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Scroll and Diaphragm Nozzles with Gear Pumps: A Better Way to 3D Print?
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing, also referred to as material extrusion, is a technique that deposits heated material through a nozzle in order to fabricate parts and components. Rollers…
Partially 3D Printed Device Could Help Detect Credit Card Skimmers
I recently had my credit card information stolen, which was a fun ordeal. I still don’t know how it happened, but it could have been a credit card skimmer installed…
INL Researchers Use Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Process to Make Advanced Nuclear Fuels for Reactors
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), part of the DOE‘s complex of national laboratories and the top laboratory in the US for nuclear energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment, has been involved…
3D Images of 20,000 Vertebrates Open Source with oVert Museum Specimen Initiative
While 3D scanning has been used to solve a murder case and recreate a metal passenger aircraft, among other things, it’s really making a positive impact for museums. But I’m…
ARMI Experimenting with 3D Printing Cancer Cells in Next-Generation Biofabrication Efforts
Although 3D printing and the future are consistently mentioned together, what is already happening in the here and now is of great importance—and inspiration. We see 3D printing being used…
How University of Florida Researchers are Using 3D Printing and Digital Fossils to Improve Education
A recently conducted case study on the effectiveness of utilizing 3D printing technology to teach intricate subjects within science to young students showcases what researchers from the University of Florida have…
University of Florida Develops Silicone 3D Printing Process for Better Medical Implants
A major advance in the medical industry has been the 3D printing of silicone, a fairly recent development. The first industrial silicone 3D printer was debuted last year, though a…
Thinking Beyond the Desktop: University Libraries are Turning to Fusion3 Industrial 3D Printers to Make a Makerspace that Will Last
For the 3D printing industry, 2014 was defined primarily by the major printer manufacturers moving quickly and aggressively to educate the public on 3D printing and to get their desktop…
GRiP: University of Florida Student Follows Her Passion & Changes Teen Lives with 3D Printed Prosthetics
Follow your passion. You’ve probably heard this as Oprah’s mantra, seen it on countless Facebook memes, and maybe even have it needlepointed on a pillow somewhere–but does that plan actually ever…
New 3D Printing Complex Microscopic Constructs using Human Cells
Bioprinting is widely considered to be an integral part of the future of medical science. We have taken some incredible strides forward in developing applicable bioprinting technologies, but we are…
