3d printed electronics
Unchained with Open Source: Michigan Tech 3D Printing Course Teaches Students to Build 3D Printers
Hats off to Michigan Tech, and Dr. Joshua Pearce, for creating such a unique course that comes full circle in teaching their undergraduate engineering students about the world of 3D…
3D Printed BionicANTS & eMotionButterflies Work & Communicate Together
Taking all those sci-fi stories of robot armies to the next — and more realistic level — Festo has created one on the formicidae level with the BionicANTS, as well as…
BrainiHack 2015: Arduino Software & Brainwaves Run 3D Printed ‘Labyrinth’ Game
The 3D printed ‘Labyrinth’ takes mind games to the next level of fun, challenge, and — in this case — even winning awards. Participating in the Brainihack 2015 event hosted…
Researchers 3D Print Microscopic Light Beam Guides, A Step Towards Super Fast Computing
Recent innovations in using microscopic 3D printed guides to manipulate light carrying data give the information highway a whole new concept of speed and efficiency. What more futuristic way could…
Automated Etch-a-Sketch Gains 3D Printed Parts & Motor to Recreate Classic Art
With all the contemporary design software packages and digital conveniences that abound and intrigue us in the marketplace today, it’s a true testament to simplicity (and the urge to frustrate ourselves…
Build Your Own 3D Printed Mars Curiosity Rover Featuring LED Lights, All-Wheel Drive & Steering
3D printing and sustainability in space are a popular contemporary conversation as it becomes apparent to all what we will soon be able to achieve beyond the current achievements of astronauts 3D printing…
Semiconductor ‘Solder’ to Usher in a New Wave of 3D Printed Electronics
A research effort led by Dmitri Talapin, a chemistry professor at the University of Chicago, has demonstrated how semiconductors could be soldered – and even 3D printed — and still deliver the…
How to 3D Print a Working Video Game Controller & Other Electronics Using Play-Doh for Circuits
I truly believe that there will come a time, probably not too far off in the future, where we will all be 3D printing intricate electronic devices from the comfort…
Independent New Samsung Team to Explore 3D Printing, Robotics, Internet of Things
As many overseas electronics companies have struggled to keep their heads above water since the decline of the VCR, coupled with economic crises, Samsung has remained a solid role model…
Avengers Fan Building Enormous, Life-Size 3D Printed Iron Man Hulkbuster Suit
James Bruton has more than just enthusiasm for the Iron Man movie franchise and a love for Marvel Comics. He has a complex working knowledge of the suits worn by…
Glove One: The 3D Printed Smartphone Glove
Brian Cera is a maker who likes to give back to the open-source community of 3D designers and 3D printing enthusiasts, and that’s just what he is doing with a…
Soon You’ll Roll Up Your 3D Printed, LE-OFET, Flexible Computer And Put It in Your Shirt Pocket
Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs) were originally developed to produce extremely low-cost, large-area electronics aimed at producing printable and flexible electronic devices. Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science say…
Super Game Pi: 3D Print Your Own Large-Screen SNES Gameboy — from AdaFruit
Anyone who knows a passionate gamer, or is one, is probably well aware that this isn’t just a fascination with the games, but often also includes a penchant for checking…
Thingiverse User Brings You Open-Source 3D Printed Laser Cutter and Engraver
Thingiverse user villamany, of Spain, used the open-source inspiration of the RepRap community, and parts from his own RepRap 3D printer, to create his 3DP Laser Cutter and Engraver, the…
Holiday Fish Care: Helios Labs Creates 3D Printed Automated Feeder
The folks at Helios Labs must have been reading my mind all the way from Thailand, as I perused the holiday aisles searching for a big gift with some wow…
Voxel8 Receives Funding From Braemar Energy Ventures To Continue Their Work on 3D Printed Electronics
When the future of 3D printing is considered, a vision of fully functioning 3D printed electronics always pops into my head. Will we eventually be 3D printing smartphones from the…
Are 3D Printed Brains & Artificial Intelligence On The Horizon?
There are so many vast secrets that we humans work tirelessly, desperately to unlock. We want to know the secrets of the universe. We want to go to the moon,…
Mosaic Manufacturing 3D Prints a Working Flashlight Using Functionalize F-Electric Conductive Filament
My youngest son has always had a thing for flashlights — put one in his hand and he can’t put it down. He’ll gladly show you the way in the…
Rohinni Uses 3D Printing to Cast the Thinnest Light Product In the World
What if you could just print light on whatever you wanted? We’re watching 3D printing make progress in nearly every arena, so using it for creating one of the most…
3D Printed Electronics Move Forward as Optomec Unveils New Aerosol Jet 5X System
Some of the most exciting future applications for 3D printing involve the high precision fabrication of integrated electronics within objects. Imagine being able to 3D print an entire electronic device,…
Neotech Announces Release of 3D Printed Electronics Platform
German company Neotech AMT announced yesterday it planned to release commercially a production platform for sintering 3D printed electronics. This new machine, called LBS 45XE, uses light beam sintering to place…
Researchers 3D Print Electrically Conductive Strain Sensors
It is amazing how quickly 3D printing technology has been advancing. The advancements we have seen from the time Chuck Hull invented the process of stereolithography in 1983 until the…
Harvard Researchers Create 3D Printed, Self Assembling Lamp
Earlier this week, we wrote in detail about the 3D printed self assembling robot which was created by MIT researchers. Over the next decade or so, 3D printing will certainly…
Ynvisible’s Printoo, Paper-Thin Boards for 3D Printed Objects Launches on Kickstarter
In the future almost everything will be connected to the internet in some way or another, collecting data, and functioning off of commands received from the cloud, via mobile devices…
