A team of students at the University of California San Diego beat some of the world’s biggest space agencies and launched a rocket with a 3D printed engine on May 21st. The university’s Students for t…
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Rocket engine completely 3D printed
A rocket powered by the first fully 3D printed Oxygen/hydrocarbon engine is heading for launch at the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. US-based Rocket Lab is currently building New Zealand’s first orbi…
Expanding to Space: 3D Printing is the Future
3D printing parts for space. Almost sounds like science fiction. Almost. McFarlane Aviation Products designs and manufactures over 5,000 different quality FAA-PMA parts for Cessna, Piper…
Made in Space: Commercial 3D printer on ISS
Made in Space has installed the first commercial 3D printer on the International Space Station, so look out for that novel label that will now mean exactly what it says. The company launched in 2010 a…
Weekly "designer" series: Meet Daniel Lilygreen Star 3D designer
We sat down with one of #MMFStudios talented designers – Daniel Lilygreen for an exclusive inside look into what inspires him to 3D design and 3D print. 1. How old are you? I am 25. 2. Where di…
3D Printed Warfare
The manufacturing prowess of 3D printing has been proven to be a tremendous disruptive force in a host of technological fields, constantly breaking barriers of what was previously thought possible and…
3D Printed Sea Urchins in Space?!
Strange as it may seem, a group of researchers and marine biologists at the University of California have developed a tool which could, in time, replace current shovels used by Mars Rovers. Det…
Solving Everyday Problems in the Auto Industry with 3D Printing
Though 3D printing is a rapidly changing industry and area of technology, it is by no means new. Coming to market around the 80’s and within the last 10 years becoming more accessible to the commercia…
BotFactory’s JF Brandon Talks to Us About the Squink Circuit Printer and New Multilayering Capabilities
Up on seventh floor of the NYDesigns incubator, which is located in Long Island City, Queens, sits a relatively small 3D printing company focused on some big-time innovation. The startup, called BotFa…
A 3D printed moon village is coming!
The European Space Agency’s Moon Village is just the first step on a journey that will take man to the furthest reaches of the solar system. Perhaps inevitably, 3D printing features heavily in the age…