This week’s edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, features the latest developments of additive manufacturing in fashion, footwear, and art, as well as novel research in tissue engin…
Luxexcel and IFB provides free 3D printed glasses to schoolchildren
Dutch 3D printed optical lens manufacturer, Luxexcel, and a non-profit organization for visually impaired, IFB Solutions have celebrated their one-year partnership in a unique way. The two companies p…
Luxexcel advances 3D printing technology for ophthalmic lenses
3D printed ophthalmic lens specialist Luxexcel has announced that its proprietary 3D printing technology for optical lenses has advanced from the pilot phase to the printing of commercial lenses. Base…
It’s clear – you can 3D print transparent parts on a desktop FFF machine
In a new project from Fenneclabs, self-professed maker Tomer Glick has demonstrated how to make transparent parts on a desktop FFF 3D printer. A challenging project, due to the inhomogenity of melted …
3D printing news Sliced: 3D Systems, Optomec, Luxexcel, Local Motors
Today in Sliced, our regular 3D printing news digest, we feature new 3D printing university courses, fiber-reinforced filament, cutting edge additive manufacturing research, the future of 3D printed e…
Luxexcel raises $13.9 million, appoints Solidscape veteran as CEO
Dutch 3D printed optical lens specialist Luxexcel has raised $13.9 million in series C funding announcing that it is breaking into its “next phase” of development. Hans Streng, CEO of the …
The best medical, dental and healthcare applications of 3D printing 2018
With the 2018 3D Printing Industry Awards only a few weeks away, we take a look at what our readers consider the best medical, dental and healthcare applications of 3D printing. Make your vote for the…
Northwestern Engineering develops method for 3D printing low cost, high quality optical lenses
Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering has developed a new method for 3D printing high quality lenses for use in optical imaging devices. Applications of the technology include customised cont…
3D printing news sliced 3D printed cake, Himax Technologies, Tech Soft 3D, Innofil3D
Would you eat 3D printed cake? Wonder what happened to embedded lens in smartglasses? Are you an Android user jealous of the face scanning tech in the iPhone X? Giant 3D printed skeletons? All this an…
GlassesUSA launches free glasses frame designs for 3D printing with artist Janne Kyttanen
Will you be 3D printing frames at home in the near future? Online eyewear retailer GlassesUSA.com seems to think so. The company has released free .stl and .obj files for 3D printed glasses frames, to…