In March 2020, German automaker Porsche announced that it would begin testing a new production concept: partially 3D printed bodyform bucket seats. Now, it appears that the trajectory from the testing to t...
Created using a commercial Craftbot 3 FDM 3D Printer, the team’s TPU-based medical device is filled with a jellified antibiotic that, once in position, can be released to help relieve feminine itching. Having v...
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have successfully 3D printed four-legged swarm robots capable of traversing complex terrain and overcoming obstacles in their path. Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, a Robo...
Researchers from Tianjin University, China, have 4D printed a self-propelling soft robot capable of roaming around on its own.The tube-shaped robot is made of a material called a liquid crystal elastomer, and it sel...
XRobots’ James Bruton, a robotics engineer and 3D printing YouTuber, has commenced work on V3 of his 3D printed robotic dog.Dubbed openDog, the open-source project has been running for a couple of years now and is intend...
The 2021 3D Printing Industry Awards shortlists are open for voting, have your say now.Sardinian architecture and design firm MASK Architects has designed what it claims is the world’s first steel 3D print...
Researchers at the UK’s Loughborough University have managed to turn polymeric refuse collected on the African continent into low-cost agricultural tools for local farmers there. Working as part of the ‘Ci...
Prescription lens 3D printing specialist Luxexcel has announced a commercial partnership with fellow lens manufacturer Optiswiss. As part of the deal, Optiswiss has installed Luxexcel’s VisionPla...
We’ve got exciting news to share in the world of autonomous vehicles (AV), as Local Motors, Inc., a ground mobility company that designs, manufactures, and deploys next-generation vehicles, such as the&nbs...
As nations attempt to address climate change concerns with increased production of electric vehicles (EVs), manufacturers are exploring opportunities to advance their operations overall by deploying new fab...
This spring, Ricoh USA, Inc. partnered with enterprise imaging solution IBM Watson Health to develop an end-to-end solution for 3D printing anatomical models. It seems this partnership is continu...
While the aerospace giants, like Airbus, are working to get 3D printed components into the largest of jumbo jets, additive manufacturing (AM) in aerospace is continuing apace across the industry. This inclu...
You may have noticed that industrial 3D printing projects seem to perennially be delayed. Desktop 3D printers also always suck, initially. New designs for systems are finicky and underperform no matter how e...
One of the most essential workers on an Amish farm is the mighty draft horse…having gone to college about an hour south of the heart of Ohio’s Amish country, I can attest to this. Amish farmers, like Menno...
A 3D printed biomimetic graft developed by a multidisciplinary team at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute led by Gliklich Healthcare Innovation Postdoctoral Research Fellow Nicole Black is seeking 510K clearan...
Engineers at the Canadian McGill University and Ryerson University have managed to turn environmentally-damaging wind turbine waste into a robust new PLA 3D printing material. Using a mixture of...
New research from the US suggests that a well-established method of reducing residual stresses in metal 3D printed parts may not be as effective as the additive manufacturing sector thinks it is. &nbs...
Sauber Engineering AG, a division of the historic motorsport team Sauber Group, has told Metal AM that it intends to establish a 3D printing business for producing on-demand classic car spare parts. H...
It’s likely you’ll have seen Richard Browning, the founder of UK-based human flight company Gravity Industries, test his Jet Suit on board a British warship recently. The design, which has been in developm...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have utilized 3D printing to develop more comfortable radiation-receiving antennas for cancer patients to wear during microwave breast hyperthermia procedures.&nbs...