Franco-Italian aerospace company Thales Alenia Space aims to expand its 3D printed space exploration. The company has recently supported the launches of the Telkom 3S, SGDC and KOREASAT-7 satellites w…
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UC San Diego presents 3D printed soft-robotic legs for all-terrain robot explorer
Engineers at UC San Diego’s Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab have presented a paper demonstrating the use of 3D printing to make a robot capable of walking over uneven surfaces. Development o…
MyMiniFactory launches Snapchat of 3D printing with 3D object filters
3D printable file sharing website MyMiniFactory has launched a feature for remixing and designing 3D models, that might become the snapchat of 3D printing. The 3D Filter allows anyone to easily apply …
Sintavia expanding metal 3D printing production with new factory in Florida
North American metal 3D printing bureau Sintavia has announced plans to build an advanced manufacturing facility in Hollywood, Florida. Sintavia is currently based in nearby Davie and state the new lo…
3D Printing Industry Awards Personal 3D printer of the year (FFF/FDM)
In just over a week Chelsea Old Town Hall in London will be opening its doors to the first annual 3D Printing Industry Awards. Votes for the 73 potential winners have now exceeded 7,000, but we’…
Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully tests 3D printed AR1 engine in bid to replace current RD-180
Aerojet Rocketdyne has reported two significant milestones have been reached in the development of the 3D printed AR1 rocket engine. Following successful hot fire tests, the engine also completed its …
British car restoration team uses 3D scanning to reverse engineer classic Ferrari
British car restoration team, Redesign Sports Ltd (RSL) have used 3D scanning and CAD modelling to reverse engineer a 1952 classic Ferrari. Based in St Albans, RSL have implemented 3D scanners in orde…
Researchers blueprint a 3D printed metamaterial that expands under pressure
The Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté in France, and Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) behind recent research on 3D printed micro glass, have published a study giving the blu…
3D printing – the behind-the-scenes co-star of Alien: Covenant
At last nights premiere of Alien: Covenant in London, 3D Printing Industry got a glimpse at some of the uses of 3D printing in the new movie. As previously covered on 3D Printing Industry, the forthco…
Duke University 3D prints conductive copper metamaterials
Researchers from Duke University have successfully 3D printed conductive metamaterials on a FDM machine. The process uses commercially available 3D printing filament containing conductive copper. This…