Like many armed forces, the U.S. Air Force is coming around to the huge potential that 3D printing may hold for its serving troops. Believing the technology could one day be instrumental to operations…
A world first, NHS combined bone graft and 3D printed implant surgery
A patient at Morriston Hospital in Wales has been the first in the world to receive a jaw reconstruction surgery combining traditional bone grafts and 3D printed Titanium implants. Debbie Hawkins, fro…
3D printing news Sliced, Trumpf, Norsk Titanium, Konami and NuVasive
This edition of 3D printing news Sliced features stories from Spee3d, the University of Pittsburgh, the Virtual Curation Laboratory, Charles Darwin University, Norsk Titanium, NuVasive, Trumpf, Pro Ev…
First ever Polysulfone mold for Chinook helicopter part successfully 3D printed
A Polysulfone (PSU) mold, claimed to be the world’s first, has been successfully 3D printed and used to produce an oil drip pan for a Chinook, Boeing Vertol’s twin engine helicopter. The mold was crea…
Bad news for GE (except in 3D printing), good news for Stratasys
This week has seen mixed news for two of the world’s largest 3D printing OEMs. Market leader Stratasys had its shares upgraded by Susquehanna from a price target of $22 to $31. Resulting market confid…
$5 million funding regenerates CollPlant’s 3D printed organ development plans
Israeli regenerative medical materials developer CollPlant is to move ahead with its long-term “rhCollagen” project of developing 3D printed transplantable organs, thanks to a $5 million i…
New home of Dr. Dre university school to include 3D printing and scanning
Iovine and Young Hall is the new home for the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, a new institute at the University of Southern California (USC). The …
Electrolux trials 3D printed spare parts on demand with Spare Parts 3D
Electrolux, a Swedish domestic appliance manufacturer, is performing a series of tests and analyses ahead of producing on demand 3D printed spare parts to its customers. Electrolux is conducting the t…
First ever US sternum replacement with 3D printed composite implant
Australian med-tech company Anatomics and 3D printing service bureau Lab 22 at the CSIRO (the Australian federal government agency for scientific research) have successfully produced a composite stern…
Glaze Prosthetics, superhuman 3D printed prostheses for amputees
Glaze Prosthetics is a Polish startup offering customized 3D printed lightweight prostheses. Consisting of a team with 7 years of experience in producing prostheses, Glaze has now turned to 3D printin…