Everyone may be in a hubbub about NASA installing a 3D printer on the International Space Station, but there are plenty of other players, too, hard at work extolling the benefits of reduced weight, a critical factor for space flight,…
Update: Open Bionics 3D Prints Tiniest Super Hero Hands Yet
UK startup Open Bionics has made headlines for adding some electricity to the 3D printed prosthetic movement with low-cost, 3D printed bionic hands for amputees. Making waves at CES this year for their functioning prosthetics, the company went on to…
Zortrax to Equip 180 Public Institutions in Poland with 3D Printers
Despite the benefits of 3D printing, not everyone can afford to purchase a 3D printer, particularly in our current economic state. While this has caused some businesses to open up lease-to-buy programs to allow customers to purchase machines in installments,…
The Seed of 3D Printing Has Been Planted at the EMO Fair
Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries, EMO is the biggest global show for industrial manufacturing machines and robots. EMO takes place in a different city every two years and, this year, returned to Milan for the…
Regenovo Bioprints Liver Lobule as Step to Full Bioficial Liver
Liver and kidney are among the first human tissues that scientists have set out to try to replicate through 3D bioprinting. The reason livers and kidneys are so sought after is probably because they are the organs that are most…
World’s Fastest RC Car 3D Printed on Ultimaker 2 Extended
A 3D printer may have dimensional limitations, but these can be overcome through design. So, while I might simply be using my Ultimaker 2 Extended to 3D print the biggest objects I find on Thingiverse, one creative and passionate designer…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – October 11th
Photopolymer Specialists Photocentric to Launch a €699 “Liquid Crystal” 3D Printer While no one is yet entirely sure which direction the low-cost 3D printer market is taking (consumers? professional studios? office supplies?), one thing is for sure: a lot of…
World's Largest 3D Printed Structure Pops up in Beijing
WASP may have just shown the world its enormous house 3D printer and Branch Technology has printed the tallest sculpture in the US, but, at Beijing Design Week 2015, a giant structure was unveiled with a name as epic as…
Discovery Channel & Corbel 3D Team Up to 3D Scan the Canadian Rockies
Thanks to an ambitious attempt to take today’s 3D scanning technology and apply it towards intricately modeling the Canadian Rockies, Vancouver-based 3D printing company Corbel 3D will be featured on the Discovery Channel segment, “Anything for the Shot”. The show’s premise…
3D Printing Diagnoses Baby's Abnormality Before Birth
The life-saving applications of 3D printing are, now, no longer surprising. In fact, 3D printing patient-specific models is now becoming regular practice for surgical preparation. Now, however, a team of Michigan doctors has used the technology to help diagnose a…
