3D Materials

Researchers at the Zurich Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) have developed a bio-ink for 3D printing bacteria. This breakthrough could lead to the production of biomedical cellulose or biological materials capable of destroying toxic substances. Researchers have developed a 3D printing…

3D printer manufacturer Formlabs will launch a new range of resins for their SLA machines including color. The Color Kit is available for their Form 2 3D printer, and will print color parts. This is important as it eliminates the…

Dinara Kasko is an internet sensation. With over 530,000 followers on Instagram drooling over her 3D printed treats, she has taken the internet by storm. However, her models aren’t created out of plastics or metal. She uses 3D printing technology…

When you think of 3D printing, naturally you think of plastics. However, there is a growing trend towards using metals as a 3D printing material. The visibility of 3D printing metal has grown further recently as HP have announced plans…

3D printing innovations seem to be occurring at a faster and faster rate. One of the most exciting innovations are the amount of new materials being developed for 3D printing. Recently however, we’ve seen chocolate, metal, wood, and more able…

HRL Laboratories have made a breakthrough; a way to reliably 3D print high-strength aluminum alloys. You’re hungry. The baby’s crying. The picturesque sites of Australia that the travel company promised you has been exchanged for some corrugated steel and a…

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully 3D-printed transparent glass. What’s more, this test was successfully conducted at room temperature. Reports from the test claim glass structures with composition gradients can also be produced with this method. This…

Start-up Freshmade 3D from Ohio have recently announced that they have created a material strong enough to create 3D-printed bowling balls from. The material, called AMClad, is an “isotropic Engineered Sand Composite (ESC)”, that they say is “ideal for 3D…

In another huge step towards fully 3D-printed rocket engines, NASA has successfully tested an igniter prototype made from two metal alloys. Engineers at NASA have been hard at work to produce this component using a new method of laser printing. As…

Mars is a long way away. At its closest, it’s 54.6 million kilometres away (9 months travel). At it’s furthest? 401 million km. This creates some problems for a manned landing, problems we are currently trying to solve. One of…

Graphene, which is a form of carbon, is known for its properties of strength and lightness, especially when used as a 3D printing material. Taking this lightness and strength further, three engineers decided to print the graphene with aerogel, creating…

Today we are going to be talking about the different types of nylons used in 3D printing. Reading our previous posts, you will have seen that nylon is a filament that we particularly appreciate here at 3Dnatives. The ability to dye…