Research & Education
Pros and Cons of 3D printed food
Scientists at Columbia University are studying the pros and cons of 3D-printed food technology. In a new Perspective article published by npj Science of Food,...
Bioengineers Turn Laser Cutter into SLS 3D Printer for Biomaterials
Bioengineers at Rice University have modified a CO2 laser cutter in order to create an open source Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D printer. While industrial...
LLNL Researchers 3D Print Ultra-Lightweight Supercapacitors – Update
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and UC Santa Cruz have successfully 3D printed supercapacitors using an ultra-lightweight graphene gel. This achievement allows for...
Penguin Bagpipes Gets 3D Printed Prosthesis
Back in 2007 penguin Bagpipes had an accident: a fishing line had roped around his leg. The injured animal was found but his left...
3D Printing Community Is Ready For BBC micro:bit
BBC recently released the BBC micro:bit, a credit card-sized microcontroller for their digital education program. The British broadcaster gives one million of the micro:bits to students in...
Crashing instead of Hiding – Easter Egg Rescue at cirp GmbH
The EU-funded research project MOAMMM focuses on developing multi-scale simulation methods to optimize 3D-printed “lattice” structures. To give the theoretical principles a reality check...
Scientists 3D Print Smallest Ever Lattice Structures of Unprecedented Strength
A group of scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have created the smallest ever lattice structure up to date. The so called...
BASF and Poietis Sign Agreement on 3D Bioprinted Skin Project
German chemical company BASF and French start up Poietis have signed a research and development agreement on 3D bioprinting technology for advanced skin care...
3D-Reprinter – A Concept of a Recycling 3D-Printer
The students Yangzi Qin, Yingting Wang, Luckas Fischer and Hanying Xie presented a concept for a recycling 3D printer. The concept aims to recycle printed...
Researchers at Fraunhofer ILT 3D Print Artificial Blood Vessels
A team of researchers led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has developed a new 3D printing process for the production of...
