A collaboration between MIT’s Mediated Matter Lab and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has yielded an image processing method that makes 3D printing…
Interview: Inside UCLA’s faster, multimaterial 3D bioprinter
Recently, a 3D bioprinting project conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been making headlines for its potential to create complex biological tissues. Led by UCLA Professor…
Sandia Labs apply design for additive manufacturing to build precision telescope
Using sub-par materials and inaccurate dimensions does not sound like the appropriate start to a precision engineering project. However, a team at Sandia National Laboratories has done just that, and …
Ilan Levin resigns as Director and CEO of Stratasys
Today, leading 3D printing provider and manufacturer Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) announced that Ilan Levin, the company’s Director and CEO, will be stepping down from his position on 1 June 2018. At…
Home-friendly Cubibot 3D printer now available for pre-order
After successfully raising over $600 thousand on Kickstarter, the low-cost, user-friendly Cubibot 3D printer is now available for pre order from indiegogo. Dubbed as “The new standard of modern …
Australia reviews regulation of personalized and 3D printed medical devices
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has collated the public’s responses to proposed regulatory changes for personalized and 3D printed medical devices. Overall, the consensus has …
BMW and MIT reveal Liquid 3D Printed Pneumatics for self-assembling car interiors
Skylar Tibbits, who coined the term 4D printing back in 2013, and his team at MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab have released the details of an ongoing collaboration with car manufacturer BMW. Named Liqui…
Watch: midair sugar 3D printing in the name of medicine
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a hypnotizing 3D printer that offers new possibilities in the field of tissue engineering. Seemingly gravity-defying, the 3D p…
Zimmer Biomet introduces first 3D printed spinal implant to market
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH), a medical device manufacturer headquartered in Indiana, Warsaw, has received FDA clearance for the company’s first ever 3D printed spinal implant. The new titanium Zyst…
CERN selects Simufact Additive to help 3D print superconducting magnets and RF components
Simufact Additive has been selected by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to help with the application of selective laser melting (SLM) 3D printing processes. A simulation software,…