The immersive experience of videogames is getting set to move into the physical dimension with news that Sony has just cleared a patent for a 3D printer. According to documents seen by 3DPI the techni…
Design democracy: drones meet 3D printed cars for a self-driven future
Nothing brings the best out of people like a good challenge. I’m sure our UK readers remember the coveted Blue Peter challenge badges, and who isn’t a fan of the odd gameshow? When scaled up with high…
Sliced: 3D printing digest from 3DPI 9th Nov. 2016
In the fast moving 3D printing industry, there are often stories that don’t make the cut. Sliced is 3DPI’s answer to those stories and will be a regular round-up of fast news in a swift mo…
Democracy comes in popsicles – Taste the Internet with Pixsweet.
Janne Kyttanen is an artist at the cutting edge of digital design. He became a creative director at 3D Systems when the company acquired his 3D printing design and research company Freedom of Creation…
3D printing silk protein veins on a molecular level
As seen last month in bone fractures fixed by 3D bio-printed silk, silk has great potential as a 3D printed bio-material. The trouble is when it comes to 3D printing anything less solid than, say, a s…
Schiphol airport take out the hassle of travel with 3D scanners
With one suitcase, one backpack, one small plastic bag for liquids, a laptop and a mobile phone; passing through security control at the airport has become quite stressful and complicated. In an effor…
3D printing meets lasers in latest stem cell research.
Since their invention by Theodore H. Maiman in 1960, lasers have driven many advances in manufacturing. New research from Vilnius University in Lithuania combines laser writing and 3D printing to crea…
University of Pittsburgh explore the possibilities of 3D printing for war veterans.
From this Friday nations around the world will unite in their annual commemoration of the First World War, with days marking Remembrance, Armistice and Veterans respectively in the Commonwealth, Allie…
MakerSpace wave hits GeorgiaTECH university
The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Georgia Institute of Technology (GATECH) is the latest venue to offer a MakerSpace and has opened a new Materials Innovation & Learning Lab…
3D printing rocks the boat in the Netherlands as NISS ship builders provide perspective
Though arguably one of the more famous 3D printed objects, the 3DBenchy ‘jolly torture-test’ boat used to test the capabilities of a 3D printer is not particulary seaworthy. 3D printing for actual mar…