The VIT is a desktop SLS 3D printer from Barcelona based developer Natural Robotics. Just 30 minutes after launching its Kickstarter campaign, the VIT reached its €28,000 goal and has since exceeded t…
3YOURMIND raises $12M for U.S. expansion of industrial 3D printing solutions
Industrial 3D printing software as a service (SaaS) platform 3YOURMIND has announced the closing of a successful $12 million Series A funding round. The company will be contributing the money to expan…
Ames Lab research 3D prints practical catalytic objects for chemical study
Adding to the potential of 3D printed objects, research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has proved the ability to make objects with instilled catalytic potential. By adding th…
ECAM could be the low cost alternative metal 3D printing is looking for
Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) is a new metal 3D printing method in development as a low cost alternative to other techniques such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and selective l…
Researchers turn Yellowstone methane into 3D printer material
Though methane only constitutes around 0.00017% of the Earth’s atmosphere, the gas is responsible for 20% of the total radiative forcing created by greenhouse gases. Naturally generated by rice …
LLNL stainless steel 3D printing “better than traditional manufacturing”
In a recent study led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), scientists have discovered a way of making stainless steel two to three times stronger than usual. The method takes advantage of…
£3.5 million STEAMhouse incubator and maker space comes to the UK
Birmingham City University has started phase one of its £3.5 million STEAMhouse project. Created as an innovation center for multidisciplinary collaboration between Science, Technology, Engineering, t…
First look at Poland’s SondaSys new SLS 3D printer
SondaSys is an industrial selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer set to launch at formnext in Frankfurt 14th to 17th November 2017. It is made by a company of the same name, and produced/developed…
Stryker funds $9.29 million project for on demand bone cancer implants
Australia is rapidly growing as a nation with outstanding medical research expertise. In November 2016 the nation opened its first specialist biofabrication unit at the Herston Health Precinct in Bris…
Michigan Tech study asks how flexible 3D printing can save costs at home
Casio watch straps, ice cube trays, car parts and phone cases are among the items 3D printed in the latest study by Michigan Tech researchers Aubrey Woern and Professor Joshua Pearce. The items were m…