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3D Printed Living Chair

Eric Klarenbeek has 3D printed a chair which, of all possible materials, makes use of living fungus. And, according to Klarenbeek, it's not all just biological hype.

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3D Printed Vitamin B2 Implants

Dr. Roger Narayan and his team of researchers from North Carolina State University have found a naturally occurring compound which can be used to 3D print...

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3D Printing With Marble

The formation of marble results from the metamorphosis of sedimentary carbonate rocks like limestone or dolomite undergoing variable recrystallization.

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Colorado University Teams Pioneer 4D Material

A couple of researchers at Colorado University have taken the technology of shape shifting 3D printing material to the next level by giving the ability to contort into several different shapes when...

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Proto-Pasta Creates Designer 3D Printing Resins

Aron and Dustin Cram are looking to change your ideas on the characteristics of PLA (Polyactic Acid) and ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)...

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Stratasys Unveils Next Generation ABS

Stratasys unveiled its second generation Digital ABS this week, which it claims offers sharper edges and improved wear resistance. The new 3D printing material...

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Holding Water in a Sieve – A 3D Printed Superhydrophobic Sphere

A group of scientists, led by Xiaolong Wang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jun Yang's team at the University of Western Ontario, have developed an approach...

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Unobtainium: the Mesoscale and 3D Printing

Livermore Labs engineers are hard at work testing the limits of experimental materials. Advanced materials scientists Chris Spadaccini, Joshua Kuntz, and Eric Duoss are...

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EOS Offers Three New Materials

German 3D printer manufacturer and supplier EOS has expanded its material portfolio with two new plastics and a metal. On the plastic side, the PrimePart ST is a soft, flexible and elastic material,...

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How Silver Nanoparticle Inks Will Revolutionize Solar Power Generation

Professor Jennifer Lewis, a Hans Thurnauer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has developed a direct ink...

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Metal Printing on the Desktop – the Mini Metal Maker

It's a sort of a Holy Grail in the 3D printing community; a machine light, small and safe enough for consumers that can create metal objects on the desktop, and one project is now seeking funds for...

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Researchers Use Additive Manufacturing to Create Nanoscale Objects

While the rest of the world is predicting big things for additive manufacturing, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are thinking. Professor Andrei Fedorov...

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USC Researchers Speed Up 3D Printing of Multiple Material Products

Researchers at the University of Southern California have pioneered a process of 3D printing with multiple materials that shaves manufacturing times to a fraction of what they once were.

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Planting the Seeds of a New 3D Printed Architecture – Andrew Kudless

Architect Andrew Kudless founded his Oakland-based studio, Matsys, in 2004 to work on bio-inspired architectural production techniques that turn traditional approaches to construction upside-down.

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Industry Feeling the 3D Printed Micro-battery Buzz

A team of materials scientists at Harvard University, led by Professor Jennifer Lewis, have taken an award from the printed electronics industry for their work...

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An Open Source 3D Metal Printer Based On MIG Welders

While it won't throw a scare into the marketing departments at the manufacturers of high-performance 3D metal printers, the latest innovation from...

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Sheffield Scientists Say Inexpensive Metal 3DP Powders Here Now

Where once plastics ruled the roost in the 3D printing arsenal, metals are fast gaining ground among additive manufacturers – and soon among consumers.

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Emerging Objects Creates a Salt Pavilion

Using salt harvested directly from San Francisco Bay, architecture think-tank and additive manufacturing research team Emerging Objects has now...

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ARC Group Creates 3D Printing Division

Say hello to the newest member of the 3D printing world. The ARC Group Worldwide intends to draw on its experience in 3D printing, rapid prototyping, short run production, and tooling in its new...

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Porous Filament from Kai Parthy

A little over a year ago, German materials engineer and inventor Kai Parthy introduced his novel Laywoo-D3 printing filament. "This is a year in my life which I will not soon forget," Parthy said...

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