Human Bone Structure Key to Stronger 3D-Printed Lightweight Materials [Video]
What do bones and 3D-printed buildings have in common? They both have columns and beams on the inside that determine how long they last. Now,…
What do bones and 3D-printed buildings have in common? They both have columns and beams on the inside that determine how long they last. Now,…
Successful trials of titanium-copper alloys for 3D printing could kickstart a new range of high-performance alloys for medical device, defense, and aerospace applications. Current titanium…
ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. The basis for this is a special resin that can…
With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer — extremely fast…
Rapid manufacturing on-demand could make parts-warehousing and expensive molds a thing of the past. Northwestern University researchers have developed a new, futuristic 3D printer that…
Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces. Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements. Today’s commercial aircraft…
Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked. In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II sent…
A new way of 3D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major step forward in the manufacture of artificial medical implants….
Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices. A new method developed by MIT researchers uses standard…
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light. The color-changing capabilities of chameleons have…
In the last several years, 3D printing with plastics has advanced rapidly. Now, a team of researchers have shown that it may soon be as…
New 3-D printing technique enables faster, better, and cheaper models of patient-specific medical data for research and diagnosis. What if you could hold a physical…
Engineers from MIT have developed a 3D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells. The cells are…
Engineers at MIT have developed a new desktop 3D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common…
In a newly published paper, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes, which matches the production rate and power efficiency of its…
The list of materials that can be produced by 3D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food….
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. The small robot — nicknamed the “octobot” — could pave…
Engineers and computer scientists at MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a new system that can convert MRI scans of a patient’s heart into…