University of Toronto
SME Additive Manufacturing Community Awards at RAPID + TCT 2021
At the recent RAPID + TCT 2021 event, in between interviewing companies, walking the show floor, and watching the keynote presentations, I also had the opportunity to attend the SME…
McDonald’s Deep Fat Fryer Oil Could be Used as a Biodegradable SLA Resin at a Cost of $227 a Tonne
Professor Andre Simpson at the University of Toronto is the director of the school’s Environmental NMR Center, dedicated to environmental research. This research uses an analytical tool that is called…
Canadian Scientists Handheld 3D Skin Printer Promotes Rapid Recovery for Severe Burn Wounds
A handheld 3D skin printer developed by the University of Toronto (UoT) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre engineering researchers recently demonstrated accelerated healing of large, severe burns. According to the…
Canadian Startup is Turning Food Waste into Biodegradable, Plastic 3D Printing Filament
3D printing is often used in sustainability efforts, such as making tires, prosthetics, and cars from recycled materials, water treatment efforts, and stopping food waste with 3D printed vegetables and other…
Researchers Build Inexpensive Open Source Bioprinter for 3D Printing Branching, Hydrogel-Based Vascular Constructs
While 3D bioprinting is not yet able to fabricate full human organs just yet, it can be used to manufacture several different kinds of human tissue, such as heart and…
Researchers Create Portable Bioprinter for Deep Skin Wound Repair
While portable 3D printers do exist, the majority of them are not handheld, and generally use readily available materials, like PLA. But an innovative team of researchers from the University…
Students to Study Corn Syrup in the Sky for a Better Understanding of 3D Printing in Microgravity
If you’ve ever squeezed honey or syrup out of a bottle, you may have noticed that the thick, sticky liquid does a curious thing when it’s poured – it coils,…
US Solar Cell 3D Printer Usage
On May 25th 2017, the U.S notified the WTO and its 164 countries that it may place safeguard tariffs on imported solar cells. From 2012 the U.S. produced market share…
CAN-RGX: Two of Four Finalists in Canadian Space Challenge Studying 3D Printing
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is a national nonprofit organization that was founded in the 1980s by Peter Diamandis, Bob Richards, and Todd Hawley. It began…
University of Waterloo Engineer Builds 3D Printer for Bone and Joint Replacements
Over the years many different materials have been used to make bone and joint implants, including a wide range of plastics, ceramics and metals like titanium, with varying results. The…
Binghamton Engineer Uses $500,000 Grant for Redefining 3D Printing via Electrospray
It’s hard to believe that we’ve already reached any sort of crossroads where 3D printing could already need redefining, but if you think about it, makers and scientists have been…
3D Printed Sandstone Tiles Open Gateway to Beautiful Possibilites for Prefabrication
Sandstone has been used in construction since ancient times. Until now, if you wanted an impressive structure created from sandstone you only had two approaches to choose between: (slow option)…
University of Toronto Brings 3D Printed Prosthetic Legs to Children in Uganda
3D printing has been a godsend when it comes to the creation of prosthetic limbs. Over the past 2-3 years, we’ve seen tremendous advancements in the production of affordable, high…
Dozens of 3D Printed Lower Leg Prosthetics Are Being Produced at University of Toronto’s Critical Making Lab
Strides being made in 3D printing and prosthetics inspire me enormously because I know this technology is changing people’s lives in ways they never imagined. Learning about how expensive current prosthetics are…
3D Printed Joints Hold Great Promise for Patients Needing Joint Replacement
We’ve grown accustomed to the idea that 3D printing holds great promise for advances in the field of medicine. However, each individual advance is still thrilling as it promises even…
