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Greater Customization Of 3D Printed Scaffolds Now Possible With New Bioink
Charles R. Goulding and Arianna Coger consider new advances that could lead to great strides forward in bioprinting capabilities.
E-Waste And Duke University’s Impact On Recyclable Electronics Via 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine consider research into 3D printing to impact e-waste.
This 3D Printed Battery is Biodegradable
Researchers at Empa, a Swiss research institute, have developed a 3D printable battery concept that is entirely biodegradable.
New Method To Increase Color 3D Print Surface Quality
Researchers have developed a way for software to help improve the appearance of full color 3D prints.
Now Possible: 3D Printing Magnetic Monopoles
Researchers at the University of Cardiff have found a way to produce a magnetic monopole-like material using 3D printing.
NIST Identifies Method Of Measuring Metal 3D Printing Stress
The US NIST has developed a technique for measuring mechanical stress in 3D printed metal parts that could change how 3D printing is done.
Parametric Slit Injection 3D Printing
Researchers have developed a method for 3D printing flower jellies.
Let’s Recycle Your 3D Prints Into Jet Fuel
There may be a path to solving the dilemma of unwanted 3D prints.
Why Would You 3D Print Leaves?
Researchers have done something no one has done before: 3D printing “living” leaves.
Supercharging Volumetric 3D Printing
New research shows a method of greatly simplifying future volumetric 3D printers.
The Increasing Viability Of Lab-Grown Organs Due To New 3D Printing Technology
Charles R. Goulding and Arianna Coger investigate FLOAT, a new bioprinting approach.
Incredible New Tech Can 3D Scan Glass Objects
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a new approach for 3D scanning that works with reflective objects.
Research Breakthrough on Electrically Conductive 3D Printing
Researchers have uncovered the cause of a major problem with 3D printing conductive materials.
Creating Real Human Bone With 3D Printing
New research at the University of New South Wales has shown a way to 3D print actual human bone. Bone is a highly complex human tissue, as it is both strong and lightweight, mostly due to the detailed natural lattice structure on the interior. Most times a damaged bone can heal itself; a break needs… Continue reading Creating Real Human Bone With 3D Printing
Bowyer Developing 3D Printed Electric Motor
The folks at RepRap Ltd are working on an experimental 3D printed brushless DC electric motor.
Essentium Boosts Aerospace Research
Essentium announced an arrangement to provide AM equipment and expertise for aerospace research.
Fictiv Releases 2021 State Of Manufacturing Report
Fictiv released their annual report on the State of Manufacturing.
Sculpteo Releases State Of 3D Printing Report 2021
Sculpteo has released their annual report on the state of 3D printing for 2021.
Invented: 3D Printable Ivory Analog
TU Wien has developed a 3D printable material that mimics real ivory.
Scooping Free Power From 5G With 3D Printed Rectennae
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a way to harvest free electrical power using 3D printing.
Growing Brains With 3D Printed Bioreactors
A 3D printed solution could allow breakthroughs in brain research.
Functgraph: Adding Automation And Sandwiches To Any 3D Printer
A method of adding pick-and-place automation to a 3D printer has been developed.
Analyzing AM Part Quality At Scale
Researchers have developed an approach for measuring 3D printed part quality over multiple machines.
Wohlers Report 2021: 3D Printing Growth In Adversity
The 26th annual edition of the seminal Wohlers Report has been released, detailing (some) ongoing expansion in additive manufacturing even during a global pandemic.
Could Chemical Recycling Promote Circular Economies in Manufacturing?
New chemical recycling process preserves material performance without downgrading.
Is FROMP the Next Cost-Saving Thermoset Polymer Curing Strategy?
Using a chain reaction, this new polymerization process could save millions in curing costs.
High Entropy Alloys In Additive Manufacturing
New research investigates the properties of high entropy alloys when used for additive manufacturing.
Self-Sterilizing 3D Printing Material?
Researchers have developed new polymers that can automatically disinfect themselves, including for SARS-CoV-2.
New Soft, Stretchable Metal Can Be 3D Printed
While attempts to develop a new material may not always pan out, a successful attempt in 2018 has led to ongoing research and new potentials.
Implications Of NIST’s $4 Million Support For Metal Additive Manufacturing
At the end of 2020, the NIST awarded almost $4 million in grants supporting metal 3D printing measurement methods and standards.
The Institute For Advanced Learning And Research Sets The Bar High With A $25.5 Million Center For Manufacturing Advancement
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has built a Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) that spans 51,250 square feet on the IALR campus.
Purdue Investigating Methods To Enhance Construction 3D Printing?
A news release from Purdue University indicates the institution has been quietly developing new methods of automated construction.
MIT’s LaserFactory: One Step To Produce Functional Objects
MIT has developed a device that can literally produce a fully functional object in one step, with no human intervention.
Finally: Method Discovered To Easily Decompose 3D Print Material
Researchers have identified a method of easily — and ecologically — disposing of PET thermoplastics.
New Technique Could Be The “Belt Printing” Equivalent For Resin 3D Printers
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed an incredible new approach for 3D printing with resin materials.
In-Body 3D Printing Under Development
There may soon be a way to 3D print bones directly into patients.
Bacteria Could Provide Eco-Friendly Plastics
Researchers have found a way to persuade cyanobacteria to produce larger quantities of a certain thermoplastic.
Barriers And Benefits With Additive Manufacturing
With the surge in industrial use of additive manufacturing technologies, it’s useful to know what benefits exist and which barriers still remain.
Bioprinting Cartilage Tissue To Help Knees Function Again
The Wake Forest Institute has bioprinted regenerative knee cartilage tissue to replace damaged knee cartilage.
Are Biocompatible 3D Printer Resins Truly Safe?
New research has uncovered previously unrecognized toxicity issues with certain biocompatible resins.
Xolography—The Latest Innovation in 3D Printing
New technique improves accuracy of linear volumetric 3D printing method.
Sensitive, ‘Invisible’ 3D Printed Sensors
Using 3D printing technology, Researchers from the University of Cambridge created electronic fibers 100 times thinner than a human hair, making sensors with massively improved capabilities.
You May Soon Upgrade Your 3D Printer To Not Require Supports
Researchers at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have developed a novel approach to 3D print extrusion that could transform many desktop 3D printers.
Researchers Find Method To Align Fibers During 3D Printer Extrusion
Researchers have developed an unusual “morphing nozzle” that can orient fibers during 3D printing.
Improving The Ability To 3D Print Food
Researchers have discovered a straightforward treatment that could improve the ability to 3D print food.
New 3D Printing Material: Fungus
Researchers have developed a unique and eco-friendly material for 3D printing: fungus!
Stretchable Sensors Could Assist Complex 3D Printed Designs
Researchers have developed an unusual type of strain sensor that I think may have an effect on certain types of future 3D printed designs.
The UK’s Design For AM Network
There’s a meeting place for those working on methods for additive manufacturing design in the UK: the Design for AM Network.
Magnetocuring Technology Could Point To A New Form Of 3D Printing
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a new type of adhesive that could lead to a different form of 3D printing.
New Volumetric 3D Printing Patent Granted
The developments in volumetric 3D printing continue with a new patent being recently granted by the USPTO.
3D Printing MicroCapsules For Liquid Application
New research has developed a method of including microscopic capsules of liquid within 3D prints.
xolo Reveals Some Secrets of Volumetric 3D Printing In New Research Paper
New information about secretive volumetric 3D printing startup xolo is revealed in a newly-released research paper.
What Is The Maximum Resolution Of Resin 3D Printing?
New research has shed some light on the intrinsic resolution of photopolymer 3D printing.
How To Fully Leverage 5-Axis 3D Printing
New research has uncovered ways to optimally use 5-axis 3D printing.
The Case For 3D Printing Learning Aids
I’m reading an interesting analysis of how educators could save cash by 3D printing their own learning aids.
New Superalloy Class Points To Defect-Free Metal 3D Printing
Research may have identified a new class of 3D printable metals that can overcome current limitations.
Carbon 3D Printing Goes To Dental School
The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) at Boston University became the first dental school in the U.S.A. to install and implement a Carbon M series 3D printer.
Can 3DQue 3D Print Engineering Materials On The Creality Ender?
I had a discussion with the techs at 3DQue and discovered they have found a way to 3D print many different engineering materials at very low cost.
3D Printed Field Testing Shows More Weather Science For Less Money
Sometimes “field testing” is very literal, as Argonne National Laboratory’s recent work with a 3D printed weather station highlights.
Advanced Nuclear, 3D Printing, And R&D: Exploring The Way Forward
Charles Goulding Jr. considers the future of nuclear energy and its acceleration via 3D printing.
Ear-y Developments In 3D Printing And R&D
Charles Goulding Jr. takes a look at bioprinting developments targeting the complex ear.
Major Development: Researchers Find Method To Predict Resin Performance
In an incredible experiment, researchers were able to simulate the molecular behavior of 3D printing resins.
Pop Up 3D Prints Of The Future
Researchers have been experimenting with techniques to 3D print objects that can be unfolded into their full size after printing.
3D Printed IoT Products Are Coming
A quirky 3D print experiment from a few years ago seems to be leading towards an amazing plastic IoT future.
The Art And Science Of Predicting Polymer 3D Printed Part Strength
Swapnil Sinha is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University whose research in additive manufacturing shows strength for the future of both DfAM and in-situ embedding in 3D printed parts.
A Microswimmer Experiment Leads To A Tiny #3DBenchy
Researchers at the University of Leiden have been 3D printing microswimmers and are testing all options.
NIST Scientists Make Advances In 3D Printing Gels And Soft Materials
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently invented a method to 3D print gels and soft materials.
MakerBot’s New Report Details Trends In 3D Printing And STEAM Education
MakerBot recently released a report analyzing the use of 3D printing in education and its application across grade levels.
Zortrax Completes Conductive PEEK 3D Print
Zortrax worked with the European Space Agency to successfully 3D print and test a conductive high-temperature material.
A Universal Carrier Ink For Bioprinting
Cellulose fibres and biodegradable nanoparticles were combined by researchers at ETH Zurich to produce a gel that could pave the path for personalized biomaterial implants.
Generating Gradient Material 3D Prints With GraMMaCAD
Fraunhofer IGD has developed a new type of software for 3D printing that enables use of gradient-style materials.
3D Printing Isotopes!
Argonne scientists have developed an innovative method to more accurately, cost-efficiently, and reliably recycle an important medical isotope using 3D printing.
Q2 2020 3D Printer Sales In CONTEXT
More than half a year into pandemic, how are 3D printer sales looking across the globe?
X-Ray 3D Printing!
Researchers have developed a method for 3D printing microstructures using X-rays.
How To 3D Print Tensegrity Structures
Researchers have found a way to use 3D printers to produce tensegrity structures.
Impresión 3D Y Las Tendencias De La Población Latina
Andressa Bonafe y Preeti Sulibhavi examinan la interacción entre la composición demográfica y la actividad de impresión 3D.
3D Printing And Latino Population Trends
Andressa Bonafe and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the interplay between demographic makeup and 3D printing activity.
MakerBot Releases 2020 3D Printing Trends Report
MakerBot has released its 2020 3D Printing Trends Report, and there are some very interesting findings within it.
Entirely New Form Of 3D Design Developed: Computational Design Synthesis
Researchers have developed what appears to be a far more accessible method of developing highly complex 3D models for 3D printing.
Plasmonic Seasoning Adds Color To SLS 3D Printing
Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed a way to generate colors during SLS 3D printing processes.
3D Printed Components Enable Enhanced CO2 Capture
A test device made by the Oak Ridge National Lab has developed a prototype device that can more efficiently capture CO2.
It Really Is Possible To 3D Print Non-Planar
Non-planar 3D printing is perhaps a term you’re not familiar with, but if Gabriel Boutin has his way, you will in the future.
Electromagnetic Ceramic 3D Printing Possibilities
New research has uncovered a potential method for 3D printing ceramic materials using microwaves.
Wi3DP Releases Diversity For Additive Manufacturing 2020 Report
Women in 3D Printing’s 2020 Diversity for Additive Manufacturing report is a special edition, and it’s something everyone should read.
A Different Kind Of Construction 3D Printing: With Soil
Researchers in Austin have developed a method of successfully 3D printing a soil mixture, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Watching 3D Printed Tungsten Crack In Real Time
Researchers have found a way to directly observe micro-cracking of 3D printed tungsten metal.
A Secret Foam-Based 3D Printing Process Under Development
I’ve recently been corresponding with reader Michał Baran, who has been working on one of the most unusual 3D printing processes yet seen.
Yes, There’s Another Microwave-Based 3D Printing Process
When I saw 3DSLA.RU’s unusual microwave-based 3D printer last November at Formnext, I thought it was the only one. I was wrong.
Researchers Invent “Injection Printing” Method: 100% Infill, Every Time
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts have developed an unusual hybrid 3D printing process that both speeds and strengthens prints.
Inverted Powder 3D Printing
Researchers at Columbia University have developed a unique form of powder 3D printing that is inverted.
Let’s Talk About Post-Processing
They call post-processing the “dirty little secret” of 3D printing, but let’s talk about it in the 2020 post-processing survey.
Future Welding With 3D Printed Reactive Material Architectures
A group of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed an approach for 3D printing thermite to perform part joining.
3D Printed Compressible Batteries
A team of researchers in Singapore and China has developed a unique process to produce compressible batteries using 3D printing.
A Walk Through Fictiv’s Manufacturing Survey Shows Significant Change Underway
Fictiv released their annual “State of Manufacturing” report, and there are some notable changes from previous years’ reports.