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3D Printed Metallic Glass Demonstrates Benefits of Both Metal and Thermoplastics
A team of researchers led by Jan Schroers, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale, has developed a way to 3D print objects from metallic glass. The material…
Soft Robotic Sheets Can Make Inanimate Objects Move
Among 3D printing’s many applications, the technology often crosses over into the field of robotics, including soft robotics. Soft robotics is a field that has been changing the way people…
The Integration of 3D Printing and Virtual Reality Creates R&D Tax Credit Opportunities
The 3D Printing and Virtual Reality industries lead some of the most fast-paced innovations in the global market. When the two are consolidated, the benefits to the global market and…
3D Printing, VR & AR: HP Teams Up with Yale to Develop Blended Reality Applications for Educational Settings
In 2014, HP not only announced their entrance into 3D printing, but also introduced the concept of “blended reality” with the unveiling of the Sprout, a platform that, among other features,…
Slow & Steady is More Satisfying: Researchers Print 3D Model to Test Airflow While Dining
My mother and her friends have serious affinity for couscous, whether it’s simple and steamed, in a salad with raisins and onions, or stuffed into something, heavy on the spices….
3D Printed Animotus Is a Handheld Smart Cube That Guides the Visually Impaired through Touch
We’ve followed numerous 3D printed innovations that have been created for the purpose of helping the visually impaired, from navigational-oriented methods to get around campuses, to ways to ‘view’ art exhibits and even…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — April 25, 2015
This week’s stories move from Europe and South Korea, to the developing world, to North American academics and makers. This news includes: a Dutch company’s new weekly 3D printed lampshade;…
Yale Student Creates Incredible Beer Bottle Keyboard with Help from 3D Printing
As we have seen in the past, musicians have adopted 3D printing in numerous ways, printing instruments, records, and even using the sounds of a 3D printer as the beat…
Yale University and OPM Collaborate on Ten 3D Printing Projects to Further Biomedical Applications
Connecticut: A very exciting collaboration is in the works to benefit biomedical applications powered by 3D printing. Oxford Performance Materials hits the headlines again, and this time they are teaming up…
