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3D Printing G-Code Gets an Upgrade: T-Code
Good old G-Code still manages many 3D printers, great and small. Just like the STL, it’s a standard that enables collaboration while also holding the additive manufacturing (AM) industry back….
Blind Parents “See” Baby’s Face with 3D Printed Ultrasound Models
People who are blind use their hands to see what their eyes cannot, and 3D printing has been very helpful in creating more tactile opportunities and experiences for the visually…
Prominent Organizations Invest in 3D Printers and Post-Processing Technology
In 2016, Ultimaker released the Ultimaker 3, the latest in its line of popular, highly praised desktop 3D printers. It was followed by the Ultimaker 3 Extended, a larger version of…
Remaking Bronze Johns Award Statuettes with 3D Printing
Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 by the eponymous philanthropist with a bequest of $7 million, the single largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United States at that…
Johns Hopkins Researchers Develop 3D Printable Bones Using Real Bone Cells
According to Johns Hopkins researchers, every year due to birth defect, trauma or cancer, more than 200,000 people will need replacement bones in their face or skull. Typically, doctors would…
3D Printing Leads to New Understanding of Zika Virus, Hope for Future Treatment
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past year, you’ve been hearing – and possibly worrying – a lot about the Zika virus. While it isn’t much…
Release the CRACUNS! 3D Printed Drone Can Lurk Underwater for Months Before Launching Into the Air
Drones are becoming more and more flexible and capable of things that were unheard of just a few years ago. We’re seeing 3D printing drones and firefighting drones. Futurists have predicted the…
Johns Hopkins Students Build a 3D printer of Their Very Own with Buildclass
These days most people can simply buy a pre-made 3D printer and only need to press a button to get it to work, but there are those in the maker…
A Biotechnology Makerspace called BUGSS is Helping Make Baltimore a 3D Bioprinting Hub
3D bioprinting is the process of using 3D printing technology to generate living cell structures that maintain the cell function and growth within the printed tissue. The first bioprinting patent…
