MIT Develops a System That Can 3D Print the Basic Structure of an Entire Building
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….
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…
Engineers from MIT have developed a new system to print transparent glass in 3-D. This new system is the first to create strong, solid glass…
A new Web-based interface allows a wide range of modifications to basic designs that are printable on a 3-D printer, allowing novices to do in…
Researchers from Yale University have developed a shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired. Combine mechanical engineering, experimental theater, and an old…
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have developed one of the first soft robots that moves autonomously. Traditional industrial robots are rigid — mostly metal…
Using a material that is composed of two different polymers with different degrees of stiffness, researchers have developed a soft material with controllable surface textures…
Researchers from MIT have developed a new process that uses 3D printing to produce complex hydrogel structures that are “extremely tough and robust.” Researchers have…
Engineers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a way to design and fabricate new microscale cushioning materials with a broad range of programmable…
Using new algorithms and electronic components, researchers demonstrate the promise of printable robotic components that, when heated, automatically fold into prescribed three-dimensional configurations. Printable robots…
A team of researchers from the University of Southampton have completed their first hip surgery with a 3D-printed implant and bone stem cell graft. Doctors…
Using a laser sintering process and powdered metals, Solid Concepts manufactures the world’s first 3D-printed metal gun. Austin, TX – Solid Concepts, one of the…
Engineers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a 3D+2D television that combines both 2D and 3D, allowing viewers with stereo glasses to see three-dimensional images,…
Using a custom-built 3D printer, a team of researchers printed lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand, opening the door to future development…
Researchers at Princeton created a 3D printed “bionic” ear that exhibits enhanced auditory sensing for radio frequency reception, merging biologic and nanoelectronic functionalities via 3D…
Researchers from Heriot-Watt University, in partnership with Roslin Cellab, have developed a 3D printing process that is the first to print embryonic cell cultures, allowing…
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created a new type of microchip that allows information to move in three dimensions, left to right, back…