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3D Printing News Briefs: December 26, 2019
For your holiday edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll get business out of the way first – Wipro 3D has launched Addwize, a new Additive Technology Adoption and Acceleration…
Whistling Walls & Sundial Arches: Ontario Architecture Students 3D Print with Clay
Students at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge, Ontario are bringing a whole new meaning to mixed media as they take on both 3D printing and the…
Arthur Mamou-Mani’s 3D Printed Architectural Brick Installation to be Featured at 2019 Salone del Mobile
“We want our designs to be magical, ethereal and trigger instant curiosity. To achieve this we use mathematics and physics through algorithmic and parametric design to maximise inexpensive materials.”– Mamou…
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…
Caterpillar Invests $2 Million in Fastbrick Robotics’ Brick-Laying Variation on 3D Printing
Caterpillar has been around for a long time and has built up a solid reputation in the manufacturing world. Despite its foundation in traditional manufacturing technologies, however, the company is…
ESA 3D Prints Sturdy Bricks from Sunlight and Moon Dust
In the future, we will live in houses made from sunlight and moon dust. Sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, doesn’t it? It could be reality for some…
Clever Quips Liven Up 3D Printed Bricks as OSU Student Replaces Missing Brickwork on Campus
A student at The Ohio State University is taking campus maintenance into his own hands by creating 3D printed bricks to fill in the spaces left by missing masonry. It’s…
Researchers Invent Sound-Shaping Super-Material Using Acoustic Metamaterials
A really interesting, complex technology we’ve been hearing about more and more often is metamaterials, which are able to morph according to their environment. Metamaterials can be 3D printed, and comprise…
Australian Company Fastbrick Robotics Introduces a Robot That Can Build a House 4X Faster than a Human
In the year 122, the Roman emperor Hadrian began building a stone wall that would eventually stretch more than 70 miles across Northern England. Constructed as a defensive fortification around…
Pixelstone: A Unique Brick 3D Printer That Could Change the Face of Construction
I’ve always loved the look of brick, whether on buildings or streets. There are still a few brick roads in my area, which I love – the color, the feel,…
Researchers Study Self-Assembly with 3D Printed Bricks, Hoping to Eliminate Factory Assembly Lines
Bricks have been used for thousands of years, with masonry as an art practiced by experienced souls, many of whom may be surprised to hear that a new study shows…
Mcor 3D Prints Incredibly Realistic Rana Plaza Brick Replica From Tragic Building Collapse
Besides the countless ways that 3D printing technology has changed and will continue to alter the landscape of manufacturing, it also has the capacity to improve and even save lives….
Researchers Create 3D Printed Interlocking Bricks Which Require no Mortar
Over the last six months alone, we have seen several companies and creative individuals introduce methods to 3D print large structures such as homes. Although there are no major commercial…
