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Using Symmetry and 3D Printed Medical Models to Repair Bone Fractures

In a new study, a team of researchers from China compared the clinical outcomes of treating isolated acetabular (concave surface of the pelvis) fractures with traditional 3D-printed planning models and…

3D Printed Dielectric Transmitarray Antenna Prototype Proves Enhanced Features of Novel Unit-Cell Design

A transmitarray (TA) antenna consists of an illuminating feed source and a periodic transmitting planar surface, which transforms an incoming wave into a desired outgoing one. It’s a good candidate for a…

3D Printing and Global Cooperation to Create New Cost-Effective Field Kit for Disease Diagnosis

According to the World Health Organization, there are up to 1 million new cases of leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease spread through the bites of sandflies, each year. The disease is curable…

3D Printed Prototypes Demonstrate Smart Windows That Can Keep Your Car Cool in the Sun

When you’ve left your car in the sun all day, unless you were lucky enough to find a parking spot under a tree, getting back in and sitting inside immediately…

Using 3D Printing, Lithography & Soft Robotics: New Prosthetic Hands Made for $50 at Cornell

What’s so incredible about the soft robotic hand created by a team at Cornell? It can grip, sort, and sense what it is touching. But what’s truly astounding is the…

Israel’s XJet is Developing Game Changing Inkjet Liquid Metal 3D Printing Technology

XJet is an Israeli startup that is developing what sounds like an amazing new metal 3D printing technology that looks like it could do for metals what Objet did for…

This 3D Printed Wireless Mouse Was a Collaborative Effort

Instructables contributor “machinest” decided that, despite the proliferation of cheap wireless mouse devices–they’re everywhere, aren’t they?–it couldn’t hurt to design one that could be 3D printed because, well, why not?…

3D Printed Spock Ears Dress Up Your Earmuffs in Tribute to Leonard Nimoy

As tributes go, this 3D-printed homage to the world’s most beloved half-human, half-Vulcan, Mr. Spock, is pretty easy to undertake: Follow the step-by-step instructions for 3D modeling and printing your…

Stratasys Expands ASA and Endur Material Offerings with More Colors, More Options

Stratasys knows what the people want: Options! Color! Materials! And they are delivering, with just-announced expansions to their ASA thermoplastic material line with 8 new color options and to the PolyJet…

Lock Sport Enthusiast Designs and 3D Prints Lock Picking Tools

Lock picking is certainly a handy skill when you or someone you know is standing — mouth agape with surprise and dismay — at the door, with no key, and…

The 3D Printed Sundial Watch Collection: Harness the Power of the Sun with Your Own Watch

It’s all the rage to go retro… but sometimes we like to go ancient. Face it, everything about the sundial is cool. Has it ever occurred to you that you…