Peri Group acquires minority share in Danish construction 3D printing company COBOD
Oct.31, 2018 -
Germany's Peri Group, a global maker of formwork and scaffolding systems, has acquires what it calls a 'significant minority stake' in Copenhagen-based Danish 3D concrete printing specialist COBOD International A/S.
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Uniti Sweden to set up first fully digitalized EV production site in the UK
Oct.31, 2018 -
Swedish electric car company Uniti has announced plans to establish an electric vehicle 'pilot production plant' at Silverstone Park, UK, part of the famous grand prix circuit. Uniti is developing an all-new electric two-seater Uniti One, which will be first produced at a 'pilot production plant' by 2020.
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LIFT: University of Twente researchers 3D print pure gold 'micro jewels' using laser technique
Oct.30, 2018 -
Dutch researchers at University of Twente has developed a new metal 3D printing technique which allows a laser apparatus to print metal structures drop by drop, including in pure gold, on the few micron scale.
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ETH Zurich scientist 3D prints artificial heart pump using Embedded magnet printing
Oct.29, 2018 -
Kai von Petersdorff-Campen, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Z'rich, Switzerland, has developed a 3D printing technique to create products containing magnets. He demonstrated his method, called 'Embedded magnet printing,' by 3D printing an artificial heart pump prototype, and won the first prize for prototyping from the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO).
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Precise Bio launches Ophthalmology Business Unit to develop 3D printed corneas
Oct.29, 2018 -
Precise Bio, a North Carolina based Regenerative Medicine company announced the launch of a dedicated ophthalmology business unit in its Winston-Salem facility. In addition to its scalable platform that enables mass-bio-fabrication of tissue and organ, Precise Bio aims to advance 3D bioprinting research for the eyes and bring them to market.
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3D printed graphene scaffold offers highest-ever capacitance for a supercapacitor
Oct.25, 2018 -
The researchers fabricated electrodes using a printable graphene aerogel to build a porous three-dimensional scaffold loaded with pseudocapacitive gel, which is a kind of capacitor material that also behaves like a battery in some ways. In laboratory tests, the novel electrodes achieved the highest areal capacitance (electric charge stored per unit of electrode surface area) ever reported for a supercapacitor.
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Apple granted patent for triangular tessellation 3D printing method
Oct.25, 2018 -
One of Apple's newly granted patents covers their invention relating to techniques for 3D printing three dimensional (3D) objects. More particularly, Apple filed a patent for a new method to print 3D models efficiently using triangular tessellation.
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Mitsubishi Electric announces new Dot Forming AM technology for high-precision 3D metal shaping
Oct.24, 2018 -
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has developed a unique dot forming technology that realizes high-precision shaping by combining laser, computer numerical control (CNC) and computer aided manufacturing CAM technologies in 3D printers.
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MX3D releases stunning images of world's first 3D printed steel bridge
Oct.24, 2018 -
World's first 3D printed steel bridge is completed and will be installed across a canal in Amsterdam next year. The bridge has already been on display during the Dutch Design Week that took place from October 20 to October 28, 2018.
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HP, NTU Singapore and NRF announce $84 million HP-NTU Digital Manufacturing Corporate Lab
Oct.23, 2018 -
HP, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) today announced the new HP-NTU Digital Manufacturing Corporate Lab.
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Novel 3D bioprinting tech could create artificial blood vessels, organ tissue
Oct.23, 2018 -
CU Boulder engineers have developed a 3D printing technique that can recreate the complex geometry of blood vessels, and could one day be used to produce artificial arteries and organ tissue.
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SHINING 3D Launched AccuFab-D1 DLP 3D printer at Global Reseller & Partner Meeting 2018
Oct.22, 2018 -
SHINING 3D's AccuFab-D1 is a desktop DLP 3D printer, specially developed for use in digital dentistry. Featuring rich print details and an outstanding efficiency, the AccuFab-D1 is built to address the various printing needs of dental model, castable wax-up, surgical guide, gingiva mask, individual impression tray, bracket transfer tray.
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Titomic signs $1.8M Defence MoU with TAUV to 3D print next-generation soldier systems
Oct.22, 2018 -
Australian metal additive manufacturing Company Titomic today announces that it has signed an agreement with TAUV Proprietary Limited to commence an up to $1.8 million exclusive defence program to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles, solider systems and solider sensors for TAUV.
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Fraunhofer IKTS researchers use FFF 3D printing to make harder 3D metal prints
Oct.22, 2018 -
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) have found a way to make much harder 3D prints in metal using Fused Filament Fabrication, which originates from the plastics processing industry.
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Tonkin Liu develops trachea stent prototype using architectural Shell Lace Structure
Oct.19, 2018 -
Stephen Lawrence Prize-winning architects Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin of London-based Tonkin Liu have developed an innovative medical device called the Shell Lace Stent for use in patients' windpipes.
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New method developed to 3D print lithium-ion batteries in nearly any shape
Oct.18, 2018 -
Researchers, led by Christopher Reyes and Benjamin Wiley have developed a new method to 3D print lithium-ion batteries in virtually any shape. They report their results in ACS Applied Energy Materials.
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ESA's MELT 3D printer designed for use in microgravity
Oct.18, 2018 -
European Space Agency's first 3D printer designed for use in microgravity conditions, printing aerospace-quality plastics, has won the TCT Aerospace Applications Award 2018.
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Icon 3D prints homes in 24 hours for $4,000, raises $9 million for expansion
Oct.18, 2018 -
ICON has raised $9 million in seed funding to build custom 3D printed homes in less than 24 hours. In partnership with New Story, a San Francisco-based, Y-Combinator backed nonprofit, Icon wants to end homelessness by building sustainable communities using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials.
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Gillette launches Razor Maker concept for customizable 3D printed razor handles
Oct.17, 2018 -
Gillette today launches Razor Maker, a new concept that leverages 3D printing technology to offer a series of customizable 3D printed handles for consumers who desire to have completely unique and personalized products.
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Coolrec and Refil launch HIPS 3D printer filament made from recycled fridges
Oct.17, 2018 -
Coolrec, a subsidiary of International waste recycling company Renewi, is partnering with Refil to launch HIPS (High Impact PolyStyrene plastic), a high quality, dissolvable 3D printing filament made from the plastics from old refrigerators.
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XJet opens world's largest Additive Manufacturing Center for ceramics and metals in Israel
Oct.17, 2018 -
XJet, the Israeli company that develops ceramic and metal 3D printing solutions, has officially opened its Additive Manufacturing Center in Rehovot.
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PrinTracker: Researchers discover ways to trace 3D printed guns using 3D printer's fingerprint
Oct.16, 2018 -
Researchers at University at Buffalo report they've found the first accurate method to track the origin of 3D-printed guns and counterfeit products. The technology, called "PrinTracker," can precisely trace the physical object to its source 3D printer based on its fingerprint.
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Russian firm is preparing to send duplicate 3D Bioprinter to ISS after Soyuz MS-10 failure
Oct.16, 2018 -
The Russian 3D Bioprinting Solutions company is preparing to send a duplicate 3D bioprinter for experiments at the International Space Station (ISS) in the near future, after a Soyuz spacecraft crashed due to a malfunction during liftoff.
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Lufthansa Technik opens Additive Manufacturing Center
Oct.16, 2018 -
Lufthansa Technik has set up a dedicated Additive Manufacturing (AM) Center with the aim of bundling and expanding the competence and experience the company has gained in past years.
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3D Systems releases ProJet MJP 2500 IC 3D printer for investment casting wax patterns
Oct.15, 2018 -
3D Systems today unveiled its new 3D printing solution for investment casting professionals, the ProJet MJP 2500 IC. Ideal for customized metal components, bridge manufacturing and low volume production, the ProJet MJP 2500 IC produces RealWax patterns in a fraction of the time and cost compared to traditional pattern production.
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Scientists invent high-efficient, 3D nanoprinted polymer lenses for X-ray microscopes
Oct.15, 2018 -
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have used 3D printing to manufacture X-ray lenses from polymeric materials with nanometer-sized features and excellent focusing capabilities.
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Digital Metal launches automated production concept for 3D metal printing
Oct.12, 2018 -
Digital Metal, part of the metal powder-producing Höganäs Group in Sweden, has launched a fully automated production concept for 3D metal printing.
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Jary the Hornbill gets 3D printed prosthetic casque after cancer
Oct.12, 2018 -
Jary, 22-year-old male great pied hornbill, has been given a 3D-printed prosthetic casque after surgery to remove cancerous tissue.
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US Navy approves 1 year test of first metal 3D printed part for shipboard use
Oct.12, 2018 -
US Navy has approved the first 3D printed metal component to be used onboard an aircraft carrier, the Naval Sea Systems Command announced in a press release on Thursday.
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Engineers develop process to 3D print cells to produce tendon and ligament tissue
Oct.11, 2018 -
A team of University of Utah biomedical engineers have developed a method to 3D print cells to produce human tissue such as ligaments and tendons using a modified 3D printer and stem cells harvested from fat tissue.
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NUST MISIS scientists double the strength of 3D printed aluminum composites
Oct.11, 2018 -
NUST MISIS scientists have proposed an advanced method for production of an ultrahigh-purity alumina (UHPA) that can double the strength of 3D printed aluminum composites, and advance the characteristics of these products to the quality of titanium alloys. The developed modifiers for 3D printing can be used in products for the aerospace industry.
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Researchers develop 3D printed objects that can track and store how people use them
Oct.10, 2018 -
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed 3D printed assistive technology that can track and store how people use them without using batteries or electronics.
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Thermwood and Boeing 3D print 12-foot-long single-piece tool for 777X program
Oct.10, 2018 -
Boeing has teamed up with Thermwood Corporation, an Indiana-based manufacturing specialist, to produce a large, 3D printed single-piece tool for Boeing's 777X program. The project demonstrates that additive manufacturing is ready to produce large production quality tooling parts for the aerospace industry.
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Nuclear technique helps predict critical deposition heights for laser additive manufacturing
Oct.9, 2018 -
Australian and Indian researchers have developd a new theoretical model that successfully predicts the residual stresses and critical deposition heights for laser additive manufacturing.
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British scientists from The Big Bang Fair create 3D-printed school dinners
Oct.9, 2018 -
Scientists from the annual Big Bang Fair, which promotes science, technology and maths (STEM) subjects, worked with St Helen's Primary School in Canning Town to create 3D printed meals such as geometric fish and chips, and hexagonal beans as part of the project.
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Future cars to be made from revolutionary 3D printed, vibration-proof material
Oct.8, 2018 -
Scientists from the University of Surrey partnered with researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of California to develop a new 3D printed material that has high stiffness and damping.
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Unique 3D printed tactile map helps visually impaired students navigate USF campus
Oct.5, 2018 -
Thanks to Howard Kaplan, a visualization specialist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, a unique 3D printed tactile version of these maps for some classrooms on campus may soon be available for the people who are visually impaired.
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3DGence introduces new dual extruder DOUBLE P255 3D printer
Oct.5, 2018 -
Polish 3D printer manufacturer 3DGence has introduced its latest 3D printer model, the dual extruder DOUBLE P255. The new 3D printer is based on The 3D printer is based on the original DOUBLE 3D printer that was released at the beginning of 2018.
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Beetle inspired 3D printed cement paste gets stronger when it cracks
Oct.4, 2018 -
Researchers at USA's Purdue University have 3D printed cement paste, an ingredient of the concrete and mortar used to build various infrastructure elements, that gets tougher under pressure.
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Ai Build unveils automated AI-based 3D printing for Factories of the Future
Oct.4, 2018 -
Ai Build, a London based company developing Artificial Intelligence and Robotic technologies for large scale additive manufacturing, showcased new technology to bring 3D printing and artificial intelligence algorithms to the factory floor in a bid to change the way we'll build the future.
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ETH Zürich's construction robot creates Rock Print Pavilion from loose stones and string
Oct.3, 2018 -
Researchers at ETH Zurich are showing off their construction robot who has 3D printed a temporary pavilion using stones and string as part of an exhibition at the Gewerbemuseum in the city of Winterthur.
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3D printed jellyfish robots created to monitor fragile coral reefs
Oct.3, 2018 -
A team of scientists from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the U.S. Office of Naval Research have built 3D printed robot jellyfish that could one day be used to track and monitor endangered coral reefs in the world's oceans.
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3D bioprinting of living structures with built-in chemical sensors
Oct.2, 2018 -
An international team of researchers led by Professor Michael K'hl at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen has developed a new 3D bioprinting method for monitoring complex tissue structures.
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Futurist Christopher Barnatt's review: 3D printing innovations at the TCT Show 2018
Oct.2, 2018 -
From 25 to 27 September 2018, the TCT Show was held in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. With over 300 exhibitors and 10,000 attendees, the annual event was a hive of 3D printing innovation, with many new printers and other developments on display.
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BigRep partners with Bosch RexRoth for CNC-equipped 3D printers
Oct.1, 2018 -
BigRep and Bosch Rexroth today announced a development partnership: For the first time, 3D printers by BigRep will be equipped with state-of-art CNC control systems and drives by Bosch Rexroth.
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Liberty Powder Metals granted £4.6M to develop powder materials for 3D printed car parts
Oct.1, 2018 -
UK-based Liberty Powder Metals, owned by Liberty House, has received '4.6m investment to develop and manufacture speciality alloy metal powders for 3D printed car parts.
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Paul G. Allen's Stratolaunch space venture uses 3D printing to develop PGA rocket engine
Oct.1, 2018 -
Stratolaunch revealed new details Sept. 27 about a rocket engine it is developing for use on future launch vehicles that will fly from it giant carrier aircraft.
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