Science & Technology
by Sarah Saunders | 57 mins ago | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Science & Technology
We’ve heard of open source 3D printer filament, open source software, open source designs, and of course, open source 3D printers. But what about open labware? Researchers from the University of Sussex in the UK and the University of Tübingen in Germany used 3D... 
by Clare Scott | 2 hours ago | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Science & Technology
The core temperature of the human body can reveal a number of things about a person’s health. The presence of a fever is the most obvious one, but changes in the core temperature can also indicate changes in metabolic function, fatigue, even insomnia and... 
by Sarah Saunders | 22 hours ago | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
A friend told me once that it was possible to make an inexpensive, working solar oven just by painting a big cardboard box black and lining the inside with tinfoil, then dragging it out into the yard to use on a very sunny day. Solar energy is pretty powerful, and it... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 19, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Science & Technology
There are few things more important in this world than water, and access to it – particularly clean, safe water. Unfortunately, there are few things that are harder to come by in many parts of the world. There are many different methods of purifying water, but... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
The thyroid is a tiny organ, but it can cause some big problems if it malfunctions – and there are quite a few ways in which it can malfunction. It’s also especially problematic because while other organ problems can be corrected through transplantation,... 
by John Hornick | Jul 19, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
I devoted a section of the first chapter of my book, 3D Printing Will Rock the World, to what I call “The Name Game.” My premise: “3D printing” is the best name for layered manufacturing. As I explained, the other contender, “additive... 
by John Hornick | Jul 17, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
The field of 3D printing has been growing rapidly for years. It has applications in many areas of life and the economy, such as healthcare, aerospace, and parts replacement. 3D printing also reshapes supply chains and democratizes manufacturing. Fueled by this... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Jul 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Who doesn’t love a good success story? Hearing about triumphs in business can motivate, spurring additional developments to build on proven methodologies, bolstering the mood of an industry. On the flip side of the coin, learning more about the challenges... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
It’s no secret that receiving flowers from someone can brighten your day – it’s nice to know that the other person is thinking of you, most flowers have a lovely smell, and they’re not bad to look at either. However, flowers of the 3D printed... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 16, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
A research team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has used a direct ink writing (DIW) process to 3D print property-specific, silicone metamaterials that possess shape memory behavior, which technically makes them 4D printed. LLNL has worked with both... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 13, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Science & Technology
Everything is better when there’s food involved. That’s an opinion shared by many people, and Randi Zuckerberg is hoping that it will apply to tech. Zuckerberg, CEO of Zuckerberg Media and sister of Facebook CEO Mark (and former Facebook employee herself),... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 13, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
An inevitable part of owning and using technology is damaging technology. Just about everyone I know has a mobile phone, and just about everyone I know has broken or damaged a mobile phone at one time or another – maybe several times. We all have that one friend... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Jul 12, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business, Education, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
This week in Nottingham, great minds in additive manufacturing are converging at the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing. The event, now in its twelfth year, is always highly anticipated as the speaker lineup promises a look into the... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 10, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
My husband and I are science fiction fans, and as such own some of Ray Bradbury’s works, including short story collection The Martian Chronicles. I especially like “The Million-Year Picnic,” when a family from Earth goes to live on Mars, and the... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 7, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Jacek Kawałek is a 3D printing proponent in an area that hasn’t, so far, fully embraced the technology – at least not on an educational level. While Poland is home to several successful 3D printing companies, the country’s school system has no... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 7, 2017 | 3D Printing, Science & Technology
A group of researchers at the National University of Singapore has developed a novel method of bioprinting that overcomes some of the limitations of already-existing methods, as well as avoiding damage to the printed tissue. The research has been published in an... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 7, 2017 | 3D Printing, Science & Technology
I was never very good at chemistry experiments in school, and now that I’ve just heard the word mechanochemistry for the first time, I’m starting to get nervous all over again, as if I’m approaching a set of beakers back in high school. But if you... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 6, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Science & Technology
FluidFM is a technology that has been around for quite a while, but it’s also constantly developing and changing – much like 3D printing in general. The technology was originally developed within ETH Zurich and improved and industrialized by its spin-off... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Biomimicry, according to the Biomimicry Institute, is the search for sustainable solutions to human problems by mimicking solutions that are already found in nature. This practice has been coupled with 3D printing technology multiple times, from 3D printed... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
As the hype over 3D printing begins to die down a bit, expectations of its potential have changed and become more realistic. It’s still going to change manufacturing, and indeed it already has. But it’s now less trumpeted as the magical new technology... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Jul 6, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Back in May, SME announced the first national Additive Manufacturing Certifications, as its workforce development arm, Tooling U-SME, sought to provide a validation of knowledge in additive manufacturing. America Makes was recently named as the exclusive co-sponsor of... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Science & Technology
Anyone who thinks that the lion is king of the beasts obviously hasn’t taken a good luck at a Tyrannosaurus rex lately. However, since the T. rex has been extinct for a pretty long time, and Jurassic Park is unlikely to become reality, today you can only see... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
While great strides have been made in 3D bioprinting, including the production of living tissue for drug testing and disease research, the ultimate goal is still elusive: to 3D print entire, working organs for transplant into humans in need. There’s a global... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 5, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
The ability to heal was once thought to be relegated to living things only, but that’s not the case anymore, thanks to technology. A great deal of work has been done in the development of self-healing materials, with the goal of applying them to everything from... 
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Jul 5, 2017 | 3D Printing, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
Jayda Pugliese is a young—and already award-winning—teacher who can serve not only as an inspiration to the fifth-graders she is teaching, but also to the rest of the world. The learning in Ms. Pugliese’s class is top-notch, with math students progressing... 
by Joris Peels | Jul 5, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
Bioprinting has been a much hyped and anticipated technology development. The idea of being able to 3D print organs is a very powerful one indeed. If researchers are successful in commercializing bioprinting then life could be extended for many people. In areas such... 
