Nature has a way of designing structures that is often optimal. This is the reason why a number of research teams around the world are developing bio-inspired designs. At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, research […]
In May 2017, we told you about researchers from Northwestern University’s mission to provide women with fertility issues a viable solution. Back then, they succeeded in implanting a bioprinted ovary in a sterile mouse, an interesting […]
Nowadays, we’ve noticed buzzwords such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain or Industry 4.0 being increasingly used and thrown around. In themselves, these technologies can have and are having a huge impact on today's economy and existing […]
At Rice University in Houston, researchers have created 3D printed cubes from polymer that can withstand bullets. Their secret lies in the very design of these cubes, composed of different lattice structures that make them much […]
Today, additive manufacturing works with multiple different materials, yet glass is one of those materials that remains difficult to work with. Only a few groups of researchers around the world have attempted to produce glass objects […]
You might be aware that most commercial extrusion-based 3D printers are only able to build objects from a single material at a time. And when they do allow for multiple materials and colors to be used, […]
Not everyone is aware that FDM and SLA are complementary technologies that when used together can be highly beneficial for your AM projects. In product development, SLA 3D printing is ideal for detailed concept models or […]
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and Yale Medical School have bioprinted vascularized skin tissues, which were successfully tested on a mouse. Apparently, the skin managed to connect to the animal's blood vessels. For […]
For three years now, several European researchers have been working on the KRAKEN project, a hybrid manufacturing system combining 3D printing and subtractive production methods. Equipped with three interchangeable additive manufacturing technologies and a 4th subtractive […]
As the 2019 Formula 1 season is coming to a close, we can’t help but notice how 3D printing has once again helped all teams towards their goal of rapid development. Yes, that’s right, all teams. […]
Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have developed a new 3D printer that can supposedly print at record speed, around half a yard (46 cm) per hour, a ground-breaking throughput in the world of 3D printing. […]
Aleph Farms is an Israeli startup that has developed a method to produce cultivated beef steaks. This method mimics the natural process of muscle-regeneration occurring inside the cow’s body, but under controlled conditions. One week ago, […]
At Harvard, a group of researchers are developing a solution that will bioprint blood vessels on living tissues. Their paper ‘Biomanufacturing of organ-specific tissues with high cellular density and embedded vascular channels’ published in Science Advances, […]
Soft robotics is one of the subfields of robotics dealing with constructing robots from highly compliant materials, similar to those found in living organisms. This field looks at the way in which living organisms move and […]
A team of scientists from the Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is advancing bioprinting in India. Apparently, they created a bioink from silk proteins that could be used for 3D printing tissues, implants and organs […]
Last week, it was reported that a group of UCLA engineers received a $1.5 million grant to make environmentally friendly concrete - by environmentally friendly they mean that it will incorporate carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, […]
A group of scientists at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have created Astro, a robodog. Using deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) this quadruped robot is capable of seeing and hearing. This prototype was created at FAU’s […]
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are one step closer towards the manufacture of functional 3D printed organs: by using FluidForm technology, they have been able to reconstruct parts of the human heart, including heart valves. Called […]
The new “Break the Grid” initiative seeks to set 3D printers free to crawl, swim and fly in order to meet the challenges of population growth and global warming. This project is a collaboration between Denmark’s […]
At Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, a team of researchers announced they succeeded in 3D printing parts using a wood-based ink, perfectly imitating the ultrastructure of the natural material. This is good news for the […]
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