America Makes and NASA have announced a $2.25 million dollar competition to build and design an entirely 3D printed habitat for deep space exploration. NASA is no doubt thinking about its upcoming pla…
New Study Explores 3D Printed Biomaterials to Fabricate Cartilage
An international study published in Nature Communications is paving the way for more effective use of biocompatible materials, particularly in restoring cartilage. Cartilage is notoriously difficult t…
RMRD Tech Brings Low-Cost Wind Turbine to Kickstarter with 3D Printing
We wrote about RMRD Tech’s mission to bring clean wind energy to remote communities using a portable micro wind turbine with 3D printed parts back in February. Now, they’ve launched their Kickstarter …
Pembient to 3D Print Rhino Horns in Laissez-Faire Conservation Attempt
Currently genuine rhino horns go for up to $60,000 per kilogram and have a variety of uses including being used for Chinese Medicine, aphrodisiacs, some cancer treatments, and as a kind of status symb…
UL and University of Louisville to Open Advanced 3D Printing Training Center
Global safety sciences company UL LLC has steadily been growing its additive manufacturing division and, now, via a partnership with the University of Louisville to launch a 3D printing training facil…
Mani Zamani's 3D Printed Toy Art Has Landed
In the 3D printing world, we produce a lot of tchotchkes, knick-knacks, and doodads. What is a 3D printed Yoda head? Is it a toy or a work of art? Or does it fall in the thingamajiggy category? Does a…
Michigan Tech Explores Nerve Tissue 3D Printing with Low-Cost BioBots Printer
BioBots was recently a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015, but we wrote about them at the beginning of this year, when they were first looking for publicity. Their cause is noble: to democratize b…
Executive Interview: Scott DeFelice, CEO of Oxford Performance Materials
Scott DeFelice is CEO and founder of Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), the first company to successfully 3D print with the high-performance poly-ether-ketone-ketone (PEKK) material. In 2013, with it…
Brewing Kombucha as a Sustainable 3D Printing Material
3D printing technology produces a lot of cool stuff, but it also produces a lot of non-biodegradable waste. 3D printing with recycled materials and developing a process where Makers can recycle plasti…
Airwolf 3D Tests bioFila Biodegradable 3D Printing Filament
Airwolf 3D recently tested a new biodegradable material called bioFila Linen, produced by twoBEars in Germany. Unlike other PLA-based materials bioFila doesn’t contain linen fibers. Instead, bioFila i…