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3D Printed Models Aid in Sex Education for Visually Impaired Students
My sixth-grader just went through a round of sex education at his middle school. The first thing I learned from him is that he had no idea that I knew…
NAMIC: Singapore Initiative Aiding Companies to Develop 3D Printing Solutions
Singapore has decided against taking a “wait and see” approach to 3D printing. Instead the government has opted to help create an environment in which there are more than just supportive…
EU Establishes ELENA Network for Study of Nanotechnology Processes, Including FEBID Additive Manufacturing Technique
Nanotechnology proves that bigger isn’t always better. The technology is engineering, science, and technology at the nanoscale, which operates at one billionth of a meter. Think of it this way:…
Researchers in Germany Design Lower-Cost Device Screen Using Luminescent Proteins & 3D Printing Technique
In today’s society, it seems nearly everyone owns at least two or three devices with screens. Most devices with a screen these days, from televisions to more portable things like…
3D Printing Reveals Nanostructures That Create Color in the Blue Tarantula
The search for new ways to create color is as old as mankind. The quest to create additions to the palette that would expand art and design beyond the whites,…
3D Printing the House That Fixes Itself: DARPA’s Exploration of “Living Materials” for Construction Offers Incredible Potential
Nature has long provided a set of constraints upon construction. Along with those restrictions, however, also comes a rich source of inspiration that humans continually re-discover we are better off not…
New Zealand Professor Granted Government Funding to Develop Synthetic, Bioprinted Wood
New Zealand: a land renowned for sheep, Middle Earth, stunning scenery — and innovation. While there is certainly a lot to know about this far-flung country, most of which already…
Carnegie Mellon University Research May Lead to Enhanced Design to Reduce Porosity in 3D Printed Titanium, Leading to Stronger Parts
UPDATE: We have been informed by a source on behalf of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering and the Next Manufacturing Center that the information originally presented in this article cast the research…
University of Wollongong Researchers Plan to Ride the Waves with 3D Printed Surfboard Fins
Over the past few years, 3D printing technology has helped cultivate waves of innovation across a wide range of industries, whether it be on land, in outer space, or even upon…
Northwestern University Research Group Uses 3D Printing to Create Terahertz Lens
The Illinois-based Northwestern University has utilized 3D printing technology to research a variety of vital applications, from 3D printing fuel cells to 4D printing materials on the nanoscale. Now, researchers…
3D Printed Foam Could Keep You Warmer and Safer for Longer
It’s easy to get excited about the visible breakthroughs in 3D printing – the 3D printed medical devices, the architecture, the art. What we don’t think about as often are the…
Using Cellulose to 3D Print Food
Remember when you were a kid and you just didn’t feel right, how your mom would make you a big, steaming hot bowl of cellulose to warm your tummy? No?…
Using 3D Printers to Unlock Secrets of Humanity’s Distant Past
In 2013, recreational cavers Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker decided to squeeze themselves through an 8″ vertical chute for a distance of nearly 40 feet in the Rising Star cave system….
3D Printing Drones Heralding New Age of Disaster Housing
When an area has been impacted by a natural disaster, after the initial rescue and emergency medical care have been addressed, the next step in any effort is to figure…
Making New Music with 3D Printed Metallophone Instruments
I am a university professor, and I have been guilty of this myself. Taking a subject which is actually a great deal of fun to explore and then, in the…
3D Printed Whiskers Reveal Seals’ Secrets
Imagine if you had to track your lunch based on the disturbance it had caused in the air around it 30 seconds ago as detected by your beard. Obviously somewhat…
3D Bioprinting Takes Another Step Forward with Launch of First Living Cellular Bioink Kits
Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between news about advances in medicine and the plot for a B movie horror film. The latest developments related to bioprinting are…
Research Team Furthers Quest to Expand 3D Printing Materials Options
I don’t think anybody questions the fact that 3D printing has done and continues to do amazing things. The questions being asked now are about how we can continue to…
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh Receives Over $1 Million Total to Research 3D Printed Turbines
Research in regards to 3D printing has again kicked into high gear at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering–and so has the funding. As some of today’s brightest…
Entomologists Say 3D Printing Key to Saving California Avocado Crop
The vast majority of American-grown avocados come from California, and the rest come from Florida and Hawaii. The domestic avocado market is worth $429 million, and all but $23 million…
3D Printed Genetic Models May Help Find Future Cancer Treatments
There is so much to know about the complexity of life that has already been discovered and yet there is an even greater amount that still remains to be explained. One…
Keysforge: Easy, Automatic Production of 3D Printed Copies of High-Security Keys
While retinal and other biometric scanners are coming into play for some high-security applications, there’s still some ways to go before those are reliable enough for more common use–and so…
Biologists Watch Spiders Interact with Virtual Reality Using 3D Printed Treadmills
When it comes to virtual reality, do spiders get it? Why, yes they do. Not just relegated to thrilling the upper echelons of the food chain, the awesome fun of…
GKN Aerospace & University of Sheffield Establish Research Chair to Spur AM Research
GKN Aerospace and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) have established the GKN Aerospace RAEng Chair in Additive Manufacture and Advanced Structural Metallics, a five-year-long research chair which will be based at…
