The increasing availability of 3D printed medical devices, like hip implants or cranial plates, and the potential benefits of 3D printed drugs, makes additive manufacturing in healthcare hard to ignor…
3D printing news Sliced, BeAM Machines, SHINING 3D, Concept Laser, LEGO
In this issue of Sliced, 3D Printing Industry digests the latest additive manufacturing news from around the world. Today’s edition puts the spotlight on stories in hardware, business, design an…
UAlberta 4D printed maple leaf promotes future of tissue engineering
In the latest study from the University of Alberta’s Ingenuity Lab, hydrogen fuel cells take on a utterly unexpected form. 3D printed in the shape of a maple leaf, the cells expand in water and split …
ETH Zürich 3D printable “Flink” creates proactive bacterial microfactories
Bacteria grows in water-based hydrogels in a similar wold to mold that appears on the top of a forgotten cup of coffee. However, with a more solid consistency than coffee, hydrogels provide microbes w…
UMSOM study highlights 3D printed implants to reverse hearing loss
Hearing aids are one of the earliest examples of the added value 3D printing can bring to a commercial market. Coupled with 3D scanning technology, additive manufacturing has made it possible for comp…
Thermwood’s LSAM process sets sail with 3D printed hull pattern
In a project spanning two weeks worth of working days, and 30 hours 3D printer time, Indiana’s Thermwood Corporation has completed a 3,000 lb (1,363 kg) pattern for the hull of a fiberglass moto…
BORN Motor saves €2,000 per bike using BCN3D 3D printers
BORN Motor Co. is an independent, custom motorcycle kit design studio based in Barcelona. By adding a BCN3D Sigma 3D printer to its toolkit, BORN has been able to realize complex, previously impossibl…
Skoltech opens additive manufacturing lab with help from TUM and Oerlikon
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has opened a new, state-of-the-art Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (AM Lab) in Moscow. Operating within the institute’s Center for D…
Fraunhofer launches futureAM to reduce the cost and accelerate metal 3D printing
Contributing to a notable trend in the industry, five of Fraunhofer’s institutes dedicated to manufacturing technology have joined forces under a new project “to significantly accelerate…
An interview with Andy Kalambi new President and CEO of Rize Inc.
Rize Inc., the developer of patented Augmented Polymer Deposition (APD) technology, has appointed Andy Kalambi, former CEO of the ENOVIA brand and global executive of 3DEXPERIENCE at Dassault Systèmes…