…

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University have succeeded in printing a functional 3D brain for a mouse! A first in the medical world that shows how bio-printing could advance research especially in the surgical sector. The researchers have collaborated with the American company Organovo…