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Researchers Improve Upon Trabecular Bone-Inspired 3D Printing Infill with New Algorithm
Whenever someone picks up one of the various 3D prints I have on my desk, they usually exclaim over how light it is. While a lot of that has to…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 22, 2017
We’re talking about everything from business and 3D printing materials to outer space in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Using a new digital platform, thyssenkrupp has connected all of the machines…
A PEEK into Space: ESA’s Newest CubeSats Feature 3D Printed Electrically Conductive Bodies
The European Space Agency (ESA) has long been a fan of 3D printing, successfully testing a 3D printed platinum alloy rocket combustion chamber in 2015, announcing on more than one occasion…
3D Printed Bacteria Could Lead to 3D Printed Electronics in Space, Say TU Delft Researchers
It seems as though we can 3D print with just about anything these days – glass, sand, food substances, human cells, you name it – but one substance I never…
Researchers Optimize Robust, Lightweight, Bone-Inspired 3D Printing Infill
There’s so much more that goes into a 3D print than many people realize. To those unfamiliar with how the process works, it looks like simple magic – but there…
TU Delft Formula Student Team Races to Success with Help from 3D Hubs’ Student Program
The TU Delft Formula Student Team is one of the most successful teams in the history of the Formula SAE Student engineering competition, an annual multi-race event that challenges university students…
TU Delft Students Develop New Technique for 3D Printing Soft Robotics
I find soft robotics to be utterly fascinating. While the technology has been around for a while, it’s recently begun to really advance in unprecedented ways – thanks in part to…
Testing with the 3D Printed Mannequin Pays Off: Tour de France Cyclist Wins Time Trials
While much research and development is centered around making 3D printed items, from human organs to houses—in all of its wonder—this technology is also extremely useful just in the process…
The Next Rembrandt: Reaching Toward the Human Soul with 3D Printed Data
The technical world of 3D printing is an absolute wonder of precision and possibility. It has become clear that there is an as yet unlimited potential for improvement of the…
Dutch Students Create a Unique 3D Printed Metal Bicycle with Help from MX3D
It looks like something Spiderman might have built – a bike made of strong, silvery webbing somehow holding together tires, seat, and handlebars. In actuality it was created by a…
The 3D Printed Soft Robotics Hand Will Respond to Human Grip
Robots have already become an indispensable part of our lives. Everything from a Roomba to the automatic drink machine at McDonald’s and even the 3D printers that I write about…
The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — September 26
In this week’s stories we didn’t cover we have many examples of just how innovative 3D printing can be. For example, the still in-production Bloodhound Super-Sonic car has many 3D printed…
Competing For Luxexcel Award, Students Produce 3D Printed Malaria Diagnostic Tool & More
Students at TU Delft of the Netherlands are not only enthused about using 3D printing to do good in the world, and especially developing countries, but indeed they very well may have…
3D Printed Steel Pedestrian Bridge Will Soon Span an Amsterdam Canal
The oldest of Amsterdam’s approximately 1,280 bridges in use dates back to 1648. The city is famous for its beautiful canals and waterways, and Dutch engineers have long made their names in…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 2, 2015
This week’s news we didn’t cover includes new 3D printing services, such as Materialise’s upcoming massive 3D model database, Scanning Cars’ online selection of printable auto models, and Israel-based 3DShook’s…
O’Qualia Rolls Out CAPTOR, The First Fully 3D Printed Unmanned Aerial System
O‘Qualia builds unmanned aerial systems for the industrial and natural resources sectors in the Asia-Pacific region, and it was founded by a team of Dutch entrepreneurs to deliver unmanned aerial systems…
DragonFlex — A New 3D Printed Medical Device for Complex Procedures
Biomechanical engineer Filip Jelínek of the Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology has developed prototypes for a medical device which use 3D design and printing which is likely to…
Students Combine Prusa i3 Printer with a MIG Welder to Create an Affordable Metal 3D Printer
The technology behind 3D printing is still at an early stage, but progressing rapidly. One area where researchers and engineers are focusing their attention now is affordable metal 3D printing….
