"World's First" Rapid 3D Nanoscale Printer at Australian University's $30 Million MicroNano Research Facility

Australia’s university system is pushing towards the forefront of 3D printing research, with Queensland University of Technology and the University of Wollongong offering the world’s first 3D bioprinting master’s degree program and, now, Melbourne’s RMIT University launching a MicroNano Research…

3D Printing a Custom Designed Flute

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) is working to push the boundaries of the possible with 3D printing technologies to forge innovative new medical solutions, jewellery, even original and facsimile musical instruments as part of it’s mission. The University of…

Italian Researches Make Plastic Out of Edible Vegetables

Italy has always been a very large global producer of plastics; fortunately more and more entrepreneurs and scientists have understood that the future is bioplastics and biodegradable plastics. We all know of PLA, but companies like Bio-On have become among…

U of Nottingham Researcher Wins Prestigous 3D Printing Award

These days, there are a lot of 3D printing conferences floating about, but, as you glance over the names, you may be able to distinguish between two general classes of conventions.  Any event that has the word “3D printing” is…

Lawrence Livermore Researchers Control Microscopic Cushioning Properties with 3D Printing

The Advanced Manufacturing Lab at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is continuing to make progress in the field of material design for 3D printing.  In January, we covered the lab’s research into 3D printing microscopic trusses that resulted in a…

New 3D Printing Materials Market Report Quantifies Growth Projection

A new detailed 3D printing materials market report from Market Research Reports gives forecasts to 2025 for a range of additive manufacturing materials suppies: photopolymers,thermoplastics as filaments and pellets, thermoplastics as powder,metal powders, and powder-bed inkjet powders. Previous market reports…

Consumer 3D Printing More than 5 Years Away from Mainstream Adoption, Says Gartner

Industry research firm, Gartner, Inc., is celebrating the 20th birthday of their beloved Hype Cycle with their latest report, “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2014”. In documenting over 2,000 technologies in 119 different fields and determining at what point the…

Carnegie Mellon and Lehigh University Awarded Grants for Advanced 3D Printing Research

As America Makes continues to cultivate public-private partnerships around 3D printing technology, the USA’s original additive manufacturing institute has announced, in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and 3D Systems, the aware of three new grants to universities pursuing researching…

Canary in a Coal Mine: U of Bath Researchers 3D Print Low-Cost Water Contamination Sensor

According to the World Health Organization (2012), about 780 million – about 1 in 9 – people lack access to clean water and 3.4 million peopled died as a result of contaminated water, with 99% of those deaths occurring in…

3D Printed Prosthetics Without Using Elastic

The Flextensor is one of the latest additions to the range of 3D printable prosthetics created by e-NABLE, a network of passionate volunteers using 3D printing to give the world a “Helping Hand.”The stand out feature of the new addition…