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CDFAM Symposium: Dedicated to Exploring Computational Design and Additive Manufacturing
CDFAM, a two-day symposium scheduled for June 14-15, 2023, promises to bring together leaders in the fields of Computational Design and Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) at the Newlab in…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: New Capillary Braiding 3D Printing Technology
Capillary Braiding is a new 3D printing technology that could be used to make micro wires, electronics and new structures. Meanwhile Orbex raises another $47 million to play with. And…
Autonomous Swarm of 3D Printed Robot Fish Could Swim Where Humans Can’t
We’ve seen 3D printed swarms of robots that are designed to pick up garbage, complete intricate production tasks, and even participate in surveillance, environmental, and search and rescue missions at…
MakerFleet: A 3D Printer Farm That Offers Customers Easy Access and Remote Control
You may have heard of the concept of a 3D printer farm – multiple 3D printers set up in one location, all working together in a 3D printing factory that…
Researchers Develop Multimaterial Voxel-3D Printing Method For More Direct Data to Object Translation
Modern approaches to physical visualization and data representations still mostly use a 2D display of 3D data sets on planar computer screens, which doesn’t always present the best results. A…
Bitmap-Based 3D Printing to Create Highly Detailed Anatomical Models
Doctors need MRI and CT scans to further evaluate, and diagnose, medical conditions. These scans produce high-resolution images in a series of slices which show the details of structures in…
Harvard Researchers Develop Novel 3D Printing Method to Give Soft Robotic Gripper the Ability to Sense Its Surroundings
Soft robotics has turned the idea of robots only being made of hard, rigid parts on its tail, and pairing the technology with 3D printing has led to some remarkable…
Shark Skin, 3D Printing, and Aerodynamics
Sharks have very unique skin – it gives the animals some help in rapidly propelling themselves through the water thanks to tiny, teeth-like scales called denticles. Four years ago, scientists…
Formlabs Brings Experts in Design, Manufacturing, Entertainment and 3D Printing to This Year’s Roadshow
There are some major 3D printing trade shows that cover all or most aspects of the industry, and then there are more niche events that focus on a smaller area…
Researchers Develop New Rotational 3D Printing Method
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has made a tremendous amount of progress in the field of materials science, and much of that work has…
Wyss Institute Researchers Continue to Advance Organ Engineering Through 3D Bioprinting
An organ transplant is a pretty miraculous procedure on its own, and its development and continuing improvement has enormously benefited its recipients. More than 30,000 people receive transplants each year…
Jennifer Lewis’ Work on 3D Organs-on-Chips Awarded 2017 Lush Prize
Innovators and researchers the world over work to develop products that address human wants and needs. Regulatory bodies the world over also work to ensure that the products that are…
Biomedical Research Team in Spain Working on 3D Printed Corneas to Make Up for Lack of Donors
While there have been some companies researching how to 3D print viable human corneas, it’s not something we hear about often…as least not as much as we hear about other…
Inspired by the Structure of Grass, Researchers Create Lightweight 3D Printable Ceramic Foam Ink
Metal may be the biggest thing in 3D printing right now, but ceramics are beginning to catch up to their fellow materials as new methods are developed for printing the…
Harvard Researchers Create 3D Printed Heart-on-a-Chip, Potentially Eliminating Need for Animal Testing in the Future
I’ve always hated the idea of animal testing. I try to buy products that don’t test on animals, though sometimes it’s hard to find reliable information. When it comes to…
Wyss Institute: Bioprinted Kidney Subunits Offer Future Potential for Testing & Transplants
Although 3D printing has truly earned its title as a revolutionary technology that will indeed change the way we do so many things worldwide—in nearly every industry—many have pointed out…
Plasmonics: Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT 3D Printer Allows for Innovative Solutions
Are you still wrapping your mind around the world of nanotechnology—and wondering why exactly it is that those brilliant minds in research labs around the world aren’t content enough just…
Nanoscribe Holds First-Ever User Meeting in US at Harvard University
In an industry where a majority of involved innovators are focused on making 3D printing technology better through making it bigger, the German-based company Nanoscribe GmbH is proving that printing at…
Making New Music with 3D Printed Metallophone Instruments
I am a university professor, and I have been guilty of this myself. Taking a subject which is actually a great deal of fun to explore and then, in the…
Research Team Furthers Quest to Expand 3D Printing Materials Options
I don’t think anybody questions the fact that 3D printing has done and continues to do amazing things. The questions being asked now are about how we can continue to…
Interview with Voxel8 Co-Founder Daniel Oliver – Are 3D Printed Batteries & Sensors Next?
At CES 2015, one company within the 3D printing space really stood out. Their name was Voxel8, and what they had come up with had the international media buzzing. Voxel8,…
Researchers Describe Method of 3D Printing Multiple Viscoelastic Inks from Single Print Head
When most of us envision a 3D printer we think of the MakerBot machines which use fused deposition modeling to fabricate objects layer-by-layer via molten thermoplastics, but in research labs as…
3D Printing Could be the Key to Economic Development in Southern Africa
The 3D printing industry is undergoing enormous growth globally as innovation seems to have snowballed. One Harvard professor is proposing 3D printing as key to industrial development in many Southern…
Researchers 3D Print With Epoxy Composites to Mimic Material Properties of Balsa Wood
3D printing processes have been undertaken using materials such as thermo plastics and UV-curable resins, but now materials scientists from Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have teamed up…
