3D Printing
Macaw receives world's first titanium 3D printed beak
A team of veterinarians and 3D printing experts from the Renato Archer Technology and Information Center (CTI) in Campinas, Brazil, have successfully implanted the world’s first metal 3D printed beak on a bright blue and yellow macaw. The bird, named Gigi, was rescued from captivity and found with severe deformations on her beak that prevented her from feeding herself, yet just days after the surgery, she is already well-adapted and able to...
Researchers find security breach in 3D printing process
With findings that could have been taken from the pages of a spy novel, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated that they can purloin intellectual property by recording and processing sounds emitted by a 3D printer.
Dress made up of 1,600 pieces is 3D printed fully assembled
Massachusetts based generative design studio, Nervous System, has created a new Kinematics 3D printed dress, which will be debuted and exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston from March 6th to July 10th, 2016. The dress, which was inspired by natural elements such as petals, feathers, and scales, introduces a new dimension to the design studio’s previous work.
3D printing can make ultrafast graphene supercapacitor
Scientists at UC Santa Cruz and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reported the first example of ultrafast 3D-printed graphene supercapacitor electrodes that outperform comparable electrodes made via traditional methods. Their results open the door to novel, unconstrained designs of highly efficient energy storage systems for smartphones, wearables, implantable devices, electric cars and wireless sensors.
Listen Up!!! Doctors in the US have 3D-printed body parts
We are indebted to the BBC, the highly respected publication Nature Biotechnology and of course the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina for bringing this exciting use of electronics technology to our attention. Under the leadership of Prof Anthony Atala at Wake Forest, custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in what is described as a significant advance for regenerative medicine.
Science Without Borders student develops 3D printer
João Victor Araújo Tavares has developed a 3D printer after completing a scholarship with the University of Derby. While completing his postgraduate studies in Mechatronic Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), João spent a year studying at the University of Derby as part of the Science Without Borders overseas study programme.
3D printed stainless steel bike is fully functional
A student team from TU Delft in the Netherlands have pushed the boundaries of 3D printing by designing and producing a fully functional 3D printed stainless steel bicycle. The students designed the frame to demonstrate the potential of this new method for 3D printing.
Ersa will exhibit with Comtree at EPTECH Calgary & Edmonton
Kurtz Ersa North America has announced it will exhibit at the EPTECH Calgary & Edmonton Shows. The Calgary show is scheduled to take place Tuesday March 1 while the Edmonton Show is scheduled to take place Thursday March 3.
3D printer supported with plug and play control unit
A 3D printer produced in Germany from the in-house designed renkforce brand has been unveiled by Conrad Business Supplies. Featuring dual extruders, two colour printing and the capability to create water-soluble 3D objects, the RF2000 joins the single extruder RF1000 launched at the end of 2013. Conrad has also introduced the 3D Printbox control unit, which can be used in the place of a PC to provide more convenient management of the printer.
3D-printed unit is one of the longest wind tunnel tests on record
Orbital ATK announced that it has successfully tested a 3D-printed hypersonic engine combustor at NASA Langley Research Center. The combustor, produced through an additive manufacturing process known as powder bed fusion (PBF), was subjected to a variety of high-temperature hypersonic flight conditions over the course of 20 days, including one of the longest duration propulsion wind tunnel tests ever recorded for a unit of this kind. Analysis con...