Researchers at the University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, TU Delft and Unilever’s Innovation Centre have harnessed the power of 3D printing to perfect the texture of chocolate confecti...
Multinational automotive manufacturer Ford has deployed a combination of 3D scanning and printing to help restore the historic Michigan Central Station. By scanning and reverse engineering the damaged...
The 3D Printing Industry interviews series looking at low carbon power generation together with 3D printing and renewable energy continues with deep dive into the application of additive man...
Scottish aerospace firm Alba Orbital has announced the successful use of its PocketQube launchers to fire several miniature satellites into orbit. 3D printed entirely from CRP Technology’s Windfo...
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...