Science & Technology
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Software, Science & Technology
The art of using 2D images to recover 3D facial geometry is known as 3D facial reconstruction, which has helped give long-dead historical figures a face and even identify murder victims. Researchers with Kingston University and the University of Nottingham have been...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, Robotics, Science & Technology
According to 3D printing guru Hod Lipson, who’s founded four companies, developed an innovative food 3D printer, co-authored two books and over 200 papers, and spoken at multiple industry events, robots will eventually be everywhere in our lives, thanks to new...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
In the past, the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) has used 3D printing technology to help with brain surgery, but now researchers from the Canadian university are focusing on matters of the heart. Mohammad Izadifar, a multi-discipline researcher who works with...
by Clare Scott | Sep 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
No one likes getting shots, and young children like getting shots least of all. Unfortunately, young children are typically the ones who need to get the most shots in the shortest period of time as they build up their immunity. Experts have talked about the...
by Clare Scott | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
If you’ve ever seen a glass-blowing demonstration, you’ve probably marveled at what a delicate process it is. The practice is an ancient one, and it’s remained a much-loved art form, even though most glass products are manufactured using machinery...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Sometimes when a new technology leaves the laboratory, it goes off to perform its functions in an industrial setting, research facility, or educational institute. Sometimes, though, its installation may be quite literally out of this world — and that’s...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
Earlier this summer, researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) were working on using a direct ink writing (DIW) process to 3D print silicone metamaterials with shape memory behavior – which technically makes them 4D printed, as the...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 13, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
3D printed hydrogels have had many different applications in the medical field, from delivering precise doses of medicine and making custom meniscus implants to engineering tissue so that in the future, we can create artificial, transplantable organs. Two years ago, a...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 13, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
Frequently, when we hear about self-folding 3D printable structures, they’re based on origami. But researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have built a self-folding printable device prototype that’s actually...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 13, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Make room, Wiivv and Feetz, as OESH Shoes joins you in the increasingly-busy 3D printed footwear arena. The Charlottsville, Virginia-based company is a subsidiary of JKM Technologies, LLC, and was founded by physician, scientist, and engineer Dr. Casey Kerrigan, with...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 12, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Science & Technology
You may remember, from last fall, seeing a 3D printable birdhouse that was resistant to predators, thanks to its durable, double-shell design and high entrance to keep chicks inside. There have been several other instances where 3D printing technology has been put to...
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Sep 12, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
3D printing continues to forge ahead via thousands of innovators around the globe. Affecting nearly every industry possible, today we see a wide range of hardware, software, and materials being used as the technology continues to hit the mainstream with its own...
by Joris Peels | Sep 12, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Editorials / Opinions, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
Full color 3D printing is the holy grail of 3D printing. To be able to 3D print an object in any color whatsoever with clear definition and no bleed would really make prototyping with 3D printing more valuable. If prototypes coming off the printer would look almost...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 12, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
The University of Glasgow received a £2.8 million grant in late 2016 in order to develop 3D printed bone for survivors of landmine blasts, which kill roughly 4,300 people each year. The Find a Better Way foundation, which was set up by football legend Sir Bobby...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 11, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Education, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
From a business perspective, 3D printing is increasingly being seen as a sound investment; the tech is taking off, growing quickly thanks to backing from strong strategists working to ensure that additive manufacturing is truly a market-ready technology. Medicine and...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 11, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
I got my first ear cartilage piercing when I was a freshman in high school, and had already removed it before I began my sophomore year – it had gotten infected, and after spending weeks using the alcohol cleaning solution the store had given me to no avail, my...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 8, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
It’s almost impossible to discuss advances in 3D printing today, particularly in Boston, without mention of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as the school not only produces well-educated engineers but also delves deep itself into additive...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 8, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
We’ve seen 3D printable biomaterials before, but never any like the ones engineers at Rhode Island-based Brown University have been working on. They have developed a technique to make 3D printed biomaterials that are able to quickly degrade on demand. The...
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Sep 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Science & Technology
Most of the world is well aware by now that 3D printing is about far more than printing out your favorite Star Wars figures and key chains bearing the logos of your favorite sports teams. From building rockets to human tissue, this technology is very serious...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 6, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Education, Science & Technology
As additive manufacturing technology continues to grow and spread, countries all over the world are working hard to make sure they’re always on top, and even ahead of, the latest innovations. From the Be3D conference and setting aside funding for an additive...
by Clare Scott | Sep 6, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Medical 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
The skin is an amazing organ with a high level of flexibility that’s difficult to reproduce synthetically. Fabrics like Spandex can mimic the stretchability of skin, but when it comes to wearable electronics, that flexibility gets tricky. Devices that are worn...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 5, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing, Science & Technology
In 2015, NASA awarded Washington-based technology firm Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to continue developing its Positrusion Recycler, which recycles plastic waste into 3D printable filament, for use aboard the...
by Clare Scott | Sep 3, 2017 | 3D Printing, Robotics, Science & Technology
Over 200 million years ago, during the Triassic period, plesiosaurs first appeared in the ocean. The swimming, flippered reptiles lived for several million years, until the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, but like their land-dwelling counterparts,...
by Sarah Saunders | Aug 31, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Scanning, 3D Software, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
It’s no secret that 3D printing is changing the face of the medical field. The technology has many applications when it comes to healthcare, from custom medicines and prosthetics to tissue engineering. Two doctors from Austin Hospital in Melbourne want medical...
by Clare Scott | Aug 31, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
If you’re familiar at all with Kapton, you may know it as its tape form. Kapton Tape is used commonly in electrical applications and is known for being able to hold up in extremely high or low temperatures – from about -450º to 500ºF. The material itself,...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Aug 30, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing, Popular Stories, Science & Technology
In Waltham, Massachusetts, Dassault Systèmes‘ North American headquarters houses a 3DEXPERIENCE Lab filled with an integrated ecosystem of advanced technologies. The 3,100-square-foot fablab was announced this year at SOLIDWORKS World and officially opened on...
