Among the many interesting events and projects in the last month, there is one that catches the eye simply because of its incongruence. This experimental project is as much about exploring the apparent incongruence between traditional manufacturing and digital age…
3D Printing Cellulose, & Conductive Cellulose, for the First Time Ever
3D printing is really coming full circle, at least as far as materials are concerned. What started with a few select plastics grew to include metals, ceramics, food, human tissue and now, cellulose – the stuff plants are made of.…
SmarTech Report: 3D Printing in Dental Market to Reach $3.1 Billion by 2020
Over the last few months, SmarTech has published three reports focusing particularly on the three industries where 3D printing is widely expected to see rapid and real, transformational growth – jewellery, medical, and dental. 3D printing technology today has matured…
TENVAS Starts the Clock on Affordable Custom 3D Printed Watches
If mass produced goods defined the 20th century, customized goods will probably define the 21st. 3D printing has already changed those definitions for products such as hearing aids, prostheses, shoes, jewellery, accessories, and much more. 3D printing materials and technologies…
10 Animals Who Got a 2nd Chance in Life with 3D Printing
Among 3D printing’s many applications, the one that always guarantees a warm and fuzzy feeling is when its used to improve the lives of warm and fuzzy animals. Particularly when its applied to 3D print prostheses that give deformed, damaged,…
Expect 3D Printables from Your Local Activist
One animal rights activist has come up with a unique way of using 3D printing to literally ‘create’ awareness. His Instructable takes activism to a new level, using a technology that is now commonly available in cities and towns around…
Award-Winning Open Bionics 3D Prints Dual-Material Medical Splint
Joel Gibbard’s Open Bionics is certainly making quite a name for itself with the inspiring success of its low-cost 3D printed robotic prosthetic hand. In December last year, the company won the prosthetic innovation award at the Limbless Association Prosthetic…
Dissect a Rat Without Killing One with NecropSynth & 3D Printing
Necropsynth – you’ve probably never heard of this word before. It has something to do with rats, fetal pigs, frogs and fish. There’s 3D printing and complex 3D modeling involved. It’s about transforming traditional hands-on education. More than anything though,…
Agenda & Keynote Speakers Announced for Inside 3D Printing – Seoul
It’s early June and the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo is just two weeks away from returning to Seoul, South Korea for its second edition in the Asian country. Following our report last month announcing the upcoming event in…
think3D 3D Prints Learning Aids for the Blind in India
For those of us who can see, it was a big step in visualization to go from 2D technical drawings and blueprints to digital 3D models made using CAD. With 3D printing, it was another, albeit smaller step, since those…
