3D Printing News Unpeeled

Researchers have made a logic gate that does not use semiconductors. Jorge Cañada & Luis Fernando Velásquez-García have used a PCL doped copper gate instead of semiconducting materials. This could replace…

Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Adare Pharma Solutions, is partnering with Laxxon Medical. The CDMO will use Screen-Printed Innovative Drug (SPID) to make oral dosage forms where they hope…

EOS is to make its M 290 in Pflugerville, Texas as well as in the US starting in Q1 2025. This is in response to a successful US government policy…

 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed Microwave Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (MVAM), which uses microwaves to cure 3D printed parts. In a paper they explain that a multi-physics model let…

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Colorado, NIST and more have worked on “Additive manufacturing of highly entangled polymer networks,” where low use of photoinitiators along with a…

University of Colorado Boulder researchers Rob Maccurdy and Charles Wade are working on lattice and cell structures that they hope to develop into bumpers, packaging, helmets and the like. Research…

BCN3D Technologies spin off Supernova will start a Defence & Space business unit to focus on 3D printed energetic materials. That kind of thing is in high demand as they…

A new company called  Accel Digital Solutions made 20 different versions before settling on a new pickleball design, which they say is 10 times quieter than traditional models at ten times the…

A Carnegie Melon University (CMU) researcher has been working on solid knitting for over a decade. Yuichi Hirose has now made a new solid knitting machine that he hopes will…

Jabil will cut 130 out of 400 manufacturing jobs in Albuquerque. The cuts are due to the company losing a medical metal device manufacturing contract.  Ursa Major meanwhile is expanding…

In the paper “Emission Directionality of 3D-Printed Photonic Nanowires,” a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) team demonstrates how nanowires with a diameter of 300 nanometers display directional light emission. This…

A new paper, ¨A Flexible, Architected Soft Robotic Actuator for Motorized Extensional Motion¨ out of Northwestern University showcases a soft cylindrical handed shearing auxetic (HSA) actuator which can become either…

One of my favorite startups, Mantle3D, has picked up $20 million in funding. The C round was lead by Schooner Capital, with Fine Structure Ventures, Foundation Capital, Corazon Capital, 11.2…

A lot of research has gone into 3D printing parts of or splints for the trachea. Now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is offering patients bioresorbable trachea splints. The product might…

Zellerfeld wants to create an open shoe platform. It wants to enable users to upload models which it will then produce on demand. That is a logical model for 3D…

Aston Martin’s limited edition Valiant is a road legal track car that has been customized by Q by Aston Martin. It has a 3D printed rear subframe, carbon components and…

A photo on Reddit of a user making a color 3D printed model and getting 15 times the amount of waste has sparked a mini debate. But, with a 1000…

Ohhio’s 3D printed lamps are super fun, kind of a bubblegum Memphis design, and they totally remind me how many designs and brands in 3D printing take themselves way too…

Alquist3D and a local community college are to develop a self-paced 30 hour certificate course in concrete 3D printing this summer. The course will be $250 and is sorely needed…

Fyous, founded by Joshua Shires and Thomas Bloomfield has developed PolyMorphic molding where 28,000 pins can be reset to make new molds. This dynamic molding technology could accelerate time to…

Asetek has worked with Fabric8Labs to use the latter´s Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) process to make a more efficient cold plate for liquid cooled PCs. The AI optimized design outperforms…

Marko Lazic has made the Offone, a 3D printed phone with a pared down design and e-ink display. The small phone can do Uber, calls, texts and the essentials but…

MRO and digital inventories is a quickly growing area. Now classification/advisory firm ABS has partnered with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), powder bed fusion OEM CScam and technological institute KITECH in…

University of Texas at Arlington architecture Professor Shadi Nazarian is heading up a consortium to 3D print cork and concrete in Alaska. The light, well-insulating composite should be well suited…