Clare Scott
Combining Chopped Carbon Fiber with ABS Has Surprising Effect on 3D Printed Parts
In a paper entitled “Determining the Effect of Yield Strength of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene through the inclusion of Chopped Carbon Fibre,” author Owen M. Cannings of the University of New…
3D Printed Device Allows Living Biosensor to be Deployed in the Field
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are subject to strict regulation. In a paper entitled “An Additive Manufacturing Approach that Enables the Field Deployment of Synthetic Biosensors,” a group of researchers…
Eco-Friendly 3D Printing at the Center of Designer’s Latest Collection
3D printing has done quite a bit for the fashion world, allowing designers to create new geometries and textures that have redefined the runway. The technology also enables designers to…
Creature Comforts: 10 Ways 3D Printing Helped Animals This Year
Everyone loves a good animal story, and the 3D printing world has plenty of them. From animal prosthetics to implants to even robotic assistance for bees, 3D printing has helped…
Creating Vascular Structures Using Low Cost Desktop 3D Printers
In a thesis entitled “Engineering of vascular networks within biocompatible hydrogels using 3D printing technology,” a PhD student named Juan Liu discusses the need for new technologies in wound healing….
3D Printing Shows What Humans Could Look Like If They Were Optimized for Living on Mars
There is a great deal of talk these days about colonizing Mars, and about the conditions that would need to be met in order to live and thrive there. 3D…
Penn State Researchers 3D Print Porous Tissues
3D bioprinting still has a lot of issues that need to be worked out before we can see anything like a 3D printed organ transplant. One issue is figuring out…
3D Printing and Gaps in Intellectual Property Law
In a paper entitled “From IP Goals to 3D Holes: Does Intellectual Property Law Provide a Map or Gap in the Era of 3D Printing?” author Autumn Smith discusses issues…
Studying Thermosets for Use in Selective Laser Sintering
Selective laser sintering, or SLS, is a popular 3D printing process for good reason. It has a number of benefits: parts can be produced with virtually unlimited geometry, and supports…
Additec Introduces New Compact Metal Desktop 3D Printer
Metal 3D printing is slowly becoming less expensive and more accessible, but for the most part, it’s still expensive and tends to be populated with big, bulky printers. More companies…
Researchers Study the Microstructure of Laser Cladding
While metal additive manufacturing has plenty of benefits, it has its drawbacks as well. Two of those drawbacks are high production costs and often unpredictable failure of parts. Laser cladding…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Investigates New Lignin-Nylon Composite 3D Printing Material
Lignin is an organic polymer that is present in the cell walls of many plants, giving them rigidity such as in wood and bark. It’s also a byproduct of biorefinery…
3D Nanoprinting Using Charged Aerosol Focusing
In a paper entitled “Three-dimensional nanoprinting via charged aerosol focusing,” a group of researchers describes a 3D nanoprinting method to create versatile nanostructures that cannot easily be created with existing…
Patient Receives a 3D Printed Rib for the First Time in Bulgaria
35-year-old Ivaylo Josifov was an active, healthy individual who thought he only had a case of tonsillitis when he went to the doctor recently. A chest X-ray, however, showed that…
3D Printing Optical Illusions at the Nanoscale
Cytosurge is a spin-off company from ETH Zurich, and it has become known for its FluidFM 3D printing technology, which was commercialized and made consumer-friendly via the FluidFM 3D printer. FluidFM…
Creating Living Materials Using Bacteria and 3D Printing
In a paper entitled “Programmable and printable Bacillus subtilis biofilms as engineered living materials,” a team of researchers discusses how they used 3D printing to produce custom nanoscale biomaterials from…
3D Printed Racing Sailboat is Officially Unveiled and Ready to Hit the Ocean
3D printing has taken to the seas – and lakes, and rivers – before in the form of 3D printed canoes, kayaks and other boats. Earlier this year, a group…
Metso Delivers Valves with Metal 3D Printed Parts
Metso is a provider of equipment and services for sustainable processing and flow of natural resources in the mining, aggregates, recycling and process industries. One of the company’s goals is…
Researchers Use 3D Printing to Isolate Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells
Researchers at the University of Girona have successfully isolated stem cells from one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer – using 3D printing. The goal of isolating the cells…
Survey Shows Consumers are Ready for More Virtual and Augmented Reality in Retail
Augmented and virtual reality are making their way into the retail sphere, although they’re still somewhat of a novelty – we’re not yet all walking around stores with virtual reality…
How Safe are the Titanium Powders Used in 3D Printing?
How safe is additive manufacturing? That’s a question that has been asked multiple times, and has been the subject of multiple research studies. In a recent study entitled “Titanium Powders…
Herston Biofabrication Institute to Research Graphene’s Medical Applications
People in the 3D printing industry tend to get really, really excited about graphene. It’s easy to see why – graphene is both the thinnest and highest tensile strength material…
A Study of 3D Printed Multimaterial Insoles Using ABS and Silicone
3D printing has opened up new possibilities for people who suffer from the foot, joint and back problems that can come simply from standing or walking. Insoles can make a…
Researchers 3D Print “Digital Wood” with Complex Internal Textures Using Polyjet
In a paper entitled “Digital Wood: 3D Internal Color Texture Mapping,” a group of Columbia University researchers discusses how they used a voxel printing technique to replicate both the surface…
