In a week full of CES 2018 announcements and patents, a number of 3D printing applications in education, business, research and medicine have flown under the radar. For today’s 3D printing news …
New Zealand researchers reinvent the heat exchanger with 3D printing
With the potential to shakeup the design of everything from air planes to refrigerators, Dr Tim Huber and Professor Conan Fee have developed a new metal 3D printing methodology for making high-perform…
First look at LulzBot’s live 3D printer production line at CES 2018
A limited edition run of 20 LulzBot 3D printers will be made live on the exhibition floor at CES next week. Far from simply “a proof of concept” the exhibit demonstrates how LulzBot manufa…
Local Motors receives billion dollar support for Olli 3D printed bus
Teaming up with Florida’s Elite Transportation Services (ETS) and automotive financing firm Xcelerate, Local Motors’ 3D printed, autonomous Olli shuttle bus has secured up to $1 billion wo…
3D printed micro-ships get a drug test from leading U.S. universities
In a development reminiscent of science-fiction, microscopic, 3D printed ships have proved capable of treating damaged brain tissue. The latest device to seemingly receive shrink-ray treatment is the …
Desktop Metal patents separable supports in binder jet 3D printing
Award winning startup Desktop Metal has been granted two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent No. 9,815,118 and U.S. Patent No. 9,833,839 relate to the company’s…
Sciaky sells record number of large scale metal 3D printers
In December 2017 Sciaky Inc. made company history, posting record sales of four Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) systems. A trend hoped to continue throughout the new year Scott Phillips, P…
3D printing news Sliced UL, Kwambio, CyBe, University of Tokyo
A surge of academic projects, business deals, innovative applications and eye catching designs feature in this edition of Sliced, carrying the momentum of 3D printing through into the new year. This a…
GE ups stake in Arcam EBM expands additive manufacturing in Sweden
In the latest stage of GE’s Arcam EBM acquisition, wholly owned subsidiary GE Sweden Holdings AB has started to buyout the remaining stakeholders of the Swedish electron beam melting (EBM) metal…
ITRI to commercialize custom 3D printed implants in China
One of the most common applications of 3D printing in medicine is to make small implants for joints, like those found in the spine. In recent years the FDA has cleared a number of such devices for sal…