Research

Several engineers at Rutgers University have used additive manufacturing to create tiny needles that could replace conventional hypodermic needles.  4D printing is a technological revolution, incorporating intelligent materials that can be programmed to change shape once printed. Taking advantage of…

3D printing technologies can be used to create complex and intricate structures by enabling a new level of design freedom. This is one of the main benefits of additive manufacturing, and one of the aspects many scientists around the world…

At Cornell University, a group of researchers have created a 3D printed sweating robot muscle. By enabling the robot hand to sweat, the muscle can regulate its temperature in the same way that mammals do. The researchers explained that thermal…

Hybrid Living Materials (HLMs) are formed by combining living and non-living components such that the resulting composite takes on the properties of both. At MIT’s Media Lab Mediated Matter group, researchers have been studying how 3D printing technologies can control…

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 led by Ling Li…

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 and promising first step.…

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 production systems. But what…

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 more resistant. It is…

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 using 3D printing technologies.…

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, the process is slow.…

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 functional prototypes. In manufacturing,…

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 the medical sector, this…