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3D Printing News Briefs, October 22, 2022: Sustainability, Batteries, & More
We start with a metal AM sustainability report in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then a new 3D printing process that offers novel energy storage design options. The Navy…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: 3D Printed Solid State Polymer Electrolytes
YoutTuber Cranktown City is making a desktop glass bead sintering 3D printer, Design company Nagami is using six axis robots to make beautiful objects. A paper from Nature Materials by…
Australian Scientists 3D Print “Bone” with Living Cells at Room Temp
A novel, fast-setting ceramic-based bioink could allow surgeons in the future to 3D print bone with living cells to repair damaged bone tissue. Scientists from the University of New South…
The Countdown to the “Don’t Stop Me Now” Mission Has Begun for Rocket Labs
Space is one of the most attractive frontiers for humans and 2020 has been one of the most exciting years for space exploration. For starters, companies are sending rockets to…
Challenges for Today & the Future in 3D Printing Bioceramic Scaffolds
In ‘3D Printing of Bioceramic Scaffolds—Barriers to the Clinical Translation: From Promise to Reality and Future Perspectives,’ authors Kang Lin, Rakib Sheikh, Sara Romanazzo, and Iman Roohani explore 3D printing…
Award for Inventia Life Science’s Bioprinter That Creates Tumors for Cancer Research
In 2018, Sydney-based startup Inventia Life Science and researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) built Rastrum, a new bioprinter which uses inkjet technology to print human cells…
Partially 3D Printed Bricks Generate Electricity Through Temperature Changes
Bricks have been in use as building materials for millennia, but they can do so much more when science and technology are applied. A group of scientists led by King’s…
$3 Million Awarded to Collaborative Metal 3D Printing Research Team
A lot of effort has been going into determining the cause of flaws and defects in metal 3D printing, which can lead to weaknesses like spattering and micro cracking in…
E-Waste Microfactory Turns Waste into 3D Printer Filament
Many people struggle with trying to be good environmental stewards – while not being hoarders at the same time. I’ve been guilty of holding on to things that I should…
Changing the Concept of Waste: Using Microfactories to Turn Trash Into 3D Printing Filament and Metal Alloys
Waste is a serious problem in the world today, and we are the only ones who can do something about it, as much as we may wish that Captain Planet…
University of New South Wales Sees Launch of 3D Printed CubeSat, Awaiting Confirmation That All is Working Properly
Last week, the first Australian satellite launched in 15 years took off from the International Space Station. The CubeSat is part of the QB50 project, an initiative that involved sending a group…
3D Printed CubeSat Among 50 Satellites to Be Launched into the Thermosphere This December
At the top of my bucket list is finally seeing the Northern Lights. Although auroras very occasionally make an appearance where I live, they’re a rarity, and I’ve missed them…
3D Printed Microscope Chamber Cuts Cost by 50x
In the complex world of optical microscopy, the quest is to constantly improve access to samples, because this will yield more information and conclusive scientific results. One way to improve…
3D Printed Wheelchair Helps Another Lucky Cat Walk Again
It’s said that cats always land on their feet. Unfortunately, this isn’t necessarily true. I’ve seen cats topple in undignified heaps after ill-advised attempts to scale bookshelves or jump onto…
Computational Design Student Creates 3D Printed Spider Joints
Nazmul Azim Khan is a second-year student in the Computational Design program at the University of New South Wales. While taking a digital fabrication course he was assigned a project to…
