3D Printing Research
Making 3D Printing Personal: How Faraz Faruqi Is Rethinking Digital Design at MIT CSAIL
What if your 3D printer could think more like an intelligent assistant, able to reason through a design idea, ask questions, and deliver something that works exactly the way the…
Nike’s 3D Printed Sports Bra Sets a New Standard in Performance Apparel
Nike is no stranger to pushing boundaries in design and sports innovation. Its latest breakthrough is a one-of-a-kind 3D printed sports bra designed for record-breaking runner Faith Kipyegon. More than…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 28, 2025: Defense Accelerator, Surgical Models, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, 3YOURMIND was selected to join an EU Defense Accelerator, and PTC has announced model-based definition (MBD) capabilities within Onshape. Finally, a study out…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 25, 2025: R&D Materials, 3D Printed Veneers, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, 3DXTECH has launched a program that gives customers early access to experimental materials, and the first Lithoz CeraFab Multi 2M30 in the Czech Republic…
From Rapid Qualification to On-ship 3D Printing, ABS Sets New Standards in Maritime AM
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is taking significant strides in advancing additive manufacturing (AM) within the maritime sector. Amidst increasing interest and the need for modernization, ABS has been…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 7, 2025: Digital Inventory, Thermal Management Solutions, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, UK-based 3D printing bureau 3D People responds to global instability, and AEWIN chose Fabric8Labs’ technology for advanced thermal management solutions. We’ll end with…
DARPA Backs Research Project to Speed Up Qualification of DoD’s 3D Printed Parts
About a year ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a funding opportunity called SURGE: Structures Uniquely Resolved to Guarantee Endurance. As with so much of what the…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 4, 2025: Full-Color Slicer, Denture Implants, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with some software and post-processing news, and then move on to a case report in which digital dentistry was successfully used. Read…
3D Printing, AI & the Future of Traceability: University of Illinois’s Bill King on 3D Printer “Fingerprints”
One of the most powerful aspects of academic research is its propensity to lead to discoveries that weren’t even on the researchers’ radar at the start of a given investigation….
3D Printed Microgels from Terasaki Institute Could Help Heal Tissue
In a major step forward for tissue engineering, scientists at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) in Los Angeles have developed a light-based 3D printing technique that guides cells…
Touch, Motion, Intelligence: How MIT CSAIL Is Reimagining 3D Printing
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is helping define a new era of 3D printing, one where printed parts can feel like fabric, move like muscles, and carry…
Reimagining Manufacturing: 3D Printing Poised to Play a Big Role in MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently launched a major new program called the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), “an Institute-wide effort” that will harness all the university’s capacity for…
The Robot That Walked Off the Printer
In the Soft Systems Group at the University of Edinburgh, researchers 3D printed a tiny soft robot, then watched as it walked straight off the machine that made it. This…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 21, 2025: Medical Training Models, Connectors, Makerspace, & More
We’re starting with research and medical in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as a research team from Caltech is using sound to 3D print deep inside living tissue, and rural…
Something from Nothing: How 3D Printing is Helping Australia Become a Global Force in Manufacturing
Out at Sea If a team of engineers were tasked with creating the ideal hypothetical environment for testing advanced manufacturing’s potential, they might come up with something that looks a…
Low-Cost Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope Made with CAD Software & Bambu Lab X1C
3D printing is increasingly used in the fabrication of diagnostic equipment, including ophthalmology, which is a medical specialty that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions and diseases….
3D Printing News Briefs, May 17, 2025: Color-Changing Materials, Humanoid Robot, & More
We’re covering research innovations in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs! First, Penn Engineering developed 3D printed materials that change color under stress, and UC Berkeley researchers created an open source,…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 14, 2025: Thermal Solutions, Food Safety, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Meltio announced a new sales partner in the Benelux region, and Eplus3D is helping TEMISTh to revolutionize metal additive manufacturing in thermal solutions. Moving…
Vienna Team Works to End Trial-and-Error in Hybrid 3D Printing Workflows
A new research project shows how 3D printing and machining can finally work in sync. Led by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria (TU Wien), the project…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 7, 2025: Sales Partner, Seawalls, Ceramics, & More
We’ll take care of some business first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Meltio announced an official sales partner in Portugal, and Kind Designs received about $1 million in…
University of Illinois Launches AM Research Center with $8M DoD Backing
The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $8.15 million to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to support the establishment of an additive manufacturing (AM) research center at the Grainger College…
Johns Hopkins University Researchers Develop HyFAM Technology
Two scientists from Johns Hopkins University, Nathan C. Brown and Jochen Mueller, have developed a hybrid manufacturing technology they call HyFam, or Hybrid Formative Additive Manufacturing. Their work on this technology…
No More Needles? Carbon Founder’s 3D Printed Patch Gets Backing
Forget needles—this 3D printed patch just launched with serious backing. Stanford University professor and Carbon co-founder Dr. Joseph DeSimone has officially launched PinPrint, a new startup developing 3D printed microneedle…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 30, 2025: Database Closure, ISO Certification, & More
Aniwaa, known as one of the largest and most comprehensive 3D printer databases, has shut down its operations. This story leads off our 3D Printing News Briefs today, and then…
