Through the use of 3D printing, product designers can enable the consumer to design their own everyday products thereby creating more meaningful products for people and more value for compan... Read more
The technology behind 3-D printing is growing more and more common, but the ability to create designs for it is not. Any but the simplest designs require expertise with computer-aided design... Read more
Thirty years have passed since 3-D printers first appeared, but only recently have they hinted at a new era of manufacturing. The first working 3-D printer was created in 1984 by Chuck Hull... Read more
A Loughborough University lecturer has developed a computer software concept that will enable clinicians with no experience in Computer Aided Design (CAD) to design and make custom-made 3D p... Read more
These labs-on-a-chip would not only be quick—results are available in minutes—but also inexpensive and portable. When you get sick, your physician may take a sample of your blood, send it to... Read more
A new software technology that depicts clothing samples in real time Fashion designers, pattern makers and tailors produce new collections using computer programs. The Fraunhofer Institute f... Read more
The work represents a major step toward a longstanding goal of tissue engineers: creating human tissue constructs realistic enough to test drug safety and effectiveness. A new bioprinting me... Read more
NASA has big plans for 3-D printing in space, where mined asteroid materials could resupply longer missions The infamous NASA tool bag lost in space during a November 2008 International Spac... Read more
Architecture will lose its formal rigidity, softening and flexing and getting closer to the life we see in plants. As scientists make huge strides in robotics, natural building materials, an... Read more
OsteoFab is the coolest 3-D printed material you’d never want to use. Invented by plastics research firm Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), this first-of-its-kind polyketone can be used by... Read more
Today’s 3D scanners are either very expensive or require significant effort to produce acceptable results. Chester, UK based CADScan 3D team wants to change this. The team has develope... Read more
Design software company Autodesk has teamed up with bioprinting company Organovo to try to deliver us the future of personalized medicine: new organs that can be printed up just for you. Tak... Read more
SOMETHING big is happening to the business of making things. Those who want to understand it are unlikely to find a better guide than Peter Marsh. A writer for the Financial Times (owned by... Read more