Global manufacturing company 3M have developed a new patent-pending technology for 3D printing fluorinated polymers. 3M are one of the largest producers of fluoropolymers and have created a new way of…
Sir Bobby Charlton funding 3D printed limbs for landmine victims
3D printing and Sir Bobby Charlton may seem like an unlikely duo, but through his charity ‘Find A Better Way’, the retired English World Cup winning footballer is creating synthetic bones …
Rolls-Royce uses 3D scans in new video
3D scanning captures the history of iconic British car manufacturer Rolls-Royce in a new series of videos narrated by Kate Winslet. Exploring the beginnings of the company, including breaking the land…
Sliced: 3D printing digest including Louis Vuitton and 3D printed Star Wars models
In today’s edition of Sliced, we explore: Louis Vuitton’s pop-up shop, U.S universities getting involved with 3D printing, Dassault Systèmes acquiring a software company, an Australian com…
Big crowd expected for SPIE Photonics Conference in San Francisco
More than 20,000 people are expected to attend a photonics conference in San Francisco, January 2017. Beginning the year in a positive fashion, the SPIE Photonics West conference intends to spark inno…
Mahindra Group donate 3D printer to Indian School
Automotive manufacturer Mahindra Group are donating a 3D printer to a rural Indian high school near Pune. Donated to B.M. Pawar School in Chakan on the outskirts of the city, the 3D printer is intende…
Give the gift of 3D printing with quirky Winbo designs
In China, the Dongzhi festival celebrates the return of longer daylight through families and friends gathering to make and eat traditional tangyuan rice dumplings. Meanwhile, around the same time of y…
South Korea Ministry of Science invests over $5 million in 3D technology
The Electronics Telecommunications and Research Institute (ETRI), located in Daejeon, South Korea’s 5th largest city, is advancing 3D technology with a huge injection of funding. The institute h…
Sliced: 3D printing digest featuring Octobot, Airbus and Adidas
Our latest digest of 3D printing news put through the slicer includes: Maryland and North Carolina based 3DP bureau vacancies, a scanning software Kickstarter, updates to Harvard’s Octobot, 3D printed…
NASA gives $500,000 to Pittsburgh’s superalloy research
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering together with software company Ansys Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) are to carry out research in 3D printed parts with $500,000 fu…