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Embrapa to test biological activity of Cerrado plants with 3D printers
The Cerrado region in Brazil is a vast tropical savanna encompassing forest, wood and park habitats across 2,045,064 square km. In a new project from Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Embrap…
OECD say 3D printing will replace traditional machining within 10 years
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has highlighted the potential environmental impact of 3D printing in its report The Next Production Revolution: Implications for Gover…
What an academic study into 3D remix culture shows us about creativity
Back in January 2017, Prof. Sascha Friesike of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) gave a keynote speech at the Chaos Communication Congress (33C3) in Hamburg, Germany…
Astronauts may depend upon recycled urine filament for 3D printing in space
“If astronauts are going to make journeys that span several years, we’ll need to find a way to reuse and recycle everything they bring with them,” says Mark A. Blenner, assistant pro…
Could Lunewave 3D printed lenses be the “eyes” of autonomous cars?
Lunewave Inc. is a certified startup from the University of Arizona (UA) devoted to the development of next generation sensor technologies. Its proprietary products are 3D printed Lüneburg lens antenn…
3D print your own tractor beam with off-the-shelf low cost components
New research from provides instructions on how to build a low cost 3D printed levitator. The device uses acoustic waves to hold samples such as fluids, insects or small electrical components. Creatin…
Oxford and Bristol deliver new high resolution method of 3D bioprinting live tissues
In a resin cube on a suspended platform, a glass pipette 3D prints mammal cells as individual droplets of water. The goal of this process is to create three-dimensional tissues that match the behaviou…
BYU 3D prints first of its kind sub 100 micron microfluidic chip
Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU), Utah, are “deliberately trying to start a revolution” in the way chemical testing devices are made. Using a custom built 3D printer, scientis…
Harvard-MIT liver chip narrows gap between in vitro and in vivo drug tests
3D bioprinting, microfluidics and hydrogel scaffolding combine in the latest liver tissue research by a team of scientists attributable to seven institutions from across the globe. Centralized at Harv…