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Anti-Virus 3D Printing Material Developed for Resin-Based AM
While the entire world isn’t locked down anymore, COVID-19 is definitely still here, and still causing plenty of problems. Cases in my area are, thankfully, going down, but (most of)…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 15, 2021: New 3D Printers, Business, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with a little business first. Then we’ll tell you about two new 3D printers, and then move on to 3D printed homes,…
GE’s 3D Printed Heat Exchanger Survives Unbelievable Temperatures
In 2019, through the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E), GE Research and several partners embarked on the use of metal 3D printing to produce more efficient heat exchangers. These devices,…
Silver, Copper, & Tungsten Combined to Make Antiviral “COVID-Killing” 3D Printing Material
As much as we all hoped it would be gone by now, COVID-19 is still spreading around the world, and so the pandemic continues. But, an interdisciplinary team of scientists…
Virginia Tech Team 3D Printing Rubber Latex
Making a scientific or engineering breakthrough requires a lot of legwork and research, but also teamwork. An interdisciplinary group of Virginia Tech researchers from the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), the College of Science,…
The Shield of Achilles: Greek Students Enjoy Learning Program Integrating 3D Printing Studies & Classical Studies
Angelopoulos and E. Solomou have authored ‘The Shield of Achilles using 3D Technologies to Support Teaching Scenarios of Homeric Epics,’ describing a recent interdisciplinary school program centered around the Homer’s…
Virginia Tech Researchers Introduce 3D Printing Device that Creates Using Crowdsourced Data
There are many people who still think that 3D printing must surely resemble the replicator machines from Star Trek – just tell the system what you want (tea, Earl Grey,…
GE Research and Project Partners Using Metal 3D Printing to Make a More Efficient Heat Exchanger
Heat exchangers are designed to efficiently transfer heat from one matter to another, and are being increasingly produced through the use of 3D printing these days, as the technology can…
Researcher and 3D Printing Enthusiast Authors Chapter in New Book on 3D Printing in Education
Dr. James Novak, a postdoctoral researcher, industrial designer, and self-professed 3D printing geek, started a blog called edditive back in 2014 as a way to document his 3D printing projects….
3D Printing News Briefs: December 30, 2018
In this week’s abbreviated 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got a story on a new type of 3D printing that makes it easy to 3D print small objects, and a…
3D Printed Building Initiative Just One Disaster Relief Project Highlighted at Earthquake Forum in China
3D printing has been used many times in relief efforts for natural disasters, such as earthquakes, and even preparation for and prevention of these disasters. Ten years ago in Sichuan, located…
Grants Awarded to FAMU-FSU and CCSF Offer Financial Support for 3D Printing Education and Research
Being awarded an educational grant can help schools take on innovative projects and research that they may not be able to do otherwise. In terms of additive manufacturing, grants can…
University of Alabama Students Wrestle with How to Take Down Drones
The primary concern that most people have with drones is how to get them up in the air and keep them there. Not so with Northrop Grumman Corp (NGC); they…