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Researchers Develop Predictive Laser Control to Reduce Metal 3D Printing Defects
What if a metal 3D printer could adjust its laser before something went wrong?
Xolo Patent Uses Messy Light Beams To Smooth Volumetric Prints
Volumetric 3D printing can be fast, but the light itself can leave fingerprints on the part.
LLNL Patent Replaces LPBF Rastering With A Digital Light Mask
LLNL is making a metal powder bed fusion machine print like an MSLA resin system.
Digital Fringe Projection Targets AM Defect Correction
New research explores digital fringe projection as a way to find and correct additive manufacturing defects during a build.
Researchers Test Light Guided Responsive 3D Printing
A research team has demonstrated an extrusion 3D printing workflow that changes its growth direction in response to live light sensing.
3D Printed Ceramic Shingles: A New Application Area
A new facade concept using 3D printed ceramic shingles shows how additive manufacturing adds light control and geometric variety to one of the oldest building components.
Design of the Week: Lamp Nr. 1
This week’s selection is Lamp Nr. 1 by studiooberhauser.
LithoBulb Transforms Lithophanes Into Spherical, Light-Driven 3D Prints
You know all about Lithophanes, but have you heard of LithoBulbs?
Timeplast’s 3D Printable Soap, Fire, Plant Vitamin, and Light-Transmitting Filaments
Timeplast has some incredibly unusual 3D printer filaments, now including “soap”!
Chameleon-Inspired Breakthrough: Researchers Develop Multicolor Resin 3D Printing Method
Researchers may have developed a way to perform multicolor resin 3D printing.
What Is Photometric Stereo 3D Scanning?
There are several basic approaches to achieving a 3D scan, but one you may not have heard of is photometric stereo scanning.
New Technique Enables CMOS Cameras To Become 3D Scanners
New research could enable an explosion of very inexpensive, very high resolution 3D scanners.
The Light at the End of the Tunnel: 3D Printing for Safe Infection-Removing Ultraviolet Light
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi dig into 3D printing and sanitizing efforts with UV light.
Unusual Engineered Material Maintains Strength With Light
What is a light-stabilized material? Could it be used in 3D printing? If so, what could you make?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professors Give Presentation on 3D Printing in the Lighting Industry
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers delve into 3D printing in the lighting industry.
Continuous 3D Printing Possible With Transparent Polygon Scanning?
Could the TPS concept revolutionize resin 3D printing? Open source Transparent Polygon Scanning could avoid patents allowing inexpensive resin 3D printers.
Self-Melting 3D Printed Support Structures Now Possible
Need easy-to-use support structures? Researchers have discovered a way to automatically liquify a printable material after 3D printing using green light.
The Lighting Industry, LRC, and the 3D Printing Industry Get Proactive
Charles Goulding and Rafaella July of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing in the lighting industry.
3D Printing for Manhattan Chandelier and Lighting Designers
Charles Goulding and Andressa Bonafe of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing in lighting design.
Photochromic 3D Printing Under Development
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed what might be called “Photochromic 3D printing”.