A class action brought against Stratasys by the company’s shareholders has been quashed in the United States Court of Appeals. Initially brought to court in Minnesota, the case was a securities …
Disney makes nature’s machines using a 3D printer
Prototyped on a 3D printer, new toys from Disney Research demonstrate the use of a digital design tool to generate compliant mechanisms. The mechanisms take inspiration from natural tendon and cartila…
3D printed nerve cells are the next step toward an artificial brain
A team at the University of Wollongong, Australia, has used a 3D printer to create nerve cells found in the brain. The research, led by Dr. Jeremy Crook, is an important step toward synthetic tissues …
Forecast 3D make substantial investment buying 12 HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printers
California 3D printing service provider Forecast 3D has opened a new 3D Manufacturing Center to offer full-run, large-scale production using HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology. The new facility, ope…
3D Printing News Sliced: HP, LPW Technology, Facebook and Microsoft Paint
This week in the Sliced 3D printing news digest: Perfected3D, Proto Labs, Union Tech, Sculpteo, HP, Creaform, Superfeet, LPW Technology, Solidscape, EOS, Sintavia, Source3, Facebook and Microsoft Pain…
Advanced 3D printed fruit simulator could hold key to food security
While many stories about 3D printing food raise a smile, a fruit simulator may have important applications. The rate of food waste, even before a product reaches the home, is one of the key factors dr…
DragonFly 2020 3D printer transforms PHYTEC PCB production
In November 2016, Israel’s Nano Dimension (TASE: NNDM) announced that PHYTEC, a leading Embedded Systems Developer, was to be one of the first recipients of a DragonFly 2020 3D printer. Now a ne…
Singapore Additive Manufacturing Cluster gets $13.2M medical facility
Singapore’s National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the country’s Economic Development Board have invested $13.2 million in a n…
3D printing helps bring the underground Crossrail to London
Crossrail, a £14.8 billion project to expand London’s underground train network, is using 3D printing in the construction of its tunnels. Competing alongside leading contractors including SKANSK…
Are you up to the 2017 Purmundus challenge? Push the limits to win.
Since 2012, German rapid prototyping company cirp GmbH has held the annual purmundus challenge. Open to entries from across the globe, the competition invites designers and engineers to push the limit…