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3D Printing News Briefs, June 30, 2022: Nuclear Power Filters, Fuzzy Filament, & More
We’re starting with a 3D printed part for the nuclear powder industry in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then we’ll move on to two separate research projects, before ending with…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 19, 2022
It’s another busy week of events and webinars coming up, starting with the AM Industry Summit in Long Beach. 3D Delta Week and the Silicone Expo are also taking place,…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 18, 2022: Awards, Standards, Research, & More
We’re starting off with some awards news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Additive Industries and 3DEO both won big at the TCT Awards. Also at TCT 3Sixty, Roboze…
Japan’s Mojamoja Contest Picks Winning Art from Failed 3D Prints
One person’s trash is someone else’s art. We’ve heard that before. It’s the basis of an entire artistic genre that began in the 1950s with experimental artwork made from scrap…
Cell Culture Startup to Tackle Heart Disease with Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and Toppan
Kyoto University spinout Myoridge was founded in 2016 as a bioventure, piggybacking on patented technology developed at the university’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS). Since then, the company cultivates…
Issey Miyake Brand 3D Prints High-End Sandals with Magarimono
For more than two decades, Japanese luxury label Issey Miyake set out to weave the future of fashion with its revolutionary A-POC (A Piece of Cloth) brand, and in 2021…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 7, 2022: Construction & Research
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs will start off with some construction news, as COBOD has released a 3D construction printer configurator, and a Japanese company says it’s 3D printed a…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 10, 2022: Standards, Services, Software, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, a proposed ASM standard will work to control how the cleanliness of metal powder feedstock. Meltio announced an official sales partner in Japan, Biohm…
Photocentric Expands with New 3D Printer, Materials, and Partnerships
Photocentric is the inventor of, and leader in, 3D printing based on LCD screen technology. Based in Cambridgeshire, UK and Arizona, US, the company has a patent in visible light…
3DPrint.com’s Top 10 Most Popular 3D Printing Stories of 2021
We finally made it to 2022! I feel like I said the same thing about 2021, but oh well. If you’ve been following along with us over the past week,…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 9, 2021: Business, Materials, & Research
A partnership between Prima Additive and Materialise is first up in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by news on a headquarters expansion from PrinterPrezz. Service bureaus in Japan are…
Laser Sintering 3D Printer Firm Farsoon Expands into Japan
Aiming to become a global company and support its additive manufacturing (AM) user base on a worldwide scale, Farsoon Technologies has established multiple regional partnerships, international offices and developed a…
3D Printed T-Rex Replica “Trix” to be Displayed at Japanese Dinosaur Museum
3D scanning and 3D printing technologies have been used many times in the past to learn more about the diverse group of reptiles we call dinosaurs that walked the earth…
Soft, Sensitive Robotic Gripping Fingers Made with Multi-material 3D Printing
Soft grippers enable robots to manipulate delicate objects, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re safe to use around living organisms, such as elderly people, so researchers continue working to…
Be Someone Else with Hyper-Realistic 3D Printed Faces from Japan
Have you ever wanted to be someone else for a little while? Just not be you for a few days? With these new 3D printed hyper-realistic face masks from Japanese…
Hybrid 3D Printing Technique Creates Plastic-Metal Structures All at Once
Until now, metal and plastic additive manufacturing technologies have been incompatible with each other because their melting points are very different. Moreover, current 3D printers employ either plastic or metal…
Japanese Giant Sumitomo Corporation Invests in Sintavia Metal 3D Printing
One of the world’s largest traders of goods and services, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) announced it will increase investment in metal additive manufacturing company Sintavia. The transaction, which is…
Bioprinting: Ricoh Reveals New DNA Plate for Lung Cancer Genetic Testing
Japanese global technology giant Ricoh and DNA microarray developer DNA Chip Research Laboratories created a DNA standard plate for blood-based genetic testing of lung cancer. Launched exclusively in Japan on…
Hybrid Construction 3D Printing in Japan Combines Advantages of Wet & Dry Spraying
3D printing in construction continues to expand in Japan, driven by the need for more efficient, affordable processes, and higher-performance materials overall. In developing new technology for the construction industry,…
Japan’s Septem Sells Fully 3D Printed Jewelry and Accessories
Adding visual sophistication to any design, 3D printing has become an enabler for innovative artists and designers to creatively challenge traditional jewelry and accessories. To that end, the fashion industry…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 10, 2020: 3D Systems, nTopology, Jellypipe
We’re discussing an upcoming event and some business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. 3D Systems is holding a virtual trade show next month. nTopology and Yamaichi have signed…
Japan: Real-Time Tumor Tracking & Quality Assurance with 3D Printed Phantoms & Moving Robotic Platform
Researchers from Yamaguchi University in Japan enrolled three lung cancer patients in a study about their work assessing a dynamic moving phantom system that can reproduce patient anatomy and 3D…
Ricoh’s Bioprinting Technology Could Help Improve PCR Testing
Seeking ways to uncover new customer applications in the biomedical field led Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company, Ricoh, to develop a proprietary bioprinting technology that is now being used…
3D Printing News Briefs: January 16, 2020
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got a little business news, followed by stories about materials, and finally ending with some 3D printed fashion. PostProcess Technologies is expanding in…
