University of Hong Kong: Sterilization & Infection Rates in 3D…
Hong Kong researchers explore the use of 3D printed medical models but advance in a more unique direction with concerns over infection.
Projects & Models
3D printed projects, models, and community creations
ORNL Scientists Make Fake Fish with 3D Printing and Sensors to…
Hydropower – electricity generated with the energy of moving water – is the largest source of utility-scale energy storage and renewable energy in the US,
2020 Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge…
This week, during the 8th Additive World Conference in Eindhoven, the winners of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2020 were
Additive Industries & ArcelorMittal Using MetalFAB1 3D Printer to…
One of the world’s leading steel and mining companies, ArcelorMittal , is partnering with Dutch company Additive Industries to investigate the use of
Dear Stratasys: We Need Thingiverse Not Face Shields
Dear Stratasys, I’ve known you now for over 12 years. It was love at first sight when I saw my first 3D printer, a Stratasys Dimension 1200.
Nanoscale 4D Printing Technique Recreates Cell Surfaces
While 3D printing is helping humanity in creating some of the most perplexing constructs we could ever imagine, researchers are now delving into the
UNICAEN: New Bioprinted Tumor Models Help Researchers in France…
Studying cancer biology is among the top priorities for researchers around the world. From consortiums to universities, pharma companies, newcomers in the drug development industry, and research institutions, current research to understand how tumors develop is crucial to progress against the disease. At the University of Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), in France, two teams of more … Read more
Whiteclouds uses a Printfarm of 75 Creality 3D Printers to Make…
For a number of years now I’ve been advocating for the use of clusters of desktop 3D printers to manufacture. Whereas desktop machines years ago were not mature enough now and open cluster of FDM or SLA 3D printers could provide you with a cost-effective manufacturing solution. Not as accurate as industrial printers and lacking … Read more
Technical Steganography: Concealing Secret Messages Inside 3D…
If you’ve never heard the term steganography, join the club. It’s the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another…very James Bond, if you ask me. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to keep reading. Four Ukrainian researchers explained steganography as a “method of transmission of the coded information … Read more
Climate Disrupted: Optimizing Designs for Better Efficiency
If industrialized society is determined to maintain its industrial activities, its engineers will need to completely rethink how parts are designed in order to improve energy efficiency. This is true regardless of whether or not this energy comes from fossil fuels (which must be phased out starting yesterday) or renewable sources. For this reason, additive … Read more
COVID-19 Response: 3YOURMIND Creates Order Management Platform for…
The news on everyone’s mind these days is the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Its proper name is SARS-CoV-2, which stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and it seems like the whole world is grinding to a halt in its wake. The pandemic is causing many countries, and US states, to enter a state of … Read more
HP’s Partner Network Teams Up to Battle COVID-19 with Simple…
Normally, this is the time of year when we’re fielding a constant flood of press releases, firming up travel plans, and starting to set interview schedules for the annual 3D printing extravaganza that is RAPID + TCT. But SARS-CoV-2, otherwise known as COVID-19 or the coronavirus, has changed all that. On top of nearly all … Read more
Ireland: Researchers Create Open-Source 3D Printer for Neurophysiology
Researchers Thomas Campbell and James F.X. Jones, both of the School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland, have a created a new 3D printer for the medical field, detailing their work in the recently published ‘Design and implementation of a low cost, modular, adaptable and open-source XYZ positioning system for neurophysiology.’ The authors have created … Read more
Using Robotic GMAW Additive Manufacturing to Make Metal Components…
Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) additive manufacturing is a more affordable metal technology, with a high deposition rate for potentially fabricating medium and large components. Van Thao Le, with Le Quy Don Technical University in Vietnam, has published a paper, titled “A preliminary study on gas metal arc welding-based additive manufacturing of metal parts,” that … Read more
HP’s New BioPrinter Helps Researchers Make Pharmaceutical Samples
It has been years in the making, but finally, we know more about HP’s highly awaited bioprinting system. In the last years, HP has moved heavily into the research of microfluidics and bioprinting technology, leading to the development of their first bioprinter called D300e BioPrinter, which was recently used by a team of scientists at … Read more
University of Cape Town: Feasibility in Design for Affordable 3D…
Ming Gao has prepared a thesis, ‘Design and feasibility evaluation of low-cost 3D printing of Horn Antennas’, for the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. Focusing on more affordable microwave and RF devices, Gao explores the realities of using additive manufacturing and metallization techniques, including 3D printing and testing a sample … Read more
Hydrogels in Bioprinting Today: Design Strategies for Emerging…
Researchers from Germany and China are working together to study the use of hydrogels in bioprinting further, outlining their findings in the recently published ‘3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications.’ Because hydrogels are deeply linked to bioprinting, they are the focus of many different research projects around the world, from … Read more
Grant Imahara Uses Digital Modeling & 3D Printing to Make Adorable…
I do love a good Star Wars 3D print, and I know many others do as well. A popular character in the Star Wars universe is obviously Jedi Master Yoda, and many people around the world were excited to see him in a new light when The Mandalorian live action series premiered on Disney+ this … Read more
Global Parts Company ERIKS Adopts Ultimaker to Support Client…
After the consumer 3D printing bubble of 2014, the market for desktop 3D printers was completely shaken up as manufacturers looked for new ways their systems could be used for industrial applications. Ultimaker was successful in finding large customers, such as Volkswagen Autoeuropa and Airbus, who took on desktop extrusion technology to support their large … Read more
Wikifactory Promoting Open Source Fabrication Projects for the…
Global 3D Printing Day is celebrated on the 3rd of December, while International Women in Engineering Day was launched three years ago on June 23rd. But earlier this week, the first World Engineering Day was officially launched by UNESCO. According to its the website, the purpose of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development is to … Read more
3D Printed Medical Models & Instruments
Canadian medical doctors Adnan Sheikh and Bruce B. Forster examine the growing importance of 3D printed models and instruments like surgical tools, outlined in the recently published ‘Holding It in Your Hand’’: Musculoskeletal Applications of 3D Printing.’ Noting the impacts digital fabrication offers to the medical realm, the authors see 3D printing as one of … Read more
UMC Utrecht, MRIguidance, Axial3D Receive Funding from European…
University Medical Center Utrecht is working with two European startups in the development of an end-to-end solution for radiation-free pre-operative planning in orthopedics. With a grant from European Eurostars, MRIguidance and Axial3D will be collaborating on the project to create accurate 3D printed medical models. The team will rely on imaging software from MRIguidance, the … Read more
Techshot’s New Projects Will be on the Next SpaceX Mission Launch
2020 is already promising to be a fantastic year for space exploration. The next generation of Artemis explorers can begin applying for the program that will be journeying to the Moon, Mars and beyond; the James Webb Space Telescope is ready to test key deployments made in space, and even the Orion spacecraft that will … Read more
North Carolina: 3D Printed Models Used as Tactile Teaching Tools…
North Carolina researchers worked together recently to create tactile teaching tools (TTT), outlining their work in the recently published ‘Building the lac operon: A guided-inquiry activity using 3D-printed models.’ By incorporating 3D printing, the scientists were on a mission to ‘level the playing field’ for visually impaired and otherwise disadvantaged students—as well as others who … Read more
Could Transparent Human Organs Help Create Artificial 3D Printed Ones?
Imagine being able to understand and see the complex structures of human organs at the cellular level. On February 13 a group of researchers in Germany’s Ertürk Lab, in the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) at Ludwig Maximilian University’s Hospital in Munich, published a paper based on a new technology that can make intact … Read more