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Looking to nature to 3-D print materials that resist flaws and fractures

Researchers created models that predicted the fracture response, fracture resistance, and durability of synthetic materials that arranged their ingredients in various natural and synthetic geometries. They show that they could efficiently 3-D print such materials, and that their model accurately predicted the resulting material's properties.

Jul 2nd, 2014

Research on 3-D printed wrist splints boost for arthritis sufferers

Researchers developed a computer software concept that will enable clinicians with no experience in Computer Aided Design (CAD) to design and make custom-made 3D printed wrist splints for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers.

Jul 1st, 2014

3D printer uses recycled plastic bottles (w/video)

A new, groundbreaking printer filament is made in part from assorted post-consumer recycled plastic bottles.

Jun 30th, 2014

A chair 3D printed with mushrooms

Studio Eric Klarenbeek is exploring ways of 3D-printing living organisms, such as mycelium, the threadlike network of fungi, in combination with local raw materials to create products with a negative carbon footprint.

Jun 27th, 2014

3D-printed carbon-fiber epoxy honeycombs mimic the material performance of balsa wood

Harvard engineers use new resin inks and 3D printing to construct lightweight cellular composites.

Jun 25th, 2014

Research into the use of different metals in 3D printing will be the focus of a new collaborative centre (w/video)

RMIT University and Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences will build 3D metal printing research and development centres in their respective home cities.

Jun 25th, 2014

3D printed sausages on the menu at Europe's biggest science event in Copenhagen

Delegates attending this year's largest European science event - the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Copenhagen from 21-26 June - will have the opportunity to sample a 3D printed sausage, courtesy of EU-funded projects PERFORMANCE and CommNet.

Jun 20th, 2014

3D printer about to launch to the International Space Station (w/video)

NASA's 3D Printing in Zero-G ISS Technology Demonstration will demonstrate the capability of utilizing a Made In Space 3D printer for in-space additive manufacturing technology.

Jun 18th, 2014

Foot pain sufferers find relief from 3D printer

An EU-funded project has developed a way to quickly make customised corrective foot and ankle supports using 3D printers - and the results are already on the market.

Jun 18th, 2014

Fab-grade 3D printers break the speed barrier surpassing traditional injection molding (w/video)

Setting new benchmarks in speed and accuracy, the fab-grade 3D printers deliver high volume manufacturing in seconds without costly tooling or an extended supply chain.

Jun 17th, 2014

Researchers develop high-quality 3-D metal parts using additive manufacturing

Researchers have developed a new and more efficient approach to a challenging problem in additive manufacturing - using selective laser melting, namely, the selection of appropriate process parameters that result in parts with desired properties.

Jun 16th, 2014

Affordable precision 3D printing for pros

MIT spinout Formlabs brings high-resolution, low-cost 3-D printing to makers, engineers and designers.

Jun 3rd, 2014

3D bioprinting technique to build blood vessels

The researchers first used a 3D bioprinter to make an agarose (naturally derived sugar-based molecule) fiber template to serve as the mold for the blood vessels. They then covered the mold with a gelatin-like substance called hydrogel, forming a cast over the mold which was then reinforced via photocrosslinks.

Jun 1st, 2014