A former metalworker whose limbs were amputated following surgery complications has been given a new lease of life with a pair of 3D printed hands. Francisco Piedra from Florida had the new hands manu…
Luxexcel adds 3D printed prescription lenses to Vuzix AR headsets
Ophthalmic lens manufacturer Luxexcel has teamed up with augmented reality (AR) headset and eyewear company Vuzix to produce a range of 3D printed prescription lenses. The prescription inserts are des…
NDSU system for checking and controlling 3D print quality receives US Patent
A system for checking 3D prints during or post-production, has been granted its US Patent a year and a half after application. The system, currently titled Characterizing 3D printed objects for 3D pri…
PrintLab encourages humanities 3D printing with new Classroom portal
PrintLab International, a 3D printing reseller and distributor based in the UK, has launched PrintLab Classroom, an online portal featuring 3D printing creative projects, workbooks, tutorials and teac…
Graphite Additive Manufacturing on slashing lead times in SLS 3D printing
UK 3D printer materials company and service bureau Graphite Additive Manufacturing has invested in a further selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer as part of a new “EXPRESS” fast-trac…
3D printing increases memory of flexible Silicon chips 7000 times
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and American Semiconductor have combined traditional manufacturing techniques with 3D printed circuitry to produce a flexible Silicon-on-polymer chip. Bes…
Purdue engineers develop safer method of 3D printing explosive material
Researchers from Purdue University, specializing in energetics, thermodynamics and additive manufacturing, have invented a method of depositing energetic materials like nanothermites using additive ma…
GE successfully tests ATP engine featuring over 30% 3D printed alloys
GE has announced the successful test-fire of its Advanced Turboprop (ATP) Engine at a GE Aviation test cell near Prague, Czech Republic. Around a third of the ATP engine, which has been in development…
Scientists turn harmful global warming gas into cure for fatal disease with 3D printed reactor
Chemists at the University of Graz in Austria have invented a way of converting fluoroform, a harmful waste gas produced from the chemical production of Teflon, into eflornithine, a drug used to treat…
World’s first 3D printed bus shelter is first of many for planned community
A 3D printed bus shelter, the first of its kind in the world, has been manufactured and put into use in Fengjing, China. The bus shelter was produced entirely from recycled building waste by Yingchuan…