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Branch’s Different Take On 3D Printed Construction

There have been multiple attempts to develop a feasible method of 3D printing buildings, and Branch Technology is trying another method.

Is This A Thing? 3D Printed Ties?

Another exploratory 3D print business venture has launched, 3DTie, which, unsurprisingly, produces a line of 3D printed ties.

BoxBotix is an Open Source, 3D Printable Robotics System

There was a time when 3D printing and building robots seemed out of reach of regular civilians, reserved for experts in the technology field.

Additive Industries’ MetalFAB1 Hits Airbus, And It’s Huge

Netherlands-based Additive Industries has delivered its very first MetalFAB1 to none other than Airbus. The results are huge in more ways than one.

The Simple Way A 3D Printing Startup Can Obtain Customer Scans

There’s no shortage of ideas for 3D printing startups, but many depend on obtaining custom 3D scan information about clients, and that’s usually a difficult proposition.

Divergent Wants to Be World’s First 3D Printed Supercar

Kevin Czinger wants to completely change the way automobiles are built.

Who Knew Replicating a Functional BB-8 Would Be So Hard?

Most moviegoers leave the special effects to the professionals. Firefighter Ed Zarick, however, was not content with seeing BB-8 rolling around the silver screen of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

High-Rise Prefab Housing Looks to 3D Printing

The scale of what 3D printing may be used for continues to grow. The Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, based at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is currently initiating a project to construct high-rise public housing using concrete 3D printing.

Another 3D Printing Use Case: Land Models

Along with prosthetics, prototypes, jewelry and other increasingly common usage scenarios for 3D printing is one that was discovered years ago but hasn’t seem to grow as much: land models.

Is 3D Printing Really Necessary For Lunar Bases?

A proposal from Russia and EU to build a lunar base at the south pole of our moon suggests heavy use of 3D printing. But is this really required?

MEDICREA’s Real Time Spinal Support Team

A lab service assists physicians in real-time to prepare implantable spinal rods, demonstrating how 3D printing must get much closer to application areas.

Prosthetic Limbs: 3D Printing for Athletes with Disabilities

3D printing is helping many individuals to lead fulfilling lives through their use of prosthetics.

Student 3D Prints His Own Dental Appliance: Good Or Bad Idea?

Amos Dudley has somehow managed to design and 3D print a custom dental appliance for correcting his teeth, but is this really a good idea?

Tomorrow, Manufacturing Changes Forever

Tomorrow, Tuesday, is the scheduled date for the launch of AMF, Made In Space’s orbital manufacturing facility.

3D Systems’ Latest Announcement Confirms Shift To Medical Applications

3D Systems announced the opening of a new center of excellence dedicated to 3D healthcare.

Under Armour’s 3D Printed Shoe Experiment

Footwear maker Under Armour announced a small experiment in 3D printing, but it isn’t what you might think.

The MODECLIX Project — A 3D Printed Fashion Collection from UH

The fashion industry has seen its fair share of 3D printed innovation, which has hit catwalks all over the world and been incorporated into the collections of designers such as Iris van Herpen, Chanel and Noa Raviv, among others.

A Glimpse Into Personal Fashion Design With 3D Printing

A recent TED talk by Danit Peleg shows how a designer can use 3D printing to create their own fashions.

Stratasys Discovers Another Key Use For 3D Printing: Audio

Stratasys described how they partnered with an audio designer to create a new type of speaker using 3D printing, but this could trigger an entirely new set of use cases for the technology.

3D Printing Gives a Dog a Bone

3D printing is currently changing the human healthcare industry. Could veterinary medicine be next?

AM Provides an Answer for ESD-Safe Aerospace Parts

Outer space is an isolated place. Whether you’re an astronaut on an EVA, a satellite in orbit or a deep space probe traversing the solar system, one thing’s for sure, you’re completely cut off from Earth, its resources and the engineers that can solve any unexpected problems that may arise.

Siemens Opens Metal AM Facility in Sweden

Siemens has announced a $23.98M investment in a new metal additive manufacturing facility in Finspång, Sweden.

The Tactile Picture Books Project Helps Visually Impaired Children

A project at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed techniques for producing “tactile books” for visually impaired children.

3D Printer On Space Station Shelved?

It appears the 3D printer on the International Space Station is no longer in use.

Manufacturing Wearable Computers with 3D-Printed Textiles

Did you know that the first wearable electronic computer was built to cheat at roulette?

Printable Concrete: Coming Soon to a Construction Site Near You

We’ve reported on 3D printing concrete before, but 2016 looks to be the year that will finally see this production technique in widespread use.

3D Is Better Than 2D: Visualization of the Universe Through 3D Printing

A physicist at UC Riverside is using 3D printing to aid the understanding of cosmological structures, but this tells us something important about learning.

Making High Quality Movie Props Quickly

Even with all the computer-generated imagery (CGI) in movies these days, concrete practical effects aren’t going away anytime soon.

Aerojet Rocketdyne 3D Prints Nozzles For The Orion Spacecraft

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced they’ve 3D printed twelve specialized rocket nozzle extensions for the new Orion spacecraft.

3D Printing: What Works, and What Doesn’t

3D print technology has been in existence for decades, but it can’t do everything. There are things it is good at, and others it isn’t good at doing.

3D Printing Sensors onto Aerospace Components

Maintaining jet aircraft is costly and time-consuming, but a new method for printing sensors onto aerospace components could help optimize that process.

New Balance Joins Adidas’ Quest to 3D Print Shoes

We reported on shoemaker Adidas’ comprehensive project to 3D print shoes a few days ago, but now it appears competitor New Balance is also dipping into 3D printed shoes.

NASA Picks Made In Space To 3D Print Large Structures

NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate selected space 3D printer manufacturer Made In Space to create large-scale 3D printing capabilities.

Product Startup Leverages 3D Printing

It’s often stated that 3D printing is useful for big companies to more efficiently produce prototypes, but it’s also essential for small startup companies, too.

You Can Now Order 3D Printed Airframe Parts From Materialise

Earlier this year 3D print service Materialise obtained certifications for producing airworthy parts.

CNBC Reports On 3D Print Job Growth

A video from CNBC illustrates the incredible opportunities to come in 3D printing.

MIT Researchers Experiment with 3D Printed Habitats for Mars

Sustaining human life on Mars is becoming a real consideration for NASA.

Stratasys’ 3D Printed Jet Takes Flight And Proves Two Points

Stratasys and partner Aurora Flight Sciences have developed an incredible demonstration of 3D printing capability: a 240kph jet-powered UAV.

3D Hubs Rescues Fallout 4 Fans

With the release of the highly anticipated Fallout 4 today, some fans were unable to procure a wrist-worn Pip-Boy case to accompany the game. But 3D Hubs has the solution.

Stratasys’s 3D Technology Helps Perform Medical Miracle on 5-Year-Old

The most impactful use of 3D technology in the real world comes from the medical field.

3DPhotoWorks To Bring Art To Life For The Visually Impaired

A new venture hopes to provide a means of 3D printing fine artwork in ways that visually impaired individuals can appreciate.

Could You Use ZYYX’s Multi-Color 3D Printing Technique?

ZYYX, manufacturers of an interesting desktop 3D printer, have released a video showing a fascinating technique for multi-color printing that you might be able to use.

You Might Soon Buy 3D Printed Eyeglasses From FourDex

A new startup seems to be developing 3D printed eyewear.

The Great Promise of 3D Printer Resin

A new 3D printed resin demonstrates the opportunities with that 3D printing process.

Adidas and Materialise Propose Futurecraft 3D: 3D Printed Shoes

Shoe giant Adidas has partnered with Materialise on a new concept for 3D printed shoes: Futurecraft 3D.

New HASCO/Stratasys Hybrid System 3D Prints Inserts For Injection Molded Prototypes

Stratasys Ltd. and mold maker HASCO have announced a new approach to the production of low volume injection molded prototypes that could be a quicker and more cost-effective hybrid system.

3D Systems Introduces “Fabricate” To Merge 3D Prints and Textiles

3D Systems has developed a very simple process for integrating 3D printed models into fabrics, which they’ve named “Fabricate”.

Threeding Uses Handheld 3D Scanners to Create 3D Prints of Antiquities

Threeding.com, a rapidly expanding 3D printing community and marketplace, recently joined forces with Artec 3D

Herman Miller’s Step Into 3D Printing

Furniture maker Herman Miller has developed an unusual way to leverage 3D printing for their business – and yours.

Is This 3D Road Asphalt Printer Going To Work?

We’re looking at a strange project to develop an asphalt roadway3D printing device. But will it work?

Stratasys’ Huge Step Into Digital Orthodontics

Stratasys made a huge move this week, disguised as a 3D printer announcement.

Zare Reduces Manufacturing Costs by Implementing Fortus Additive Manufacturing System

Stratasys recently announced that Zare, a manufacturing service bureau based in Italy, cut its manufacturing costs by 50 percent in the aerospace and automotive industries by implementing a series of Stratasys Fortus 3D production systems.

Jazz Musician Needs 3D Printing Assistance

Musician Paul Hirsch has been developing a new type of “wholetone-tuned panpipe”, but now requires assistance to determine how to 3D print them in production form.

Full-Size Tyrannosaurus Rex Repaired by 3D Printing

Leiden, Netherlands will be the new home for a full-sized Tyrannosaurus rex in 2016, with the assistance of 3D printing technology.

Man Preserves His Lost Brother With A 3D Print

Maker Christopher Hoffman did something quite amazing with his 3D printer: he was able to print a replica bust of his deceased brother.

YouBionic’s Fascinating 3D Printed Bionic Hand

An Italian company is developing a highly capable 3D printing replacement prosthetic hand.

3D Scans of Lost Michelangelo Statues to Help in Their Preservation

Faculty from the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick in the UK are working in collaboration with art historians from the University of Cambridge.

Footprint Footwear is 3D Printed

A new startup hopes to capitalize on the custom-footwear market by 3D printing shoes that precisely fit the wearer.

SWISSto12 Produces 3D Printed Antennae

A company uses a combination of 3D printing and electroplating to produce lightweight microwave and millimeter-wave transmission components.

3D Printed Skull Transplant?

A report from China News Service describes how a three-year old received a new 3D printed skull.

The Skylon Spaceplane’s 3D Printed Injector

You may not have heard much of the Skylon spaceplane project, but you soon will hear more, partly due to 3D printing technology.

Amazon’s 3D Printed Figurine Service

Amazon’s 3D print marketplace now includes a number of highly-detailed 3D printed figurines of characters from popular video games.

The Stone Age Meets The 3D Printing Age

In a remarkable collaboration between Stratasys, Artists and Archaeologists, stone hand axe replicas were equipped with ergonomic handles.

US To Tighten Up Export Restrictions; Will Affect 3D Printed Weaponry

In a recent proposal, the US Department of State suggests a number of changes to that country’s export rules, which effectively would prevent 3D models of weapons to be transmitted.

3D Printed Food for the Elderly?

A report on Capital Technologies describes a venture to provide 3D printed food for seniors. We’re a bit skeptical.

WinSun Global To 3D Print Buildings in Dubai

Remember the Chinese company said to 3D print buildings? Now their next project takes place in Dubai.

3D Printed Furniture: Possible

Is it possible to 3D print furniture? Yes, indeed!

3D Printed Furniture Venture Launched by Drawn

France-based Drawn has developed a line of 3D printed furniture using a robotic printing approach.

Easy Geodesic Domes Using 3D Printing

We always enjoy seeing a great application of 3D printing and found a good one today: 3D printed geodesic dome joints from “hubs”.

Design of the Week: 3D Printed Bike

This week’s selection is a 3D printed bicycle kit by Stephan Schürmann / ColorFabb.

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Takes Off with 3D Printed Parts from Windform Materials

FLYING-CAM began the close range aerial filming concept in the 1970s, leading the way with its Flying-Cam II.

Design of the Week: Codename Colossus

This week’s selection is the fabulous Codename Colossus kinetic toy by Machination Studio.

Trophy Printing: Another 3D Printing Use Case

A small 3D print company in Hungary demonstrates a very common use of 3D printing technology: trophy making.

Man 3D Prints His Own Brain Tumor To Demonstrate Possibilities

Steven Keating can say something few others can say: he’s 3D printed a model of his own brain tumor.

3D Systems Announces Additive Manufacture of Heat Exchangers with Honeywell International

3D Systems announced its part in a $1.3 million contract to design, build and test an aircraft heat exchanger that is to be 3D printed.

Nicolas Cage is Into 3D Printing?

Here’s a rumor for you: actor Nicolas Cage is into 3D printing.

Additive Manufacturing Team 3D-Prints Working Jet Engine

GE Aviation has side projects. Side projects are cool. The Angel Trumpet 3D printed jet engine is one such side project.

The HEFT: Designed With 3D Printing

A simple snow shovel attachment project made extensive use of 3D printing technology to develop a unique product.

NVM Design Leverages 3D Printing

A New York City startup is leveraging 3D printing to develop unusual high-end jewelry.

Stratasys Produces 3D Printed Parts For New Airbus Aircraft

Stratasys announced that Airbus has produced more than 1000 flight parts on its Stratasys FDM 3D Production Systems for use in the first-of-type A350 XWB aircraft, which was delivered in December 2014.

What Does 3D Printed Food Taste Like?

While most 3D printed objects are wholly inedible, some folks indeed print food. 3Digital Cooks recently did some taste testing.

NASA’s 3D Printed Zero Gravity Coffee Cup

NASA’s attempt to solve the problem of sipping coffee in a weightless environment may be solved with the development of a specialized cup.

Biz Eyes Produces Some Unusual 3D Printed Looks

A Shanghai-based project enables people to show their mood using 3D printed eyewear.

3D Bioprinted Rhino Horns: Good or Evil?

A report on New Scientist describes how one company is bioprinting rhinoceros horns to save the troubled beast from extinction. Or are they? Rhino horns are a highly desired product in some regions, as ground-up horn is considered a powerful aphrodisiac. Demand for rhino horn material has generated a culture of poachers in rhino-populated areas,… Continue reading 3D Bioprinted Rhino Horns: Good or Evil?