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SHINING 3D Announces Strategic Partnership with ArtSystems

Sep.28, 2018 - SHINING 3D, the industry leader in 3D digitizing and 3D printing technologies since 2004, has announced a new partnership with ArtSystems, one of the largest value-added distributor and service providers for resellers in the UK. The partnership confirms the need for 3D digitizing and 3D printing technology and services in the fast-growing market in the UK.' More

GE Transportation to produce up to 250 3D printed locomotive parts by 2025

Sep.28, 2018 - GE Transportation is in early trials of using additive manufacturing to produce locomotive components. If the trial proves to be successful, 3D printing could be used in the production of up to 250 locomotive components by 2025. More

Pitt grad student 3D prints a realistic phantom head for MR research

Sep.28, 2018 - Sossena Wood, a bioengineering PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, has developed a 3D printed realistic phantom head for magnetic resonance research in the Swanson School of Engineering. More

3D printed Luneburg lens antenna startup Lunewave raises $5M in seed funding

Sep.27, 2018 - Lunewave, a startup with a presence in Boston that is building new sensors to power autonomous vehicles and 5G wireless networks, has raised $5 million in seed funding to develop radar and antenna technologies for self-driving cars. More

UTSC start-up Genecis converts food waste into bio-plastic for 3D printing

Sep.27, 2018 - UTSC start-up Genecis is using micro-organisms, microbial engineering and machine learning to turn restaurant food waste into biodegradable plastics (PHA) that can be used to make toys, flexible packaging, 3D printing filament and medical applications including surgical staples, sutures and stints. More

This awesome 3D printed robotic Rubik's Cube can solve itself

Sep.26, 2018 - A Japanese inventor who goes by the alias 'Human Controller' has created an amazing 3D-printed self-solving Rubik's cube. More

Purdue researchers working on a multi-functional 3D printer for printing 'smart' objects

Sep.26, 2018 - Researchers at Purdue Polytechnic Institute and the College of Engineering faculty are working to develop a multi-functional 3D printer that could eventually let people print out 'smart' objects, including entire cellphones. More

Nicole Hone designs Hydrophytes, interactive 4D printed aquatic plants for the future

Sep.25, 2018 - Wellington, New Zealand-based industrial designer Nicole Hone reveals 'hydrophytes', a series of futuristic aquatic plants created with multi-material 3D printing. The hydrophytes are then activated by pneumatic inflation in water and transform into dynamic organisms. The goal of her work is to explore the design and choreography of movement through 4D printing.' More

Sydney researcher 3D prints hypersonic aircraft models for low-speed wind tunnel testing

Sep.25, 2018 - Tamas Bykerk, a graduate student at the University of Sydney in Australia, has used 3D printing technology to create hypersonic aircraft models for low-speed wind tunnel testing. 3D printers have greatly reduced the time it takes to create a working prototype. More

Ultimaker reveals new material profiles and print core CC Red 0.6

Sep.25, 2018 - 3D printing company Ultimaker today reveals two optimized industrial materials for the Ultimaker S5 at the TCT Show in Birmingham. The company also introduces a new print core CC Red 0.6 that allows reliable 3D printing on the Ultimaker S5 with composite materials. More

Airbus Helicopters adopts 3D printing for serial production of A350 parts

Sep.24, 2018 - Airbus Helicopters is preparing serial production of latch shafts for the doors of A350 passenger aircraft through 3D printing process. More

Josef Prusa introduces open source resin 3D printer Prusa SL1 for $1599

Sep.24, 2018 - Josef Prusa has announced a new resin-based open source SLA 3D printer Prusa SL1. More

Ontario researchers 3D print titanium skull cap for dog with cancer

Sep.24, 2018 - Researchers at an Ontario university have used 3D printing technology to replace the majority of a dog's cancer-ridden skull. The novel cancer treatment procedure is being heralded as a major advancement in veterinary medicine. More

Covestro uses 3 different 3D printing processes to produce shock absorbers

Sep.21, 2018 - A unique 3D printed shock absorber will make its debut at the Fakuma 2018 trade fair (October 16-20) Friedrichshafen. Printed in three materials using three different processes, this part also boasts a high degree of functionality. More

Prusa Research releases in-house made Prusament 3D printing filaments

Sep.21, 2018 - Prusa Research, the Czech 3D printer manufacturer behind the Prusa line of RepRap 3D printers, has unveiled Prusament, a new brand of filament that is developed in-house at its new filament factory. The company is also the only 3D printer manufacturer that has its own in-house filament production. More

Kuwaiti authorities close 3D printed figurine shop for selling 'cult idols'

Sep.20, 2018 - A 3D printing shop in Kuwait has reportedly been shut down by authorities this week after being accused of selling 'cult idols.' More

3D printed tracheal splints restore the breathing of a 7-month-old baby

Sep.20, 2018 - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta used three 3D printed custom-made splints to assist the breathing of a 7-month-old patient battling life-threatening airway obstruction. More

MoSculp: MIT CSAIL uses AI to create 3D printed 'motion sculptures' from 2D videos

Sep.19, 2018 - Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Google Research, and the University of California Berkley, have come up with an artificially intelligent (AI) system called MoSculp to create 3D printed 'motion sculptures' from 2D videos. More

Two Plymouth students create 3D printed PINK prosthetic breasts to help cancer survivors

Sep.19, 2018 - Rosie Brave and Sam Jackman, two design students at the University of Plymouth, have created 3D printed pink prosthetic breasts which is set to change the lives of cancer survivors. More

ETH Zurich prints tough, lightweight structures using FDM 3D printers and liquid-crystal-polymers

Sep.18, 2018 - Researchers from the Complex Materials and Soft Materials team at ETH Zurich have developed a bioinspired approach to 3D print lightweight structures using cheap desktop FDM printers and liquid-crystal-polymers. For the first time, they were able to print objects from a single recyclable material with mechanical properties that surpass all other available printable polymers and can compete even with fibre-reinforced composites. More

LLNL uses machine learning to prevent defects in metal 3D printed parts in real time

Sep.18, 2018 - Engineers and scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California, have developed convolutional neural networks (CNNs), a popular type of algorithm primarily used to process images and videos, to predict flaws in 3D printed parts and detect within milliseconds whether a build will be of satisfactory quality. More

AMT launches PostPro3D automated surface smoothing machine for 3D printed parts

Sep.17, 2018 - UK-based Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) announced today the launch of their patented PostPro3D machine which automatically smooths 3D printed elastomeric and nylon parts. More

Hailey Dawson, 8-year-old with 3D printed hand throws 1st pitch at all 30 MLB parks

Sep.17, 2018 - Hailey Dawson, a young girl with a 3D printed prosthetic arm threw out the first pitch at Angels Stadium on Sunday. She completed what her family is calling her Journey to 30, and with that, she became the first person to throw out the first pitch at all 30 Major League ballparks. More

Johnson & Johnson acquires 3D printed spinal implant maker Emerging Implant Technologies

Sep.17, 2018 - Johnson & Johnson Medical has acquired German 3D-printed spinal implants maker Emerging Implant Technologies (EIT) for an undisclosed amount. More

LEGO and Stanley Black & Decker back Evolve Additive Solutions with $19M funding

Sep.17, 2018 - Stratasys Spinoff Evolve Additive Solutions today announced the completion of an equity investment of $19M led by the LEGO Brand Group with participation from Stanley Black and Decker Investments and a third undisclosed investor. More

Lockheed Martin teams With Deakin University to exploit FORTIS Exoskeleton

Sep.17, 2018 - Lockheed Martin Australia and Deakin University's Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI) have partnered on a 12-month development program to extended the capability of Lockheed Martin's FORTIS Exoskeleton. More

Awesome 3D printed Millennium Falcon took 10 days to complete

Sep.15, 2018 - 3D Printing enthusiast Steve Ouklama created an amazing 3D printed Millennium Falcon on a self-built large-format printer. More

WASP releases modular Crane WASP infinity 3D printer for construction

Sep.14, 2018 - For the past two years, the company has been working on the development of a new construction system, the Crane WASP ''the infinity 3D printer', which will be presented on 6th and 7th October in Massa Lombarda. More

Zortrax enters resin 3D printing market with Zortrax Inkspire 3D printer

Sep.14, 2018 - Polish 3D printer manufacturer Zortrax has released the Zortrax Inkspire, the company's first desktop DLP 3D printer which marks the company's entrance into the the resin 3D printing market. More

Moritz Simon Geist 3D prints sonic robots to play electrifying techno music

Sep.13, 2018 - Media artist and robotic engineer, Moritz Simon Geist, will soon release the world's first techno album played entirely by self-made robots. The album is produced by Mouse On Mars' Andi Thoma and scheduled for release next month. More

New SCRIM 3D concrete printing uses mesh to produce lightweight structures

Sep.13, 2018 - Researchers at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at the Danish Technological Institute have developed a new hybrid construction concept called "Sparse Concrete Reinforcement In Meshworks" (SCRIM) that intersects robot-based 3D Concrete Printing and textile reinforcement meshes to produce lightweight elements. More

Volkswagen plan to use 3D metal printing for mass production

Sep.12, 2018 - Volkswagen is the first automotive manufacturer using the latest 3D printing technology: the 'HP Metal Jet' process simplifies and speeds up metallic 3D printing. The world's largest carmaker unveiled plans Tuesday to start using 3D printing to mass produce car parts, including gear knobs and custom tailgate lettering. More

uDiamond: VTT and Carbodeon speed up 3D printing with nanodiamonds

Sep.12, 2018 - VTT and Helsinki-based Carbodeon Ltd Oy have developed a plastic filament called uDiamond' suitable for consumer and industrial use, enabling faster 3D printing and improving the mechanical durability of the printouts. More

Carbon introduces medical-grade MPU 100 resin, teams with Fast Radius to redesign Steelcase SILQ Office Chair with 3D printing

Sep.11, 2018 - Carbon announced the launch of its first medical-grade material: Medical Polyurethane 100 (MPU 100). It has also teamed up with Fast Radius to 'reimagine the design of Steelcase's award-winning SILQ office chair. More

IKEA is using 3D printing to design ergonomic chair, the Ubik, for gamers

Sep.11, 2018 - Swedish furniture chain IKEA recently announced that it is partnering with e-sports group Area Academy and US 3D printed prosthetics startup UNYQ to bring customizable chairs to gamers. They are using advanced body-scanning technology made for medical wearables and 3D printing technology to make customized 3D ergonomic and adjustable seats. More

Team Penske is using carbon fiber 3D printers for race car parts

Sep.11, 2018 - Team Penske is expanding use of additive manufacturing across design and production environments to gain competitive edge in the NASCAR, INDYCAR and IMSA circuits. Additive manufacturing is used to advance car testing, prototypes and production parts, supported by advanced materials such as Carbon Fiber-filled Nylon 12. More

HP launches Metal Jet 3D printer, 50x more productive than other binder jetting systems

Sep.10, 2018 - HP launched today its HP Metal Jet 3D printing technology for the high volume manufacturing of production-grade metal parts at the 2018 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS). According to HP, Metal Jet is a "voxel-level binder jetting technology" that's up to 50 times more productive than current 3D printing systems. More

SHINING 3D launches new Wireless FreeScan X5+ and X7+ handheld 3D scanners

Sep.10, 2018 - SHINING 3D has announced the introduction of its new Wireless FreeScan X5+ and X7+ metrology 3D scanners at IMTS 2018 exhibition. More

SwRI, UTSA researchers develop 3D printed biodegradable implant for cancer treatment

Sep.10, 2018 - Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are developing a 3D printed minimally invasive medicinal implant that could deliver a controlled, personalized dose of medicine over several weeks for the treatment of infections as well as ailments such as arthritis, cancer and AIDS. More

Dutch railways (NS) to 3D print spare parts for trains

Sep.7, 2018 - Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS, Dutch Railways) is taking advantage of 3D printing and will replace some broken train parts with 3D printed replacement parts. In fact, 20 3D printed spare parts are currently available and NS plans to produce more than 50 by the end of the year. More

3D printed impeller allows drone to operate for thousands of hours

Sep.7, 2018 - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) engineers are developing a cooled, radial gas turbine for a small generator that provides thousands of hours of electricity to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This development can improve upon current UAV turbines that can only operate a few hundred hours before wearing out. More

3D printing finishing startup DyeMansion raises $5M in series A funding to go global

Sep.7, 2018 - Munich-based startup DyeMansion GmbH, already well-known in the 3D printing industry for their unique 'Print-to-Product' workflow, have now secured a $5 million series A funding round by Unternehmertum Venture Capital, btov Partners, and AM Ventures to expand their global business and extend their portfolio. More

Yale researchers develop an easy way to 3D print with metal

Sep.6, 2018 - Researchers from Yale University working with a company called Desktop Metals think they've found a way to make 3D printing metal objects easier than ever before. Researchers demonstrated a new approach to 3D printing to fuse metallic filaments made from metallic glass into metallic objects. More

Hierarchical 3D printing of nanoporous gold may revolutionize chemical reactor design

Sep.6, 2018 - Lawrence Livermore Nationwide Laboratory (LLNL) researchers, together with their counterparts at Harvard College report on the hierarchical 3D printing of nanoporous gold, which they believe could revolutionize the design of chemical reactors. More

Nearly 3,800 3D printers were left exposed to attacks, warns SANS

Sep.5, 2018 - Nearly 3,800 3D printers are being left open without any access control or authentication requirements, according to a blog post by Xavier Mertens and Richard Porter, two security researchers from the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC). More

3D printed tool uses smartphone to detect disease-carrying mosquitoes, Wolbachia

Sep.5, 2018 - Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin developed a 3D printed diagnostic tool to easily identify disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and determine whether the bug has come into contact with a mosquito-control strategy known as Wolbachia. More

GKN Aerospace to 3D print rocket engine turbines for Ariane Prometheus engines

Sep.5, 2018 - ArianeGroup, the space-launchers joint-venture between Airbus and Safran and the team in charge of the Ariane 6 project, on Sept. 4 awarded a contract to its Swedish supplier GKN Aerospace for turbines of re-usable rocket engine demonstrator, part of Prometheus project.' More

Titomic & TAUV debut Australia's first metal 3D printed soldier-enabled drones

Sep.4, 2018 - Australian metal additive manufacturing company, Titomic, has announced its first defence agreement with TAUV, to produce a ruggedised soldier-enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Titanium using the Titomic Kinetic Fusion technology. More

Harvard researchers use soundwaves to assist 3D printing with viscous liquids

Sep.4, 2018 - Harvard researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique that uses sound waves to generate droplets from liquids with an unprecedented range of composition and viscosity. This technique could be used to synthesize biopharmaceuticals and cosmetics, as well as optical and conductive materials. More

Metamolds: Creating ideal 3D printed silicone molds faster and cheaper

Sep.3, 2018 - Scientists have developed a new method that automatically finds the best way of designing the molds but also delivers templates for so-called metamolds: Rigid molds that are 3D-printed and that are used to fabricate the optimized silicone molds. More

PwC creates digital skills program to train employees on 3D printing, drone, blockchain

Sep.3, 2018 - 'Big four' auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is launching a new "digital skills" training programs aimed at improving the expertise of its employees on blockchain and other innovative technologies like 3D printing. More

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