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3D Printing News Briefs: July 10, 2018
We’re starting things off with a little business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to news from the medical and construction industries, and finishing up with a…
Direct Ink Writing Process for 3D Printing Mechanoluminescent Objects
Way back in 1605, English philosopher, statesman, and scientist Francis Bacon first demonstrated the phenomenon of mechanoluminescence – light emission resulting from a mechanical action on a solid – by breaking apart…
TU Wien Research Team Develops Method for High-Resolution 3D Printing of Tough, Homogenous Photopolymers
The Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) in Austria has completed plenty of research about unique 3D printing materials, such as magnets, over the years. Now, researchers are working on…
3D Printed Composite Materials Based On Mantis Shrimp’s Super-Strong Appendage
From designing better tandem wing airplanes and improved bomb detection equipment to making lighter weight electronics and helping paraplegics and amputees, people have turned to nature countless times to fix our…
Rice University Researchers Continue Work with 3D Graphene Foam
Foam, which is used in industries ranging from packaging and aerospace to infrastructure and sports, can be 3D printed, which can provide better durability and long-term mechanical performance than foam products…
MIT’s 3D Printable Magnetic Ink Creates Rapidly Shape-Sifting Objects
Often, when we’re dealing with 3D printed shape-shifting structures, they move when responding to different temperatures. But the innovative engineers at MIT, who have prior experience with using 3D printing to create…
3D Printing Viscous Materials: Advances Toward 3D Printed Rocket Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, Cookie Dough
A 3D printed object has to be able to support the weight of its own layers, as objects that are too fluid can collapse under their own weight. That’s why…
Reducing High Porosity and Improving Sealing Properties in Extrusion-Based 3D Printing
While there’s been a lot of ongoing research into what causes structural defects (porosity) and other flaws in metal 3D printed parts, let’s not forget that 3D printed objects made with…
Collaborative Research Team Develops Bioresin for DLP 3D Printing for Synthesizing Tissue
In typical biofabrication and 3D bioprinting methods, layers of cell-laden hydrogel structures called bioinks are extruded to build functioning biological tissues. But using bioresins laden with cells, instead of bioinks, for lithography bioprinting…
Virginia Tech Researchers Develop New Microscale, Multimaterial 3D Printing Method
A team of researchers from Virginia Tech University have developed a new method of microscale 3D printing, which uses in-situ resin mixing and robotics to 3D print multimaterial with programmed…
Machine Learning and Metal 3D Printing Combine for Real-Time Process Monitoring Algorithm
The day is slowly coming when metal 3D printing will be widely considered as a reliable industrial manufacturing method, but there are still some issues to deal with before we…
Researchers Develop Multimaterial Voxel-3D Printing Method For More Direct Data to Object Translation
Modern approaches to physical visualization and data representations still mostly use a 2D display of 3D data sets on planar computer screens, which doesn’t always present the best results. A…
Novel Approach to Optimizing Soft Material 3D Printing Detailed in New Research Paper
When it comes to 3D printing materials, from metals and self-folding plastics to biomaterials like soft tissue, the researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) know their stuff. Now, a research team from the…
3D Printed Swimming Soft Robot Uses Shape Memory Polymers to Paddle Forwards and Backwards
In November, researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) published a study that explained how shape memory polymers can be the catalyst for making adaptable materials that will…
TU Delft’s Multi-Axis Robotic 3D Printing System Makes it Possible to Print Without Supports
August 12-16 in Vancouver, SIGGRAPH 2018, the world’s largest computer graphics and interactive techniques conference, will kick off five days of interesting programming and exhibitions. Many research teams from around the…
Bitmap-Based 3D Printing to Create Highly Detailed Anatomical Models
Doctors need MRI and CT scans to further evaluate, and diagnose, medical conditions. These scans produce high-resolution images in a series of slices which show the details of structures in…
LENS Technology Used in New One-Step Process for 3D Printing Multimaterial Structures
Laser engineering net shaping (LENS), a patented, hybrid additive manufacturing technology developed by Optomec, is most often used for high-value metal 3D printing. It can also be added onto existing CNC…
Newcastle University Researchers Successfully 3D Print Human Corneas from Stem Cell Bioink
The outermost layer of the eye, the cornea, is very important in terms of focusing vision, as it allows us to see while light passes through to the retina. But with…
LLNL Provides Update on Collaborative Research into Why Flaws Occur in Metal 3D Printing Processes
While the potential that metal 3D printing has to truly shake things up in the manufacturing world is great, it’s not without its faults. Many facilities are putting forth significant…
Researchers Develop 3D Printed Smart Hydrogel That Can Walk Underwater and Pick Up Objects
Pairing 3D printing with smart technology has led to some amazing innovations, such as metal parts that can track the performance of machines, windows that can keep your car cool…
New Multi-Material Bioprinting Technique Advances On-Demand Complex Tissue 3D Printing
Advances continue to be made in the progressive field of bioprinting, pushing toward increased ability to 3D print human tissue. A study completed by a collaboration of researchers from UCLA, Brigham and…
2.5D Inkjet Printing Technique for Fabricating Precision Optical Components
There have been many breakthroughs with optical 3D printing, and now researchers in Switzerland are introducing a new one. The team, from the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM),…
New Elastic Biodegradable Hydrogel Could Help 3D Print Human Soft Tissue in the Future
Last year, Dr. Yi Hong, a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), received an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop materials for making…
3D Printed Mouthguards Designed for Use as Customized Drug Delivery Devices
The field of pharmaceuticals has welcomed many new innovations since 3D printing entered the picture, and one important application to take note of is drug delivery. We’ve seen capsules, micro-rockets, and…
