autonomous cars

3D Printing News Briefs, January 8, 2021: Business, Doxing, 3D Printed Lights, & More

We’re starting with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as RadTech announced new board members and Ziggzagg is investing in AM-Flow’s workflow automation technology. Cults3D was recently in hot…

Breakthrough in 3D Printing Graphene Self-powered Sensors for Smart Tires

Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a breakthrough method to integrate self-powered, wireless strain sensors into smart tires using 3D printing and graphene. Their work was recently published in Nature,…

Interview With Greg Haye of Local Motors About Co-Creation and 3D Printing

Local Motors burst onto the scene in 2007 using crowdsourcing and cooperative design to develop cars. Their visionary and bold approach lead them to become a nexus for designers, engineers,…

How Artificial Intelligence Can Be Fooled with 3D Printing…and Stickers

Artificial intelligence is highly promising in many areas, but it’s still frighteningly easy to fool or confuse, it turns out. Recently, a group of researchers tested an AI algorithm by…

Local Motors Relies on MakerBot 3D Printers and Software to Make Parts for Autonomous Olli Vehicle

Last summer, 3D printing-friendly tech and automotive company Local Motors teamed up with IBM’s Watson IoT’s AutoLAB to release the self-driving Olli shuttle, which was created with 3D printing technology…

Driverless Cars Will Mean Fewer Deaths in Auto Accidents; Can 3D Printed Organs Fill the Resulting Organ Donor Shortage?

Self-driving cars have been talked about for a long time, and they’re finally starting to become a reality. There’s a lot to be excited about as we get closer to…

Questions Continue Regarding Tesla’s Claim of Autonomous Vehicles

Every year, my husband and I foolishly put several young children in our car and drive from North Carolina to central Mexico. This gives us plenty of time to engage…

Think Local Motors’ 3D Printed Strati Couldn’t Get Any Cooler? Winner of Essence of Autonomy Challenge Proves Otherwise

The future of transportation is a big topic around here, as 3D printing, robotics, and virtual reality all play a big part in the vehicles that will eventually be taking…

Ford Announces Plan to Have Automated Driverless Cars on the Road by 2021

A lot can happen in five years, although that amount of time seems to fly past nowadays. 2011 seems almost disturbingly recent, so 2021 might as well be just around…

Jaguar Land Rover Autonomous All-Terrain Driving Research Takes Self-Driving Cars Off-Road

Last week British automobile manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover announced that they were going to start testing their driverless car technology on roads in real world conditions. Over the next four…

Jaguar Land Rover to Begin Testing Self-Driving Cars with 3D Sensing Technology on UK Roads

You may be getting behind the wheel of a self-driving car even sooner than you expected.  While media hype has suggested that we would all be in self-driving cars within…

Honda Provides a Glimpse into a Driverless Future with 3D Printed Model Cars

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love a good road trip, and those who dread them. Many of us have a love/hate relationship with them….

LUTZ Pathfinder Driverless Vehicle is 3D Printed in Scaled Down Form for Large Presentation

When it comes to autonomous vehicles, many people have a hard time understanding the concept. For the past 130 years, people have been the ones to drive themselves and others…