Dr Ken Stewart, from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, has adopted 3D scanning technology to produce lifelike ears for children born with Microtia. It affects one in 10,000 children a…
3D printed cells could cut animal drug testing
Nano3D Biosciences has revealed a technique to reduce animal testing by using its 3D printed cell cultures and magnetic bioprinting as a test for a drug’s effect on vasoactivity. The contraction…
BMW powers the US Paralympic team
BMW Designworks has revealed the new 3D printed wheelchairs it created for the US Paralympic Track and Field team in a new TV advert. DesignworksUSA, the BMW-owned creative consultancy, is the Officia…
Robot SPIDER checks for leaks in Lockheed Martin Airship
Lockheed Martin has developed a robot SPIDER to crawl around the vast surface of its hybrid airships and test for pinhole leaks that could spell disaster when these massive hybrid vehicles take the sk…
A magnetic 3D bioprinter, in space!
Russian scientists are working together with the country’s national space agency to create a magnetic 3D bioprinter that will create actual tissue in the International Space Station. The United Rocket…
A .JPEG style common format for microstructure data?
A team of researchers in Aachen, Germany, has developed a common language for microstructures that could unite a variety of computer software packages and help drive material science forward. Essentia…
New 3D food printer coming soon
Columbia University is working on a new 3D food printer that can produce and cook a variety of dishes from frozen base ingredients. They also want to introduce an element of design to home cooking tha…
3D Printing Metal with Filamet, the MVP for Kent State University
Created from an innovative material, a special 3D printed object will soon take pride of place in the home of a prize-winning athlete. The Virtual Foundry, a 3D printing material manufacturer, are wor…
Full colour 3D printer on Kickstarter!
An ambitious full-color 3D printer has launched on Kickstarter. It has smashed its target in days and now the RoVa4D promises to give you complete creative freedom with your additive manufacturing. Th…
Single layer Graphene Oxide goes on sale
Graphene 3D Lab Inc has put a new material made of single-layer Graphene Oxide on sale. Is this the Graphene breakthrough we’ve been waiting for? Not yet, but we’re getting there. ORG-GO is not …