3D Printing News & Features
Keep yourself up to date with the latest 3D printing news from all over the world and the latest features, interviews, comments, and exciting stories.
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.
3D bioprinter provider CELLINK has launched new tissue model kits that provide customers with tissue-specific bioinks and antibodies.
Benjamin Nenert, a designer and specialized technician of Porsche vehicles, won the 3D Printing Project Award for his design of a 1983 Porsche engine component.
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.
myReflection is a company set up by a couple in New Zealand which uses 3D printing to create comfortable prosthetic breasts for women who have had a mastectomy.
Have you ever found yourself watching Game of Thrones and wondering if you could 3D print any of this stuff? And if so, how long would it take? Here's a hint: Get ready for some long waits.
Adidas expands its line of Futurecraft 4D sneakers with the release of the Y-3 RUNNER 4D II. Produced using Carbon's speedy 3D printing technology and designed by Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, sneaker connoisseurs are sure to get a kick out of these.
Chinese researchers have developed a new one-step 3D printing process to create electronic threads for e-textiles. These will harvest and store electricity on fabrics while making wearable technology less cumbersome.
For the first time, Canadian researchers have 3D printed chalcogenide glass which could one day result in the low-cost manufacturing of complex optical components.