American multinational power management company Eaton Corporation has recognized additive manufacturing as a valuable method for achieving Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL) status for a number of its site…
€450,000 available for additive manufacturing SMEs through Horizon 2020 program
AMable, an EU Horizon 2020 program accelerating the adoption of additive manufacturing, has announced the third open call grant of €450,000 for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using 3D print…
UCLA granted $1.5 million to develop eco-friendly 3D printable concrete
Engineers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop environmentally-friendly 3D printable concrete.…
Ravensburger launches 3D printable board game character competition
London-based 3D content platform MyMiniFactory, and German game and toy company Ravensburger, have partnered to launch a co-creation 3D printing design competition for the board game, Labyrinth. In w…
GE Additive and NSW Government to build 3D printing aerospace center in Sydney
Award-winning OEM GE Additive has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia to develop a 3D printing aerospace centre at the Western Sydney Aero…
Hot dog! Popular fast food inspires 3D bioprinted bone scaffold
Researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) have created a 3D printable material for use in cell scaffold fabrication. Taking inspiration from an unlikely s…
Penn State researchers granted $75,000 to advance concrete 3D printing
A team from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has received $75,000 to develop its 3D printing concrete system. $50,000 of this sum comes from the College of Engineering’s Engineering for Innovation …
Volume Graphics joins Kunststoff-Institut in 3D printed “Rapid Tooling” project
Volume Graphics, an industrial CT software provider based in Heidelberg, has joined the Kunststoff-Institut “Rapid Tooling” project, which aims to develop cost and time effective 3D printed molds and …
Additive Orthopedics supplies first 3D printed finger implant in the U.S.
Robert Smith, an iron worker from St. Petersburg, Florida, has become the first person to receive a 3D printed finger bone implant in the U.S. Dr. Daniel Penello from Alexander Orthopedic Associates a…
Scientists apply 3D printed hyperelastic bone to skull reconstruction
Researchers from Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) have used 3D printed hyperelastic bone to regenerate skull defects in rats. The results could eventually lead …