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3D Printing News Unpeeled: Polymers with programable degradation, four story buildings and Hypersonics
The Growing Additive Manufacturing Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics, or GAMMA-H project shows that the US government is serious about hypersonics. Meanwhile CyBe wants to 3D print a four story building…
ICON’s 3D Printing Construction Technology to Build 100 New Homes in Texas
A large-scale neighborhood of 3D printed homes is set to break ground in the Austin, Texas, area in 2022. The 100-home community, co-designed by international architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group,…
How a Team of Students 3D Printed a Lunar Rocket Pad Prototype
Early in 2021, a multidisciplinary team designed and tested the world’s first 3D printed rocket pad prototype for lunar missions. Built at a Texas Military Department location in Camp Swift,…
Estonian Researchers Create 3D Printable Peat Mixture for Cost-Effective Home Construction
By using 3D printing to fabricate structures ranging from hotels and houses to bridges and bus stops, the global construction industry is able to lower costs and increase production speeds, along with making improved, eco-friendly structures with…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 22, 2017
We’re talking about everything from business and 3D printing materials to outer space in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Using a new digital platform, thyssenkrupp has connected all of the machines…
CyBe Construction Unveils New Mobile 3D Concrete Printer, the CyBe RC 3Dp
Netherlands-based CyBe Construction has only been around for a few years, but in that short time, they’ve been making some big advancements in the world of 3D concrete printing. Last year,…
3D Printed Concrete Pedestrian Bridge Built in Madrid, City Representatives Call It a 3D Printing Milestone
3D printing is great for creating small things, like handheld figurines, but it’s also helping to develop and create really large objects as well, such as cars, and even houses built…
Graduate Student Plans to Use 3D Printing in Self-Sustaining Quarry Project in Rio de Janeiro
The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are well underway, and while we’ve all been cheering on our country’s top gymnasts, swimmers, runners, and other world-class athletes, 3D printing technology…
The Jamming Phenomenon: 3D Printing with String & Rocks May Change the Face of Architecture
Just pull the string and the whole thing comes down. While that’s some highly engineered string, the concept may simplify the world of architecture and construction in terms of materials…
Researchers Develop 3D Printed Lattices to Manipulate Buckling in New Mechanical Material
As most are well-aware by now, 3D printing can be used to make many items that are fun, and even whimsical, from 3D printed parts for train sets to integrating the technology…
Australian Researchers Go Nuts — Will Create Timber By 3D Printing With Macadamia Shells
The macadamia nut is something nearly all of us view as a delicacy. Generally enjoyed from a small and expensive container, we savor each little crunchy nugget of protein. Not…
