3D printing and soft robotics have come together once again. This time it is in the form of a soft robotic gripper that can discern, grip and manipulate objects without being pre-programmed to do so. …
3D printed models ensure success for robot-guided spinal surgery
Using a 3D printed model, French surgeons have performed the world’s first robot guided minimally invasive surgery on a scoliosis-affected child’s spine. Dr. François Deroussen, Prof. Richard Gouron, …
3D Printing News Sliced BAE Systems, Lockheed-Martin and Renishaw
In this edition of 3D printing news Sliced, we have stories from BAE Systems, Lockheed-Martin, Renishaw, Vodafone, MSYS, DARPA, the Royal College of Art, the University of Alabama, ASRC, Nano Dimensio…
Peel 3D launches sub $6,000 handheld 3D scanner full tech specs and pricing
Peel 3D, a Canadian 3D scanner developer powered by Creaform and Ametek, has launched its first handheld 3D scanner for $5,900. The “professional-grade handheld” device, that uses the effe…
3DCeram strategic partnership as Japan’s Sinto becomes majority shareholder
3DCeram, a French 3D printing OEM and service bureau specialising in 3D printing ceramic components and art, has announced a partnership with Sinto, a Japanese foundry equipment manufacturer. The Nago…
America Makes creates 3D printing education ACADEMI
America Makes is the US national additive manufacturing innovation institute, based in Youngstown, Ohio. The Lanterman Group is a 3D printing consultancy, chaired by Anthony Hughes. These two groups h…
PieceMaker makes peace with Toys’R’Us collapse to expand 3D printing operations
PieceMaker is a Pittsburgh-based company that originally launched in 2013 as a producer of 3D printed toys for the likes of Nickelodeon and Toys’R’Us. It has also created its own equipment in the form…
No shape is too complex for 3D printing Austrian construction firm Overtec
3D printing buildings in Europe has seen a steady process this year. Denmark’s 3D Printhuset has only just laid the foundations for its project, and BatiPrint3D is completing its first 3D printed soci…
How iMed Tech is using 3D printing to transform the lives of cancer survivors
iMed Tech is a South African med-tech start up that chiefly employs young female engineers, and produces prosthetics for cancer patients and burn victims. While surgically placed 3D printed breast im…
3D printing news Sliced with Materialise, Additive Industries, Elephab, and WASP
Today’s 3D printing news Sliced features updates from Materialise, Additive Industries, Precision AMD, WASP, 4WEB Medical, TU Wien, TreeD, Keene Village Plastics, Powder & Heat, Elephab and AMUG. …