3D Printing News
Keep yourself up to date with the latest 3D printing news from all over the world.
A follow up to the well-received Snapmaker 3D printer, the Snapmaker 2 is now live on Kickstarter. An all-in-one 3D printer, laser engraver and CNC carving machine, there are three new versions backable as pre-orders.
The competition challenged teams to design 3D printed habitats for deep space exploration. NASA awarded $700,000 in the final round to the first and second place winners.
Metal 3D printing is now common in applications that require high strength parts, but checking these parts for faults is still a challenge. A professor from the University of Cincinnati aims to solve this problem by freezing them in ice.
Scientists at Rice University developed a new technique for bioprinting tissues, bringing us one step closer to 3D printed organs.
In a world first, surgeons in South Africa used 3D printing to restore the hearing of a man whose ear was severely damaged in a car crash.
Markforged, the industrial 3D printing company, has launched a flame-retardant plastic 3D printing material for use in aerospace, defense, and automotive industries.
3D bioprinter provider CELLINK has launched new tissue model kits that provide customers with tissue-specific bioinks and antibodies.
The New Raw, a Rotterdam-based research and design studio, is turning ocean waste, such as abandoned "ghost" fishing nets, into 3D printed sculptures to raise awareness of environmental issues.
Department of Energy (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers 3D printed a "remarkable" all-liquid device which can carry out multistep chemical reactions on demand.
CONCR3DE, a stone 3D printing company, suggests using 3D printers to rebuild Notre Dame and has already printed a replacement gargoyle to prove it's possible.
The Italian fashion house Emporio Armani is turning heads with its latest billboard featuring a giant 3D printed version of its newly released sneaker.