AI Biosciences Inc in Texas has hacked a 3D printer and produced a machine that will help detect infectious diseases in developing nations and replace seriously expensive medical kits. This isn’t scie…
3D printing set to grow 25% every year
The 3D printing market will continue its stratospheric rise and the market will expand by 25% each and every year until 2020, according to EY’s Global 3D Printing Report 2016. To compile the report, t…
Interactive platforms will drive collaboration in 3D printing
A new study has shown how online 3D printing platforms have fostered a new culture of collaboration that can turn almost anybody in the world into a serious innovator, but there’s a long way to go to …
3D printed turbines set to get smart
More efficient ‘smart wind turbines’ with aeroplane-inspired ailerons could be on the way thanks to the combined efforts of the University of Delft in Holland and SCHIVO 3D in Ireland. The Dutch unive…
3D printed liver transplants one step closer
3D printed organ transplants have been in the cards for a while, but deep tissue printing has proved problematic. Now a team of scientists in Korea think they have cracked the code for producing funct…
Super powered microscope will help crack microstructures
The National Science Foundation has backed researchers at the University of Pittsburgh with more than $500,000, which it will use to build a unique transmission electron microscope to monitor the form…
$199 stereo camera: low budget double vision
A $199 stereo vision camera could have an impact on the next generation of machine vision, autonomous cars, robots and even drones. It makes a mean large-scale scanner, too, that could prove useful in…
Russian nuclear agency builds industrial metal 3D printers!
Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, has committed to additive manufacturing and the first Russian-made, industrial 3D metal printer will go on sale in 2018. The agency has worked…
Vending machine swaps old bottles for a new phone case
A group of Sicilian students have won AXA Italy’s Social Impact Award with a new vending machine that takes waste plastic and recycles them into a 3D printed smartphone cover. Recycling initiatives ar…
Can new medical models cut patient mortality?
French start-up Biomodex believes that its detailed models of a specific patient’s organs and body parts will help reduce surgical errors, save lives and potentially put an end to students carving up …