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3D Printing News Briefs, September 28, 2024: Seed Funding, Consumer Goods, & More

We’re starting 3D Printing News Briefs today with seed funding news from a historic research program, and then moving on to technology awards. Then it’s on to a 3D printed…

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Going for Gold: All of the Ways 3D Printing Is Used for the Olympic Games

The Olympics are my favorite sporting event—I scream at the television during sand volleyball and speed skating the way other people do during football games, American or otherwise. Nearly 29…

Metron 3D Prints Bicycle Components for the Tour de France and Olympics

Dimitris Katsanis’ life has been steeped in cycling. He sprinted on track bikes before studying composites in college. He started making carbon fiber bike parts in 1996 and has made…

Using Metal 3D Printing to Make an Innovative Bike Part

EOS GmbH is the market leader in metal and plastic powder bed fusion systems. Also called selective laser sintering, laser sintering or SLS. The metal variants are called Direct Metal Laser…

Failure Teaches the Best Lessons — A Few Questions For: Georgia Tech’s 3D Printed Racing Bike Team

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett As spring flowers bloom and trees bud new leaves, many are inspired to spend more…

Pininfarina and De Rosa Join Forces to Create a 3D Printed Italian Racing Bicycle

At 13 years old just after the war in 1947, Ugo De Rosa was crazy about bicycles. He reveled in reviewing the feats of the great road racers Bartali and…