The US Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) based in Jacksonville, Florida, has 3D printed a part for use inside a T-44 Pegasus airplane. FRCSE Commanding Officer Capt. Chuck Stuart c…
Taiwanese machining leader using Optomec additive manufacturing with CNC
Tongtai Machine & Tool Co. (TPE:4526) in Taiwan are integrating Optomec’s LENS Print Engine into a new line of hybrid additive manufacturing and CNC milling machines. With existing expertise in bo…
America Makes publishes national roadmap for additive manufacturing in the United States
In collaboration with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), America Makes, the organization driving innovation for additive manufacturing in the United States, has released a Standardizat…
UK publishes Digital Strategy outlining plans for Makerspaces, IP protection for 3D printing, and internationally connected Tech Hubs
The UK Department for Culture, Media & Sport has released a Digital Strategy for economic, educational and infrastructural growth of the nation. The policy follows a seven prong plan touching on t…
Researchers in Kyoto pin-down 3D printed regenerative nerve tissue
Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have successfully implanted 3D printed cells into the thighs of lab rats. The 3D bioprinting used is the Kenzan method, where cells are placed onto an arrangem…
Father develops 3D printed prosthetic arm to help crucial stage in children’s lives
Ben Ryan is former teacher turned inventor. Using 3D printing he has created a prosthetic arm suitable for use by babies, honing in on the early stages of life: a critical period in which children are…
3D printing with E .coli to produce greener materials
Researchers Benjamin Lehner, Dominik Schmieden, and Anne S. Meyer from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, have co-authored a paper exploring an inexpensive method of 3D …
Playing sonic Tetris with 3D printed bricks improves levitation power of sound
Research from the Interact Lab at the UK’s University of Sussex uses 3D printed bricks to simplify the way sound is manipulated. In making the technology more practical, the research enhances ultrason…
US Navy orders its first powder-bed metal 3D printer from Concept Laser after GE acquisition
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington D.C. is now equipped with an M2 Cusing machine and supporting systems from German additive manufacturing company Concept Laser. John Murray, Presid…
3D printing brings Ghost in the Shell geishas to life
First released as a manga series in 1989, Ghost in the Shell has become a seminal work critiquing the digital future. The 1995 animated film of the series has since become cult classic, and the 2017 r…