As one of the world’s largest economies, the uptake of 3D printing in Brazil will be significant, present many commercial opportunities and offer great social benefit in an economically desperat…
A 3D Printed Heart Within a Decade
A collaboration between the University of Louisville and the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence promises the potential of producing new hearts from a patients own cells within a decade. Earlier this …
3D Rendering Competition: Open Source Space Shuttle
The Exosphere ES-1 open source space shuttle design project is a campaign even more ambitious than 3D printed rockets and open source rocket engines. The pre-Kickstarted campaign is looking for 3D ren…
3D Printed Guitars by Olaf Diegel
Guitars. Has ever a sexier musical instrument been conceived? We hug them close to us, ergonomically crafted to reverberate close to our heart. No wonder we fall in love with them. Now, materials and …
Creating Electrodes Via Two-Photon Polymerization
The Tokyo Institute of Technology and C-MET, Inc. led by Daicho and his adviser Shoji Maruo have sought to develop a new conductive, moldable, 3D-printable resin. The premise of the new resin is the p…
The New US Patent Trolling Executive Order & Freeing IP for 3DP
The White House today introduced a study for an executive order intended to combat patent trolling. Patents have been a significant obstacle to progress and innovation in the 3D printing sector for so…
Innovation at Upcoming Mackay 3D Printing Expo
Australia’s first 3D printing expo is forthcoming this month. It is due to witness the innovative Bajtech Positional Control System, which promises to combine additive and subtractive manufacturing pr…
Beautiful 3D Printing With Worms at MIT
3D printing has become one of the key tech trends of the moment. But, in turn, 3D printing is far from only one technology. Which technologies maintain their place within 3D printing is something that…
Potential Cost, Eco & Functional Benefits of 3D Printing Mobile Device Antennae
Optomec Inc, an often overlooked OEM of industrial 3D printers, recently announced the development of a digital production solution that enables the direct printing of mobile device antennae. This sol…
Morpheus — Recreating Lost Memories and ‘Things’ With 3D Printing
According to the Ancient Greeks, Morpheus is the oldest of triplets known as the Oneiroi: the attendants of Hypnos, the god of Sleep, bringing dreams to mortals and gods alike. According to a service …