A car enthusiast turned to her local robotics club, after finding out that a spare part for her car would cost much more than simply making a new one. Yellowknife resident Jan Fullerton is the proud owner of a 1992 Toyota Celica G [...]
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Lockheed Martin has developed a robot SPIDER to crawl around the vast surface of its hybrid airships and test for pinhole leaks that could spell disaster when these massive hybrid vehicles take the sky. The Self-Propelled Instrume [...]
Nick Walker sheds some light on the world of 3D printing and its applications within automotive restoration. Read on to find out more. It seems like it wasn’t all that long ago that the concept of 3D printing had to be explained t [...]
The world’s largest manufacturer of trucks has turned to 3D printing to produce spare parts for its vast range of trucks. Daimler has joined the likes of Audi and BMW, who have both adopted additive manufacturing for producing spa [...]
The automotive industry is a hive of rapid prototyping, fast development and mass customization. It’s a natural home for 3D printing and it’s no surprise that the major manufacturers have been a driving force, if you’ll excuse the [...]
UPDATE: We have been informed by Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering that the information originally presented in this article cast the research findings incorrectly. When writing the original article, we di [...]
Meet Olli, a 3D printed minibus capable of transporting 12 passengers! The vehicle was unveiled by Arizona startup Local Motors outside of the US capital city, Washington. The electric, self driving shuttle was created in a partne [...]
Researchers at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have created a super strong, lightweight form of foam that could change the world. 3D printing has allowed us to revisit the world of material science and change the st [...]
Airbus Group and subsidiary Premium AEROTEC will display a range of products that will contribute to the future of flight at the ILA 2016 airshow in Berlin. Unsurprisingly, 3D printing will play a major part. The international aer [...]
We might think of 3D printing as a first world privilege that belongs in the Ivory Towers like Silicon Valley, Amsterdam and Munich. Nothing could be further from the truth and African nations should embrace this technology that r [...]
