UK-based engineering firm Renishaw, has announced that it will be releasing a multi-laser additive manufacturing machine, the RenAM 500Q, at formnext 2017 in Frankfurt. The machine will be on display …
EUTELSAT 172B breaks electric orbit record with 3D printed parts
Four months after launch on the Ariane 5 spacecraft June 1 2017, the Airbus-made EUTELSAT 172B satellite has reached geostationary orbit 35,786 kilometres above the Earth’s equator. Reaching the…
Impossible Objects raises $6.4 million in series A funding for composite 3D printer development
Composite-based additive manufacturing (CBAM) developer Impossible Objects has announced the raising of $6.4 million in series A funding. The sum means that, to date, the company has secured a total o…
GE completes testing of 3D printed Black Hawk Turboshaft engine
Emerging from six months in the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), GE Aviation’s T901 Turboshaft engine has successfully completed prototype testing. The engine has been made us…
BiOspace gives UK startups access to cutting-edge biotechnology
The city of Manchester in the UK has opened the doors on BiOspace, the area’s first open access laboratory. The facility gives independent PhD scientists and startups the opportunity to use the …
ISCO 3D bioprinting technology focuses on liver restoration
The International Stem Cell Corporation (ISCO) (OTCQB:ISCO), a clinical stage biotechnology company based in California, has announced the development of a new 3D bioprinter that produces liver tissue…
WFIRM 3D bioprinted Body on a Chip responds to billion dollar screening deficiency
On average, 90% of new drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. fail to make it to a commercial market due to inadequacy of the current screening process. As a result, the manufacturers…
3D printing helps separate CO2 needed for refrigerators and fizzy drinks
Collecting carbon dioxide is important in many commercial applications including the manufacture of fizzy drinks, refrigeration, oil recovery and alkaline water treatment. Membrane gas separation is o…
NIIST 3D prints wearable electronic textiles for remote response
A multidisciplinary research group led by Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), India, has released findings from a projec…
“3D Hubs is dead” CEO Bram de Zwart responds to critics
In a thread started on reddit, 3D printing service platform 3D Hubs has been reported “dead” in the sense of its definition as a hub. The thread was initially started by a redditor behind …