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Materialise and Designer Benjamin Hubert Create the World’s First 3D Printed Consumer Wheelchair
London-based industrial designer Benjamin Hubert and his design company Layer will be debuting the first working prototype of their new 3D printed consumer wheelchair to 2016 Clerkenwell Design Week. The…
Metal 3D Printing and EBM Technology at São Paulo — A Few Questions For: Arcam
With Inside 3D Printing São Paulo taking place just last week, the excitement lingers over everything that was shown at South America’s largest 3D printing event. We were certainly looking forward…
Metal 3D Printing in the Benelux: FMI Instrumed as First Provider of Orthopedic Titanium Implants
As we began to hear more and more about 3D printing with metal, interest began to pique around the world—and in fact, even many novices you speak with today may…
Italian Hospital Begins Using 3D Printed Prosthetic Bone Implants on Cancer Patients
There are more than a hundred different varieties of cancer, and many of them can present themselves in wildly inconsistent ways, at inconsistent times, seemingly at random. A friend who…
Gigi the Macaw is the Proud Recipient of the World’s First 3D Printed Titanium Beak
Over the weekend, I was hanging out with a family member when she told me about her friend’s dog, who recently had to have her leg amputated because of cancer….
Cancer Patient Receives 3D Printed Titanium Vertebrae in History-Making Procedure
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer – any kind of cancer – is hard enough, but imagine being told that your particular type of cancer is going to cause you to…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — February 20
This week’s news is filled with 3D printing investments and collaborations on the business side of things. Becoming 3D has become a Value Added Reseller for Solidscape, and Materialise is…
Bangkok Surgeons Successfully Replace First Metacarpal with 3D Printed Titanium Bone
Those being introduced to 3D printing for the first time often see it as something akin to magic. With the click of a button we can suddenly make items we…
A Blending of Old Ceremony with New Science
Time Honored Traditions Once carried into battle by armor clad warriors, the mace has always held a place of respect. It was one of few weapons able to defeat armored knights….
How, When, Why: A Guide to 3D Printing with Titanium
3D printing with metals has been around for a few years now, but as the technology and software that run 3D printers drop in price, it is starting to be…
3D Printed Titanium Helps Make This Drone Ready to Fight Fires
Apparently it is actually pretty easy to strap a flame thrower to a drone and start lighting stuff on fire, so surely it would be just as easy to make…
3D Printing Titanium Market Gets Boost from RTI International Metals Investment in Norsk Titanium
If you have been around the 3D printing industry much then you probably already know about Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) technology. This process melts wire and then directly deposits the metal…
Beijing University Unveils Enormous 3D Printed Aircraft Frames & More, Created with SLS Technology
We’ve known for quite some time that various aircraft parts have been and continue to be fabricated with the help of additive manufacturing (3D printing). However, this week at a Science…
Ethiopian Man, Shot in the Face, Receives 3D Printed Titanium Mandible Implant
3D printing seems as though it is becoming rather commonplace within hospitals in China as of late. Perhaps it’s the country’s willingness to share these various stories with the media,…
23-Year-Old Girl is Recipient of Large 3D Printed Titanium Skull Implant
Each and every day, we seem to come across yet another story in which 3D printing aids in helping people around the world live better lives. The medical uses of…
Israeli Government & Aerospace Business Consortium Target 3D Printing Titanium Components
A consortium of groups, led by Elbit, Israeli Military Industries, and Orbit, will begin by focusing on exploiting existing printers used to manufacture aerospace parts rather than develop new printers–but…
UK Collaborative Research Agreement TiPOW to Examine Titanium Aerospace AM Materials
One of the hottest areas of research in the additive manufacturing field is metal materials. With focus especially on creating usable parts for industries like aerospace, investment into research is…
Japanese Designers Unveil an Amazing 3D Printed Titanium Bike
We are beginning to go from having a mentality of “What can 3D printing be used for?”, to one of “What can’t 3D printing be used for?”. We have seen…
Tumor Patient’s Shoulder & Arm are Saved From Amputation Thanks to 3D Printed Shoulder
When most people hear the phrases “additive manufacturing” or “3D printing”, they usually picture the technology being put to use in large factories, creating prototypes, or in someone’s garage who’s making…
NC State’s Chancellor Receives Surprise Titanium 3D Printed Football Prior to Spring Game Today
Although we are still several months away from the kickoff of the 2015/2016 college football season, that doesn’t mean we can’t already start getting excited–after all, this will only be…
Surgeon Turns Horrid Tumor Prognosis into Amazing Story by 3D Printing a Pelvic Prosthesis
3D printing has been used more and more often in medical practice. Doctors and surgeons are beginning to really realize the benefits associated with the use of this technology. For one…