3D Technologies

As major athletic brands continue expanding their use of additive manufacturing, the 3D-printed footwear market is shifting beyond aesthetically driven lifestyle shoes toward high-performance athletic applications. TPM3D announced that it has reached a significant milestone with the industrial-scale integration of…

On the Moon, nothing is easy to replace. Every tool, spare part and structural component must be launched from Earth, with a very high price tag. (There’s no Amazon Prime on the Moon.) The solution, researchers from The Ohio State…

Additive manufacturing is becoming increasingly popular in robotics because it enables the design of flexible, customized, and more efficient devices. As new materials become compatible with a wider range of 3D printing processes, the possibilities continue to expand, making it…

A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled its DISH 3D printing process, reportedly achieving complex millimeter-scale objects in just 0.6 seconds while maintaining high resolution. In other words, no more trade-off between speed and precision. While it is still early…

We’ve been talking a lot about multi-material printing lately, and for good reason. The technology is advancing rapidly on both the maker and professional sides, from Bambu Lab’s and Prusa’s latest multi-material desktop systems to more experimental approaches. Now, researchers…

As the end of the year approaches, we at 3Dnatives are taking a step back to analyze what has truly defined the additive manufacturing industry in 2025. It is already clear that this has been a year of technological maturity,…

Direct ink writing (DIW) is an extrusion-based additive manufacturing technique where ink is extruded through a fine nozzle that follows a digitally defined path to build a three-dimensional structure layer by layer. One of the key characteristics of this technique…

The concept of rheology refers to a branch of physics that studies fluids. Specifically, it examines how materials behave when they flow or deform, meaning how they respond to an applied force or stress. Although rheology applies to a wide…

Most people have probably never heard the term caustics, yet we encounter this phenomenon every day. You can see it in the dancing patterns of light at the bottom of a swimming pool or on shiny metal surfaces. But behind…

Beyond its purely aesthetic function, color plays an important role in areas such as consumer goods, interior design, and even medicine. A colored 3D component can be produced in various ways: either directly with a multicolor 3D printer, through hand…

A century ago, few could have imagined a world where you can unlock your front door with a smartphone or ask Alexa or Siri to play music and control the lights. Today, these technologies are part of everyday life, ushering…

Researchers at Caltech have developed a novel approach to metallurgy that enables precise control over both the chemical composition and microstructure of metallic materials, significantly enhancing their mechanical resilience. Traditionally, however, metallurgy has followed a very different path. “If you…