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The development of 3D printer technology has been rapidly accelerating, boosted in a large part to the open source community and world-wide sharing of information.
Manned missions beyond Earth orbit face the rather important problem of how to feed the crew and maintain the capsule environment for years on end without any resupply from home.
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We're used to 3D-printed objects being hard and unyielding, or perhaps a little rubbery. Thanks to work being done by scientists at Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University, however, we may soon be seeing things like soft and squishy 3D-printed
Vision would no longer have to be #nofilter
We've only just begun to see the huge impact 3D-printing technology will have on manufacturing, and the aerospace industry is a prime example.
"Flame-like bands originate from the point of the heel, rising upwards to gently embrace the foot, while the ergonomically optimized foot bed provides comfort and support," ...
engine. So a company that is hoping to start doing weekly launches to set up constellations of satellites better have some solid engine game.
Rome wasn't built in a day, but a village of 10 houses created out of 3D printed concrete parts has been constructed in just one day in Shanghai, China. And the even better news? Each one only cost around $5000. Oh, and they're partly made out of
Entrepreneurs in Denmark have taken another step towards improving the general usability of 3D printers with the Diamond Hotend, a single 3D extruder unit that can mix and melt three filaments together and produce items in a rainbow of colors.
Researchers at Purdue University have shown how standard inkjet-printers can be employed to produce flexible electronic circuits from liquid-metal nanoparticle inks.
In November 2014, a ratchet wrench was designed on Earth by 3D printing company Made In Space Inc. NASA then pinged over the file to space so that an astronaut could 3D print it on the International Space Station.
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SINCE CONGRESSMAN STEVE Israel first called for legislation that would ban 3-D printed guns, those plastic-printed firearms have evolved from a few simple components to a full one-shot pistol to rifles and multi-shot revolvers, with more advances on
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Just like you would hope, something very cool was revealed at the 2015 Experimental Biology conference in Boston: the biomedical company Organovo showed off its technique for 3D printing human kidney tissue.
Given some biodegradable 3D printing filament and tasked with doing something creative with it, Vimal Patel built an extruder using Lego, attached it to a rather ordinary hot glue gun and ended up with a pretty funky 3D printing pen ?" a DIY 3Doodl
Ants of the world, rejoice! Y'all finally have a holdable cordless drill to hang up those pictures.
3D printing isn't suitable for everything, with materials issues and desired finish quality to take into account. Enter X-Carve, a domestic device that allows the home-based enthusiast to work in more than just extruded plastic.
Chloé Rutzerveld is the Michael Pollan of 3-D printed food.
The First 3D Printed House Is Coming, And The Construction Industry Will Never Be The Same
Companies like to pile on Defense Distributed, like we don't all know how this story ends. The most recent is a company called Mark Forged in Cambridge that sells a carbon fiber 3D printer called the Mark One...I will pay $15,000 to the first person
Companies like to pile on Defense Distributed, like we don't all know how this story ends. The most recent is a company called Mark Forged in Cambridge that sells a carbon fiber 3D printer called the Mark One...I will pay $15,000 to the first person
The new generation of "maker" tools like 3-D printers and milling machines promises to let anyone make virtually anything--from prosthetic limbs to firearms--in the privacy and convenience of his or her own home.
Working with colleagues from Deakin University and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), researchers from Australia's Monash University have created the world's first 3D-printed jet engine.
As cool and wonderful as Lego is, those plastic bricks can be tricky to handle if you want to step up from mere constructive play into serious custom-built prototyping.
Brilliant ideas need brilliant materials. Designed to overcome the strength limitations of traditional 3D printed materials, the revolutionary Mark One 3D printer is the world's first 3D printer designed to print continuous carbon fiber.
12 stunning pieces of jewelry you won't believe were made with a 3D printer
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Drew Phillips (In Studio) provides updates to Freedom's Phoenix Studio - Harris Kenny (Aleph Objects/Lulzbot 3D Printer) gives an update on their 3D printers - Sheriff Richard Mack (CSPOA) provides an update on his health after Heart Attack
