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Latest 3D Printing New and Stories Get the Latest 3D Printing News and Stories. 3D Dozzer Your 3D Printing News Source !!!	EnVision 3D Envision 3D Check out envisioning 3D for all 3D printing needs	BMW Introduces a 3D Printed Eco-Frie BMW has come up with something interesting, combining 3D printing technology with ecology. They’ve been working together with Swedish architect Erik Melldahl to design what they’ve called Maaisaica, a 3D printed BMW car, which uses degradable materials. It was built in Sarengeti in Africa and Melldahl got his inspiration from the Maaisai culture as well as new ways of manufacturing.
The Entire Country of Bahrain Got 3D A regular map is nothing more than a flat micro reproduction of a region or a country. Very useful, but if we look at it from an artistic angle, then some improvements could be made. Micro CADD Services (MCS) probably thought the same and therefore designed a 3D version of a landscape of the entire country of Bahrain, using a Matrix 300+ paper 3D printer by Mcor Technologies. In other words: they managed to 3D print a landscape of an entire country solely using paper.	Olaf Diegel Explains How to 3D Print Remember Olaf Diegel? This engineer from New Zealand creates well-working 3D printed electric guitars with amazing structures. Despite 3D printed instruments don’t sound as good as their handcrafted counterparts, Diegel’s guitars are surely worth taking a look at. His work includes a guitar with moving gears and piston and an America guitar, with tiny objects such as the Statue of Liberty within its frames. For all of you wondering how to create such a guitar yourself, the engineer now unveils h	Modified Bees Could Be the 3D Concre In the past we have seen where bees have been put to use in an art project where they 3D print shapes via honeycombs. Now a man named Geoff Manaugh, former editor-in-chief of tech website Gizmodo and designer John Becker have come up with a bioengineering scenario in which bees would replace 3D printers. In an interview with Dezeen Magazine, the duo lay out a scenario in which the bees of the future would be genetically modified and trained to print and repair buildings and other structures by
Human Powered Submarine Requires 3D The first human powered international submarine race was held in 1989 in Florida and had 17 crafts competing. For this competition each team develops a one or two person, “wet” submarine that they have designed from scratch, which relies upon novel techniques for propulsion and guidance. The race consists of passage through a 10 m section of an indoor channel that the U.S. Navy uses to test their new ship designs. The competition lasts for five days and each team may run their submarine through	3D Printed Ring Leads to Beautiful E It seems that proposals and all of the things that follow them are getting more elaborate every year. Ever since the first person decided to do things a bit differently, the bar has been set and scores of lovers have tried to leap over in a wide variety of increasingly lavish acrobatics. Not to be outdone, Alwin Wong set his sights on his own unique way of creating a personalized engagement extravaganza.	US Army Might Use Food Printers in t Food printers could be used on several occasions. They could for instance improve your kitchen, help astronauts to provide for better meals, and they might as well be useful for soldiers. So thinks the US Army. Their department Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) is currently investigating how food printing could help the military world. Researchers think the technique could help to eliminate food waste and reduce costs, to make it easier to create personalized m
Australian University 3D Prints Body Apparently a little problem for today’s medical students is that there are a lot of them while people are living longer, which means there’s less material for medical education. Of course this isn’t a real problem, as it’s basically the medical world’s goal to make us live longer, but those students have to learn their techniques in some kind of way. Monash University in Australia therefore found the answer: 3D printed body parts.	Students Develop an Ice Cream Printe A lot of food printers have passed the radar recently; pancake printers, chocolate printers, candy printers and even an apple printer. However, there wasn’t anything such as an ice cream printer, but you can imagine that it couldn’t take long before for this kind of printer to see the light. Now three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) come up with the scoop: a working ice cream printer.	Two South Africa's cancer patients g Two patients at the Kimberley Hospital in South Africa can smile again and have their normal life back after receiving the country's first 3D printed titanium jaw bone implantation.
A hug to mom with both arms: 6-year- 6-Year-Old Florida boy Alex Pring was born without an arm. One thing Alex Pring hated most about kindergarten was answering the same question again and again: "What happened to your arm?" Alex is missing his right arm from just above his elbow. He accepts himself for the way he was made, but that was also the thing he doesn't want to talk about. But now, thanks to University of Central Florida aerospace engineering student Albert Manero, Alex has got the first 3D printed e-NABLE Myoelectric ar	Scientists Can Now 3D Print Vascular 3D printed jewelry, furniture or even houses: all of it amazed us massively during last months. However, the technique really becomes interesting when we’re talking about printing actual organs. Will we even be able to copy hearts, or even entire people, using a 3D printer? Well, despite we really don’t believe it will ever be a possibility to 3D print an entire human, recent developments do contribute to the success of so-called bioprinting.	The U.S. Army wants to use 3D printe The U.S. Army plans to use 3D printing to print warhead components which could not only save the army money, but also expand its capacity of creating more effective weapons, according to the latest issue of Army Technology.
UConn uses CT scans and 3D printing Researchers at the University of Connecticut are using 3D printing medical technology to bring new life into some antique musical instruments. After seeing how 3D scanning makes precise 3-D images of body parts, Dr. Robert Howe, a reproductive endocrinologist in East Longmeadow, Mass., realized the same CT technology could help him study delicate musical instruments from the past.	US Army invests in 3D bioprinting fo The U.S. Army is investing in regenerative medicine and 3-D bioprinting, according to officials. Scientists are aiming to print skin cells on the patient using a 3D bio-printer to help injured soldiers recover from the wounds of war.	‘One Size Fits None’: 3D Printed Ear Thanks to 3D printing it has become relatively easy to manufacture personalized objects, such as personalized meals, personalized jewelry and even personalized mouthpieces to fight something like sleep apnoea. A new company called Normal used this “personalizing” principle to create something totally not normal: 3D printed, personalized earphones. We would certainly give them bonus points for their hilarious advertising video, but hey – there’s more to it than just a good video.
3D Printing Houses for the Third Wor 3D printing has proven its relevance for the Western world the past several years, but if the technique could enable us to also help other countries to further develop, then its impact could be enormous. One of the things the technique could help the third world with is providing for houses. Lots of interesting companies are currently working on 3D printed housing projects and Italian WASProject is new on the radar.	3D-bioprinted blood vessels are a ma One of the biggest challenges in building artificial organs is creating the vasculature. One successful way to construct artificial blood vessels is to 3D print sugar substrates, coat the outsides with cells, and then dissolve the sugar inside. An alternative approach now under development by Ali Khademhosseini and his colleagues, is to first print agarose (polysaccharide) tubes, embed them inside a hydrogel, and then seed the channels with blood cell precursors. Their latest results, published	Stunning 3D printed White matter mod What is in your brain? What does your brain do? How does it work? Brain science is advancing rapidly, making it possible to unravel age-old mysteries about ourselves. However scientists still haven't found out all the answers.
Software makes it easy to design & 3 Many arthritis patients do not want to use the current splints as they are 'ugly, bulky, and can make a patients arm sweat'. But this may change very soon as Dr Abby Paterson, a Loughborough University lecturer, has developed a computer software concept that will enable clinicians to design and make custom-made 3D printed wrist splints that are not only more comfortable and attractive but potentially cheaper than the current ones.	A step closer to bio-printing organs Thousands of people die each year because of a lack of donor organs for transplantation. Imagine being able to walk into a hospital and have a full organ printed, with all the necessary cells, proteins and blood vessels. That day is still far from now, but according to a new study reports announced today, researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major diseases and trauma injuries.	3D printing and the DNA microchip: T It takes a lot to extract the world’s top innovators from their laboratories and sheds. But the European Inventor Award manages each year to lure them reluctantly into the limelight. Described as the ‘technology Oscars’ and the ‘Eurovision of inventors’, the ceremony honours the best breakthroughs from Europe and beyond.
Another 3D Printing Project for the 3D printing artists and companies are very much into this year’s World Cup, and of course the technique enables people to be creative and come up with some funny World Cup inventions. Earlier on, we told you about LeapFrog’s hand soccer game, the SambaCan by 3Dwergen, and the KXX percussion rings by designer Michel Cornelissen. Well, we got another World Cup initiative and it comes from Ultimaker. The company releases 3D printable mascots, which you can download for free and print them out.	..and Here’s a New Dutch 3D Printed The World Cup is on! Earlier this weekend, the Dutch defeated the Spanish with 5 goals against 1. Is this a Dutch revenge against Spain’s victory over the Dutch in the last World Cup’s finals? Or has it got something to do with the Dutch soccer spirit? What strikes us is that the Dutch are also very active in the 3D printing World when it comes to this year’s World Cup, so maybe this victory does have something to do with their spirit. We already reported about two Dutch 3D printed alternatives	Patient in Argentina Receives 3D Pri 3D printing is really beginning to make a huge mark in the medical field. Whether it is bioprinting of living tissue, 3D printing of models for surgeons and doctors to study, or 3D printed structures that are placed within the body, there is a bright future ahead for the medical field because of this upcoming technology.
Local Motors Takes First Test Drive There are so many amazing projects going on in the 3D printing space, that it’s so easy to lose track. One project, which has me local1extremely excited, is one being worked on by a company called Local Motors. The company, based out of Phoenix, AZ plans to 3D print a car, live at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, on September 8-13th. Certainly this won’t be an easy task, as one little problem could turn out to be a catastrophe while trying to get the entire car	Made In Space Will Soon Allow Indivi Last week we got the huge news that Made In Space would be launching the very first 3D printer to the International Space Station in August, months ahead of schedule, following their passing of the final NASA tests. This MIS-White-CMYKfirst mission will allow the company to work along with NASA to test out the functionality of this incredible machine in microgravity conditions.	Researchers Develop Minibuilders, Ti It is amazing how quickly the technologies around 3D printing have been developing over the last couple of years. Not only are we seeing Moore’s Law-like increases in the speeds of these prints, all the while prices are mini-5dropping substantially, but entirely new innovative approaches seem to emerge each day.
3D Printing Ears – Student Aims to F When it comes to 3D printing in medicine, it’s one of those technologies which is only starting to break the surface. Only in the past year have we really begun to see surgeons and doctors around the world realize some of the tremendous benefits that this technology provides us with.	SpaceX's New SuperDraco Engine is 3D Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced today that it has completed qualification testing for the SuperDraco thruster, an engine that will power the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system and enable the vehicle to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint accuracy.	Artist 3D printed Vincent van Gogh's A German museum has put on display a copy of Vincent van Gogh's ear that was grown using genetic material provided by one of the 19th-century Dutch artist's living relatives. Artist Diemut Strebe made the replica at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital using living cells from Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson of Vincent's brother Theo. Lieuwe and Vincent van Gogh share about 1/16th of the same genes, including the Y-chromosome that is passed down the male lineage.
Developing world's first $100 kid-fr It is estimated that about 1% of the total population or 10% of the disabled population need wheelchairs, i.e. about 65 million people worldwide, according to World Health Organization. Out of this number, about 20 million of those requiring a wheelchair for mobility do not have access to them, and 25% are CHILDREN around the world.	5 WAYS 3D PRINTING WILL CHANGE THE W Straight out of Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age, Matter Compilers have finally arrived. Well, maybe it’s not exactly like The Diamond Age, but they’ve arrived in the form of 3D printers. In the not-so-distant future, the creation of almost any item desired will be possible. The manufacturing of food, clothing, and even body parts could soon be as simple as printing out a Facebook profile picture is now.	ADVANCES IN 3D PRINTING TO BOOST HEA We live in an age that has witnessed to several outstanding technological and scientific advances. 3D printing is one among the most influential latest technologies that can transform the whole manufacturing and health industries. In recent time, researchers have found many ways 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, could be used for various purposes in daily human life. It is a kind of production that puts the world away from the Henry Ford age mass production line, and takes us to a
OwnFone, world's first 3D printed Br London-based British company OwnFone has released what it says the world's first customisable Braille handset to give visually challenged users more independence with mobile devices. The company uses 3D printing to construct the front and back of the phone and add personalised buttons for specfic needs. Users can also customise the phone with their own design, their favourite color and pictures. Although other Braille phones have been designed in the past, OwnFone says they are the first compa	3D Printing to Save “Millions” for N Who would have ever expected a relatively new technique such as 3D printing to enter the dangerous world of nuclear energy? In Northern England’s region Cumbria, Europe’s largest nuclear plant site is located: Sellafield. Despite of being Europe’s largest, spanning over 6 kilometers, the plant is having problems with its outdated equipment, which is over-expensive to replicate. And that’s exactly where 3D printing enters the game.	3D Printed Cycle Storage System Can Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Google + What way of traveling is very hipster-ish? Easy, going by bike: a fixed-gear bike. However, the only problem with these bicycles is that you can’t easily store them in your office or barn without losing a lot of space. And that is when Vancouver-based company Hurdler Studios comes in. This studio created the solution to this first-world problem and it’s called The Clug.
Why sharks can swim so fast? 3D prin Scientists from Harvard University have created artificial shark skin using 3D scanning and 3D printing, and they discovered that the remarkable structure can increase shark swimming speeds by 6.6%. It's only when you get up close to a shark that you could see the sleek-looking skin is peppered with millions of microscopic overlapping tooth-like scales, called 'denticles'. The denticles disrupt the smooth flow of water over the animal's surface, reducing the drag that holds them back.	Doctors Replace Patient’s Hip Using 3D printing techniques have been helping many fields to improve, such as the medical one. Whether it comes to a 3D printed pelvis or jaw or even a skull replacement, the technique has proven its ability to improve and save lives. British doctors at Southampton Hospital have now used the technology to create a hip replacement for a 71-year-old woman, using stem cells and a CT scan.	Legendary Ferrari 312P's race engine The Ferrari 312P was a sports car prototype racing car used for racing in 1969 and 1970. After boycotting sports car racing in 1968 to protest a rule change that had caused their 4-litre 330 P4 to be banned, Ferrari built the legendary race car 312P, a 3000cc prototype in 1969. The name 312P stands for 3 liter displacement, 12 cylinders and prototype. What the acronym does not reveal: The 60 degree V12 engine puts out 430 HP and creates unbelievable forward thrust beyond the 300 kilometer per h
Print intricatedly designed pancakes This weekend, designer Miguel Valenzuela will be debuting the new version of PancakeBot at the Bay Area Maker Faire held at the San Mateo Event Center. PancakeBot is a printer that draws intricately designed pancakes. There are two versions of the PancakeBot: the initial LEGO version and a new version made out of Acrylic. The new PancakeBot prototype has "an acrylic body, and Arduino Mega and two Adafruit Motor Shields. It uses two stepper motors and two belt drives to control the location of t	3D printer used in a living donor lu Researchers at Kyoto University has used 3D printer to help surgeons in a living donor lung transplant surgery. The medical institute announced May 14 that they have successfully transplanted part of a man's right lung into his wife's left lung. This is the first time such living donor transplant was completed.	Lab Accident Yields Ultra-Strong Mat Plastics. That was the famously anticlimactic word that failed to captivate Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." And indeed, it's a bit hard to get excited about a science in which the best stuff was invented half a century ago. But a serendipitous accident in an IBM Research lab (also straight out of the movies) may be turning the world of plastics, gels and polymers on its head with a super-strong, super-light, and super-recyclable new material. It may soon find its way into everything from
Robohand Introduces RoboLeg, 3D Prin If you follow the 3D printing space at all, then you are sure to have heard about the Robohand Project. It’s a project which helps individuals who are missing their hands, obtain a cheap, reliable, customizable, prosthetic which is constructed almost entirely from 3D printed parts. The Robohand was the creation of Richard Van As and Ivan Owen, and has helped better the lives of hundreds of individuals from children in war torn Sudan, to adults in the United States. Unlike traditional prosthetic	Lockheed Looks to 3D Printing, Avata Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's biggest supplier, is ramping up its use of 3D printing and virtual reality simulators to drive down the huge costs of producing national security satellites and safeguard profits in the face of reductions in U.S. defense spending.	Harvard Student Invents Gadget That A Harvard Business School student has taken on the beauty industry by developing a way to easily print makeup using existing software.
Dr. Campbell: Printing 3D organs for The emerging process of 3D printing, which uses computer-created digital models to create real-world objects, has produced everything from toys to jewelry to food. Soon, however, 3D printers may be spitting out something far more complex, and controversial: human organs.	Joint venture RSPrint to offer custo Belgian 3D printing company Materialise announced today the launch of a new joint venture with RSscan International, an expert in Plantar Pressure Measurement systems, called "RSPrint Powered by Materialise." RSPrint will create the world's first dynamic 3D printed insoles, customized to support the every move of an individual.	Illinois doctor making nationwide ca The application of 3D printing has been most productive in the medical field. For example 3D printer can recreate a 3D model of heart using a digital medical CAT. For Dr. Matthew Bramlet (38), a pediatric cardiologist at Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, 3D printer could be more than just a training tool.
Students 3D print pink robotic prost Students at the Washington University in St. Louis has built a robotic prosthetic arm for thirteen-year-old Sydney Kendall who lost her right arm in a boating accident when she was six years old. Using a computer program and a 3D printer, Kendall Gretsch, Henry Lather and Kranti Peddada, seniors studying biomedical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, created a robotic prosthetic arm out of bright-pink plastic. Each part of the robotic hand and arm is made individually.	UNYQ's 3D-printed covers make prosth Eythor Bender, co-founder and CEO of UNYQ, a new fashion house and etailer, wants to re-imagine prosthetics, so that every wearer could design their own prosthetic that expresses their personality.	Master course of 3D bio-printing hum Australian and European students will soon learn how to use 3D printing to create human body parts, with a world's first master's degree to be offered by four of the world's leading research universities. The international masters degree in medical treatments based on printing and regrowing human tissue has been launched by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia, and three other universities: the University of Wollongong, the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherla
3D printed hydrogel nanocomposites h Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a 3D printed detoxification device, inspired by the human liver to remove dangerous toxins from the blood. The device uses nanoparticles to trap pore-forming toxins that can damage cellular membranes, which are a key factor in illnesses that result from animal bites and stings, and bacterial infections.	Fool surveillance cameras by wearing You're being watched! You probably know already that law enforcement agencies in many countries are using surveillance cameras to track people. "Everyone has a right to privacy," says Chicago artist Leo Selvaggio. Selvaggio has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund a service called URME Surveillance to help people to combat surveillance.	Oxfam & MyMiniFactory crowdsourcing Oxfam, a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland has partnered with MyMiniFactory, a 3D printable file sharing platform, for the launch of Oxfam 3D Printing project, which uses 3D printers to deliver assistance in locations suffering a humanitarian emergency. The project calls on 3D designers worldwide, to contribute their energy to create a new product that solves a specific problem during a humanitarian emergency, made possible by using rapid 3D printing pro-typing and a 'Donate by
China using 3D bio printer to create Dura mater is a thick and dense inelastic membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, serving for the protection of the brain. In neurosurgical procedures polymer or silicon based membranes are often used as artificial dura mater to replace the damaged tissue.	The first 3D printed mouthpiece to t A new 3D printed device is set to end the suffering for thousands of sleep apnoea patients. CSIRO researchers and Australian dental company, Oventus has created a mouthpiece on a 3D printer which prevents dangerous pauses in breath during sleep. Sleep apnoea occurs when the air passage in the throat becomes blocked while sleeping which causes people to stoping breathing. And in severe cases, this event can happen hundreds of times per night. About 5% of the world population have sleep apnoea, w	3D printing inventor Charles Hull no The European Patent Office (EPO) has nominated 74-year-old American 3D printing inventor Charles Hull for this year's European Inventor Award in the category "Non-European Countries".
Flying 3D printer could help remove The Aerial Robotics Lab at Imperial College London is at the forefront of research and technological innovation in robotics technologies. Their recent project, the world's first 3D printing flying robot, can build nests and carry heavy containers out of hard-to-reach places - all autonomously.	Rezvani Beast super sports car comes More and more car companies are using 3D scanning and 3D printing to build and improve its cars to ensure that all their products are as advanced as possible. On the 2014 Autosalon of Geneva, Swedish supercar designer Koenigsegg presented the world's fastest car and a large 3D printed titanium auto component.	Engineering Breakthrough Will Allow Drexel’s Wei Sun, PhD, Albert Soffa chair professor in the College of Engineering, has devised a method for 3D printing tumors that could soon be taking cancer research out of the petri dish. Using a mixture of cervical cancer cells and a hydrogel substance that resembles an ointment balm, Sun can print out a tumor model that can be used for studying their growth and response to treatment. This living model will give cancer researchers a better look at how tumors behave and a more accurate meas
Company Cuts 3D Printing Costs in Ha A Chinese hi-tech company with a stick-it-to-the-man attitude is revolutionizing the 3D printing industry by making it less expensive to 3D print. Jiangsu Jinghe Hi-Tech has announced the development of a more affordable alternative to traditional PLA and ABS plastic filaments. The company has invented an eco-friendly, straw-based material that can be mixed with plastic to create a 3D printer-ready material that is around half the price of	Things You Won’t Believe Were Made U Even since 3D printing was introduced people have been making many things with it; keys, tools and even guns. But did you know they could also make the following items?	3D Printing Recreates Long-Lost Fami Have you ever wished your family still had that old necklace your grandmother was wearing in her wedding photo? A new service from New York City-based jewelry company American Pearl takes photos of old jewelry and turns them into 3D digital models. It can then 3D print and sell those heirlooms to you just like any other piece of jewelry in its store.
Hands-On With the World's First 3D-P Despite the existence of softer plastics and materials, 3D printers are still primarily designed to create hard, solid objects that don't have much bend or give. But a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University has successfully hacked a machine to create the world's first 3D-printed teddy bear using a technique called felting.	Disney Researchers Can 3D Print Spea Last year researchers at Cornell University figured out a way to 3D print a functional speaker cone. But now researchers at Disney have one-upped them with a new printing technique that lets any 3d-printed object work like a speaker—no matter its shape.	How 3D printing gave one man an idea You never know who you are going to meet at a networking session or what you might get out of it. Take Shashi Jain and Jordan Nickerson, for instance. While at a recent Portland Development Commission diversity event, Jain, a 3D printing enthusiast, was speaking with Portland Incubator Experiment General Manager Rick Turoczy and Switchboard CEO Mara Zepeda and showing them photos on his phone of a 3D printed prosthetic hand.
OxSyBio Raises £1 Million to Develop The 3D bioprinting space is certainly beginning to get the attention of investors. There are now several companies with the funding needed to develop techniques which could one day lead to a major breakthrough in regenerative medicine.ox-1	The 3D Printed Micro-house Of The Fu We humans are productive critters. Indeed the most productive trait of our species seems to be reproduction. There are now more than seven billion of us habiting this beautiful, but increasingly small looking, third rock from the sun. There are now so many of us that an emerging trend is for smaller accommodation, to which those born in the last three decades are particularly susceptible. Millennials will look at each other and around themselves and say, well, I guess it’s not a mansion, but…	The Elderly Get the First Taste of 3 You may have been pondering the exact purpose of 3D food printing, especially when you see the foods that have been 3D printed so far. It’s mainly goop stuffed into a syringe and squirted into the shape of a star or something. Who eats goop anyway?
Hear That? That’s the Sound of the F MrSpeakers may be the first to offer a production run line of 3D printed headphones for serious audiophiles.	I Designed My Own 3D Printed Replace Courageous 24-year-old Natasha Hope-Simpson was the victim of a cowardly hit-and-run that horrendously left her, literally, pinned between two vehicles last November. The result of the incident was that Ms. Hope-Simpson tragically lost one of her legs below the knee and was hospitalised for well over a month. In a story that turned from trauma and tragedy to aspiration and inspiration, Natasha bravely faced her loss, and brilliantly overcame it with her creative prowess, courage and perseverance	Researchers 3D Print Cancerous Tumor There has been a tremendous amount of research being done on the 3D printing of living human cells to form bones, organs, and various other tissue. Such technology is certain to change the way the medical community cancer-featviews regenerative medicine. There is another angle to this technology though, one in which 3D printing could end up being nearly as important to cancer research as it is to regenerative medicine.
3D Printers and a Cure for Tracheobr Tracheobronchomalacia is a rare condition where you can only take shallow breaths, sometimes having trouble breathing at all, in the worst case leading to death. Glenn E. Green, MD, an Associate Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology and Scott J. Hollister, PhD, a Professor of Bioengineering got together to try to find a cure for Tracheobronchomalacia, with the help of 3D Printing. Together they attended TEDxUofM to talk about 3D-printed biomaterials for tissue reconstruction.	Cambrian Genomics 3D Printing DNA — It is a well-known fact that everything is better when you add lasers, and apparently lasers make 3D printing DNA hover dangerously close to what you would call affordable thanks to San Francisco biotech startup, Cambrian Genomics.	An Army of 3D-Printed Bears Went Int Well, shucks: this Bears on Stairs stop-motion clip is just adorable, and, whaddya know, it's as impressive as it is cute. London-based creative agency DBLG 3D-printed a different figurine for each and every frame of the clip, resulting in surprisingly realistic movement for an angular white mammal.
3D Printing and Nanosensor Technolog Detection strategies based on nanowire offer a promising new route towards rapidly detecting diseases such as cancer. I recently reported on the successfully integration of 3D printed components with nanosensor technology in the medical journal, Point-of-Care. The article had the catchy title, "Fabrication of an integrated 3D printed polymer SiNW-based microfluidic point of care system for detecting 8-OHdG cancer biomarker”.	United States Navy Considers 3D Prin 3D Printing is inching its way into into the lives of millions of people. From doctors, to manufacturers, to the Military, 3D printing is being used for a variety of amazing applications. The miltary uses may soon be about to navy-3expand significantly. The Army has been using 3D printing in combat for a few years now. In fact 3d printers are on the ground in Afghanistan right now, being used as an alternative to having parts shipped to a base.	How 3D printing is changing the shap There have been dramatic headlines about 3D technology, encompassing ideas to use 3D printers to make clothes, food, firearms and the parts of a house.
How 3D Printing Could Easily Elimina There has been a tremendous amount of excitement around the 3D printing of homes. New large scale 3D printers which use a concrete material instead of plastics or resins, are being heavily homeless-3researched in both China and the United States. In the meantime, architects in Amsterdam are constructing the first ever 3D printed plastic homes. The actual technology is still in its infancy, but something incredible was revealed last week by WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co, out of China.	“3D Printed Heart Tested In a Human The possibility to 3D print organs: that’s by far the most interesting part of 3D printing. Of course there is an ethical question to be asked, namely: how far can we go? Should we aim at 3D printing ourselves? Important questions, but the reality is that we’re not even close to 3D printing ourselves, as that’s still something odd and futuristic.	Texas Teens Create Prosthetic Hand F A group of high school students in Texas has been engaging in one of the most rewarding after-school projects ever: They're building a prosthetic hand for a 2-year-old boy.
Enrico Dini Uses the “D-Shape” 3D Pr Italian engineer Enrico Dini is printing with sand, using his 3D printer to recreate coral reefs. Enrico Dini is no stranger to 3D printing. In 2012, Dini was featured in the film “The Man Who Prints Houses” as a genius in the 3D printing world who had plans to change the world with 3D printing.	3D print a fossil with virtual palae The combination of CT scanning and 3D printing is taking the discovery and recreation of ancient fossils into the 21st century SERGIO AZEVEDO was prospecting at an old railroad site in São Paulo state, Brazil, when he discovered the fossilised bones of an unknown animal. "Many times when you find a fossil in the field it's impossible to determine how much of the ancient animal you have," he says. "Sometimes you have just part of a bone or a tooth." Azevedo has a solution to this perennial probl	Carpenter who cut off his fingers ma Gauteng, South Africa (CNN) -- "I was in a position to see exactly what happens in the human hand. I got the basics of what it's all about and thought yeah, I'll make my own." Richard van As is recalling the moment in May 2011 when he sat in a Johannesburg hospital waiting to hear if his fingers could be stitched back on. Just an hour earlier, he had been in his carpentry workshop sawing wood when the saw slipped and ripped diagonally through the four fingers on his right hand. "It all happened
Ten ways 3D printing could change sp The European Space Agency (ESA) is investigating the potential of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, to transform how space missions are put together, and has identified ten ways.	How DRM will infest the 3D printing While you were busy getting yourself all worked up and declaring 3D printing the beginning of a new age, one of the most maligned figures in modern patent law is preparing to rain on your parade. Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO and founder of patent holder Intellectual Ventures, has managed to get an expansive patent on 3D printing DRM. That 3D printing revolution we’ve been hoping for just got a lot trickier.	Another bike with 3D-printed titaniu We've seen a few examples of 3D printing in the bicycle industry and and the possibilities that it could hold for the future. Back in January, 2014, Flying Machine, a small company based in Perth, Australia, revealed a titanium bike that features eight titanium "lugs" printed by the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation), using its $1.3 million 3D printer.
Artists create 3D printed '10 Circle Since the inception of 3D printing, digital artist David Katz has been fascinated with the art form and began experimenting with and creating 3D sculptures and art pieces. Most notable of these pieces is his most recent sculpture the "10 Circles of Life" that can be seen in the Temple Israel of Hollywood.	3D Printing Will Improve Your View o Remember LUXeXcel? This Dutch company is a pioneer in the world of optics. Last year, they invented the world’s first-ever 3D printed glasses. As it is the aim of this company to change the production process of optics for good, they now invest in a new 3D printing factory. This building will be dedicated to the production of 3D printed LED contact lenses and optics. The company has already started its housing and installation activities earlier this month and the factory is expected to be produ	WASP and Milan’s Politecnico Were 3D Founded by Massimo Moretti, one of the most charismatic people I have ever met, WASP (the World’s Advanced Saving Project) is undoubtedly a major contributor to the Italian 3D printing and Maker scene. WASP has developed both a Cartesian machine and a very precise Delta 3D printer and never stops innovating them, injecting any and all profits made from sales directly into its Research & Development activities.
Japan Embraces 3D Mapping Techniques 3D mapping is hot. With this technique people use scanning or 3D techniques to get a better view of a landscape or the space around them. Right now, Japan has entered the game with a free 3D map of Japanese mountains, which can be used for 3D printing.	Scientists 3D Print Ear Implants wit 3D printing might break some hearts of the old-fashioned, but it also saves hearts. In the biomedical world, the technique is being used for a variety of life-saving and life-improving purposes. New in the game is a project led by scientists at Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH). The have succeeded to produce very small ear implants with a memory function (wow, that’s handy!) or complex shapes, just like the ear’s cochlea.	“Ten Houses 3D Printed in a Single D Our colleagues at 3Ders.com had an interesting scoop earlier this week, stating that a company from China 3D printed as many as ten houses in only one day. Initially we really thought it was their April fool’s joke, but as a lot of media start to talk about it and the company - WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co - even seems to have its own website, there is a high chance that this is actually real. Despite the fact we can’t verify this news officially, we have to admit that this 3D printin
Transparent Self-Cleaning Concrete 3 When most people think of concrete structures, words like light, airy, brilliant and gleaming seldom pop to the surface. And yet, some architects and researchers are aiming for concrete that could be described by exactly those words.	Israeli president receives 3D print During his recent visit to Israel, the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron presented a 3D printed diplomatic gift to the President of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, in recognition of pioneering research between the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre and the University of Nottingham. The gift was a 3D printed sculpture that represents the tiny particles common to the brain research being conducted at both universities.	Razor Hobbies Successfully 3D Prints To our knowledge, Razor Hobbies LLC has manufactured the first fully 3D printed spinner for an aircraft. This astounding achievement proves the high stress endurance of 3D printed objects and takes the production standard to a new level. With such capabilities offered with the help of Shapeways, Razor Hobbies reveals the heights to which 3D printing may soar.
A heart patch created using 3D print To make sure the cells form the right structure, Khademhosseini's lab uses 3D printing and microengineering techniques to create patterns in the gels. These patterns coax the cells to grow the way the researchers want them to. The result was small patches of heart muscle cells neatly lined up that beat in synchrony within the grooves formed on these elastic substrates. These micropatterned elastic hydrogels can one day be used as cardiac patches.	These Amazing Prosthetic Hands Were Ask a bunch of kids to design technology for disabled people their age and you get an entirely different kind of creative thinking, from a "Swiss Army Hand" to a functional baseball glove. High school students at the NuVu Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, don't go to classes and aren't graded on a curve. Their only real job, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day, is to create something new--and thus learn in a different way.	Scientists 3D Print New Solar Panels Solar panels are the future of energy, at least for those living in areas of the world where the majority of days are filled with bright sunshine, like Florida, Arizona, Egypt, etc. Until recently, if you lived in Seattle, or most of Britain, and Northern Europe, than solar power is not something to get all that excited about.
Making waves: turning your brain sca In a gallery six floors above Broadway, artist Ion Popian is showing off his brain scans. There are three of them in the center of the room, plastic maps roughly 2.5 feet long, a mess of data points and geometry. In the corner, behind a curtain, visitors are donning electroencephalography (EEG) monitors and watching microscale videos designed to stimulate their brains into certain reactions. You can see the result projected on the other side of the wall behind them, inscrutable bumps dimpling	3D printed 'The Wheel of Life' Czech Designer Monika Horčicová has created a skeletal structure using 3D-printed bones made out of plaster composites. Entitled 'The Wheel of Life', the sculpture takes inspiration from the infinity symbol. The round shape refers to the cycle of life and death, and the wheel is made of walking legs, representing people in motion.	After 23 years of waiting, Somali wo Ayan Oma Muhumed was just two-years-old when a bullet ripped through her cheekbone during the war between Somalia and Somaliland. Not only has this changed forever the way the world looks at her – but it also makes it impossible for her to eat, drink or close her eyes properly. Much of life is a misery. Doctors at a refugee camp saved her life, but she spent the next 23 years hiding her injuries under a niqab, as she was too afraid to expose her face.
3D Printing an Experimental Thermonu If you thought rapid prototyping was mostly relevant for developing consumer goods, seemingly miscellaneous valves, or even the occasional superbike and would never play a role in completely altering the way we manufacture energy on this planet, you’ll want to hear what they’re doing over at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in St. Paul-lez-Durance, France.	The Printed Face is Just the Beginni The news that a man in Wales was able to have his face reconstructed after a serious motorbike accident has brought the wonder of 3D printing to the mainstream. It’s the result of changes in regulation and improvements in the technology and is the start of something much, much bigger.	Architects look to 3D printing for d At the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) round table held last week, media guests and bloggers witnessed a demonstration straight out of Tomorrowland. Showcased with much fervor by the esteemed panel of architects was the latest in printing innovation: 3D printers that create scale models of any design in more or less 60 minutes. Present at the event was 3D Systems, a brand that carries a spectrum of printers and scanners that can make small-scale prints as well as large, industrial on
Kinematics Bodice The first piece of Kinematics clothing, a 3D-printed nylon bodice, will be debuted in New York City this week at the opening of the exhibition “Coding the Body” at apexart. The bodice is composed of 1,320 unique hinged pieces and was 3D-printed as a single part. In order to fit the bodice into the printer and minimize the space it took up in the machine, the design was printed in a flattened form that was designed with Nervous System’s “Kinematics” folding software. The bodice was wearable strai	Airbus and China Explore Ways to App Aerospace Manufacturing & Design) Airbus and China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) have signed a cooperation agreement on exploring ways to further apply 3D printing technology in the commercial aviation sector. Under this new agreement, NPU will manufacture test specimens of titanium alloy parts for Airbus using its laser solid forming technology. The specimens will be manufactured according to Airbus specifications and will be measured and assessed by them. Airbus is exploring th	3D Printed Human Heart By 2023, Says A scientist named Stuart K. Williams is leading a team responsible for an extremely ambitious project; to print the human heart. Williams, who is the Scientific Director of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute at the University of Louisville, believes that within a decade, perhaps sooner, 3D printed human hearts will be available for transplant.
Multi-material color 3D printer puts South African designer and engineer, Michaella Janse van Vuuren, has unveild a unique collection of color, multi-material 3D printed fashion pieces created Van Vuuren's collection features a "Stained Glass" corset, "Classic Serpent" shoes and belt, along with a range of "Fish-in-Coral" bracelets - most pieces are 3D printed in a single print run, in a range of color and material combinations.	Giant 3D printer starts spitting out Forget machine parts and iPhone cases, the Dutch are thinking much bigger by using a 20-foot-tall 3D printer to create whole rooms that can be assembled into unique, customized houses.	3D-Printed Cloaking Devices. Yes Rea Well acoustic cloaking anyway. Duke University has created a pyramid of layered plastic intricately layered and cut with precise holes so when any sound wave such as sonar hits the device, the waves appear as if they are coming from the surrounding. Basically the device and anything beneath it are hidden. I am sure the military can’t wait to get their hands on this sort of technology. Stealth indeed.
3D Printed Fingers Help Two Year Old Over the last 6-12 months we have seen countless stories about how 3D printing is helping to change the lives of those in need, with the use of customized, cheap prosthetic devices. This story is out of Huntsville Alabama, kate-1and involves a two year old toddler named Kate Berkholtz, who was born without fingers on her left hand. Prosthetic devices for children are extra costly because they outgrow them so quickly, requiring expensive upgrades or even an entirely new device. For Kate’s family	The 11 Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil The following year, local paleontologists and 3D imaging experts from the Smithsonian Institution visited the site and 3D-scanned the bones. In just under a week, they digitally captured more than 10 marine vertebrates and 40 whales, some of which dated back 11 million years.	How To Print a Mathematical Functio As you may already know, the list of disciplines that are finding new and interesting applications for 3D printing is growing rapidly as new fields discover uses for the technology. Professionals and hobbyists alike are finding ways to implement 3D printing as a means of creating things that were once prohibitively expensive or even simply not possible previously. We here at MadeSolid thought we would share one such case where something was created with 3D printing that wouldn’t have been poss
3D Printed Liver Makes Surgery Safe A new method of 3D printing an anatomically accurate replica of the human liver is now helping to guide surgeons during tricky procedures. The 3D-printed replicas, which are made of transparent material threaded with colored arteries and veins, could help surgeons prevent complications when performing liver transplants or removing cancerous tumors, researchers said.	3D print a pair of futuristic flexib The new sneakers were 3D printed in Filaflex 1.75mm, an elastic filament. In order to avoid the filament get tangled when being pushed into the hot end, Recreus has developed a special extruder for filaflex, combined with stainless steel hotend.	Robot elephant trunk learns motor sk I AM in Jochen Steil's lab, grasping a segmented, whiplashing tentacle that resists and tries to push me away. It feels strangely alive, as though I am trying to throttle a giant alien maggot. In fact, I am training a bionic elephant's trunk to do real-world jobs like picking apples or replacing light bulbs – something non-experts haven't been able to do until now. Designed to bring the dexterity of an elephant's trunk to industrial robots, the appendage I am wrestling was launched by German en
World's first 3D printed fingerprint Until about 20 years ago, fingerprints were primarily used by law enforcement agencies to identify criminals. Today fingerprints are being extensively used in civilian and commercial applications. 2D synthetic fingerprint generators output fingerprints using mathematical or statistical models of fingerprint features. Te test the performance of a finger scan system, researchers have to conduct evaluations on the millions of known fingerprint images. But these performance estimates are restricted	Researchers to explore 3D-printed bo If 3D printers, or additive manufacturing, can produce custom replacement parts for machines, why couldn't the same process create biodegradable tissue repair structures for the human body? Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM) have proposed project "Additive Manufacturing of Biomedical Devices from Bioresorbable Metallic Alloys for Medical Applications" to explore 3D-printed bone and tissue scaffolds	3D-printed Subaru WRX STI races agai Have you heard of the toy, StickBomb? Flat wooden sticks are woven together under tension, which then fly apart like dominos when one is removed. So what happens when this toy is pitted against a radio controlled 3D-printed Subaru model?
15 year-old transforms an iPhone cas One of the marquee features of nowadays' smartphones is their integrated heart rate monitor. On Apple store you can find some heart rate measuring apps that use the iPhone's camera and light. But 15 year old student Suman Mulumudi has used a 3D printer and his design skills to transform Apple's iPhone device into a stethoscope, which could help doctors all over the world.	Leonardo DiCaprio gets 3D printed Os The world was in mourning this week, as Leonardo DiCaprio lost out on yet another Oscar at the Academy Awards. As consolation for DiCaprio losing his fifth Oscar, CGTrader, 3D model marketplace for computer graphics and 3D printing, came up with the ideas for Oscar figurines to reflect Leo and his performance in the movie "Wolf of Wall Street".	Terra Projects 3d printing self-suff Scientists and Researchers are working in the most remote places on earth. In the extreme environment such as the polar regions, life can be incredibly difficult. Winter temperatures can reach deep into the negatives, and the winter night can last for months. But still, several thousand scientists and support staff periodically inhabit the area in the pursuit of research. In order to develop solutions for making their life easier and their explorations more bountiful, the Terra Projects is esta
Researchers 3D Print Blood Vessels I In what may be a critical breakthrough for creating artificial organs, Harvard researchers say they have created tissue interlaced with blood vessels. Using a custom-built four-head 3D printer and a "disappearing" ink, materials scientist Jennifer Lewis and her team created a patch of tissue containing skin cells and biological structural material interwoven with blood-vessel-like structures. Reported by the team in Advanced Materials, the tissue is the first made through 3D printing to include	Research into 3D-Bioprinting may soo 3D-bioprinting is an exciting new technology, which may one day lead to the fabrication of replacement human tissues on-demand for transplantation. A team of scientists at Swansea University in the UK are working on the design and development of a new generation 3D-bioprinting technology, together with the biological methods to make living tissues. With development then there is hope that this process can be used to make living constructs that can be used to replace damaged or diseased tissues.	Students Repair School with 3D Print First, imagine that you had the money to send your kid to private school. Then, imagine that that private school got some 3D printers. If you’ve successfully accomplished both of those things, you might picture something like Renbrook School in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school, which includes students from preschool through to the ninth grade, recently acquired 3D printing technology and the students are already putting it to practical use.
3D Printing Flexible Solar Panels Energy has always been a major issue in the development of a nation. Sustainable energy is absolutely paramount to continued growth and expansion. 3d printing has already made major leaps in the energy field. Printed batteries are already a reality. As the renewable energy movement has gained more and more momentum, 3d printed solar panels are now a reality.	Pringle Weaves 3D Printing into its London Fashion Week saw the advent of ready to wear clothing that incorporated 3D printed fabric from the fashion brand Pringle of Scotland. 3D printing has made significant in-roads into Haute Couture fashion, as we have covered on 3DPI, but these new fashion statements from Pringle can strut beyond the catwalk. This new line is the result of acollaboration between Pringle and scientist Richard Beckett and utilized the selective laser sintering (SLS) process to produce flexible 3D printed fabri	Portraying Fragments Of The Earth's Atmospheric analysis of diverse chemical components in a topographical area sounds like an overly complex spell from Harry Potter, but it's actually the purpose of an innovative new tool from FABMOB called ATMOStag. FABMOB—which stands for fabrication + mobility—is a group that combines 3D printers and computer hardware to push the boundaries of maker/hacker art, design and technology. ATMOStag is a new FABMOB project that combines environmental sensor hardware, the Internet, and 3D printing t
3D Printing Assists Doctors in China Doctors in the Guangdong province of China have just completed a complex bone fracture fixation surgery, aided in part by 3D printing technology. The 43-year-old patient, a man with the surname of Zhang, had fallen from a height of about 3 meters above the ground. The fall severely injured the right side of his hip bone, which required complex surgery to repair.	3D Printing Helps Make Ski Boots Mo Anyone who’s ever gone skiing knows how uncomfortable rental ski boots can be. Rental boots never fit quite right and they pinch badly. Until now, the only alternative to uncomfortable rental boots was to shell out a load of cash for new ski boots, or to go with costly custom-designed insoles.	3D Printing Helps Marusenko Sphere t As if the Plot Clock wasn’t enough of a symbol of ennui for one day! Enacting the logic riddle that is life, is the successor to the Rubik’s Cube. The Marusenko Sphere is a 54 piece, multi-coloured puzzle that could have only been twisted and turned through the prototype process with 3D printing.
3D printing inventor Chuck Hull to b The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has released the names of its 2014 Inductees. The NIHF Inductee list includes inventors who have made extraordinary contributions to their respective fields, and in many cases, changed the world forever – names such as William Bowerman, who created the modern athletic shoe; Charles Hull, who invented the 3D printer; Richard DiMarchi, whose Humalog i	Benjamin Harrison 's TEDx talk: biop Right now, more than 120,000 people are on the U.S. organ transplant waiting list. But what if patients could someday receive a 3D-printed organ made from their own cells rather than wait on long lists for the short supply of organ transplants?	How do you get fresh water with hel Water is life. Yet 768 million people do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation. Make Fresh Water is a site that tries solve this problem. It offers a 3D printable fresh water maker, consisting of three simple parts: the body, the hopper and the cap.
Australian Band ‘Cut Copy’ Creates F 3D Printing seems to be making its way into just about all facets of our lives. Now, it has made its way into a music video. Australian dance-rock band, Cut Copy, has released its latest music video for their song ‘We Are Explorers”. In it they feature two human-like 3D printed characters that are about the size of a paper clip. They are walking around a city at night, looking for scraps such as cigarette butts, CDs, and bubble wrap to use in order to construct a sail boat, in hopes of going “e	World’s Fastest Car, Koenigsegg One: Something amazing about the high performance automobile industry is that, with the help of new technologies, they are always pushing new limits. This is certainly the case for Swedish super car manufacturer, koenigsegg-featKoenigsegg, who has just unveiled the Koenigsegg One:1. According to Koenigsegg, the One:1 is the fastest production car in world. No records have been broken yet, but in simulated tests, the company claims the vehicle reached 273 miles per hour as a top speed. If it can do t	3D Printers Begin to Make Major Impa In the last couple of years we have seen a dramatic shift in the use of consumer based 3D printers within business oriented atmospheres. This is likely because consumer based 3D printers are increasing their utility, as well as efficiency. Dbroad2esigners for plays on Broadway, and in theaters across the globe are beginning to realize the usefulness of this awesome new technology, when modelling their sets. John Lee Beatty, a famed theater set designer, for many plays, both on and off Broadway,
Bone replacements and heart monitors The evolution of 3D printing has moved quickly and it is now poised to alter every aspect of our lives and health. Thousands of Europeans are enjoying 3D-printed metal orthopaedic implants to support or replace missing bones and, in the US, thousands more have benefited from 3D printing used by dentists. Most people that need hearing aids have custom 3D-printed devices comfortably resting in their ears now.	What Brain Surgeons are Learning fro Yesterday we shared a video on how 3D Printing can be used for heart surgery. Today let’s take a look at where 3D Printing stands with brain surgeons. A recent Stratasys blog post highlighted what today’s brain surgeons are learning from 3D Printin	New Cell Printing Technique with Nea Tissue printing may significantly improve how any number of medical conditions are treated, perhaps one day even allowing for complete organs to be created in the lab to replace diseased ones. The most promising technique involves using modified inkjet printers to deposit live cells onto a substrate, but a significant drawback is that the cells often end up injured or killed by the printers. Now researchers from Houston Methodist Research Institute, Cornell University, and University of Texas M.
3D printing: A disruptive technology “I’d love to tell you what’s coming down the pipe, but if I do, I could literally go to jail,” said Bre Pettis, the chief executive officer of MakerBot. MakerBot is a 3D printing company based out of Brooklyn that was recently acquired for $403 million by Stratasys, a larger 3D printer manufacturer. Pettis talked to The Daily about the future of 3D printing and design. Because of a legally binding promise of secrecy, his discussion of the future for their iTunes-like digital store was shrouded i	High School Student 3D Prints a New While pundits and futurists talk about how 3D printing technology will affect our lives, others simply start applying it to address real challenges today. Last year we wrote about a small collaboration between a guy in South Africa who lost his fingers and an engineer that wanted to help, that led to a 3D printed hand. Now Mason Wilde, a high school junior, used the same electronic blueprints to print a hand for a very excited neighbor kid with missing fingers, and with great results. He did hav	3D printed pharmaceuticals University of Glasgow researchers are adapting 3D printing technology to create downloadable pharmaceuticals. Calling it a “Chemputer,” they used two commercial, $2000 3D printers to assemble chemical compounds using open-source CAD software. One 3D printer makes the beakers and the other the chemical molecules. Combined, the researchers call them Reactionware vessels.
3D-Print a House in 20 Hours I remember growing up in an area of Colorado under heavy construction. We constantly had houses being built around the neighborhood and being the danger-ignorant young ones we were, we would constantly go play with all of the materials left over. Thank god for Tetanus shots, because with the number of holes in my feet from these activities I (and my parents) certainly got their money’s worth. Then the dumpsters would be filled with extra wood scraps that were inevitably used to our own imaginati	An essential step toward printing li Cambridge, Mass. – February 19, 2014 – A new bioprinting method developed at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University creates intricately patterned, three-dimensional tissue constructs with multiple types of cells and tiny blood vessels. The work represents a major step toward a longstanding goal of tissue engineers: creating human tissue constructs realistic enough to test drug safety and eff	Online community of makers creates a When Peregrine Hawthorn breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one. The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned how to 3D print and build an affordable mechanical set of his own. Today, he is using his knowledge and passion to collaborate with e-NABLE, an online community of 3D printing hobbyists that works to custom design, improve and create affordable prosthetics for those in need.
Using 3D printing to treat 14 months Surgeons are finding 3D printers to be a lifesaver on the operating table. At Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, heart surgeon Erle Austin used a 3D printed model to plan and practice a complex operation for a pediatric heart patient in Kentucky. Roland Lian Cung Bawi, a 14 months old boy, was born with heart problems that included a hole in the heart and misaligned aorta and pulmonary artery. He couldn't sleep and had breathing problems, said Roland's mother Par Tha Sung. "I didn't thin	Local Motors to deliver first 3D-pri Local Motors announced this week that it has signed contract with The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) to build its previously announced 3D-printed electric version of the vehicle. Unlike other auto makers that mass produce their vehicles, Local Motors' vehicles are designed by the company's global community and built using the material science and additive manufacturing techniques available at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).	Reno Man 3D Prints Himself a Prosthe We have heard more and more recently about prosthetics being made using 3D printers. We’ve heard about arms, legs, hands, and even ears that have been printed using this latest fad in technology. Now, there is another body part that can be added to the ever growing list. A Reno, Nevada man, named Christian Call has 3D printed himself a working fingertip. It may not look like a normal human finger, but it certain works almost just as well.
3D Printing and Telemedicine Aid in 3D printing is increasingly used to prep doctors for surgery. With patient-tailored models of a given surgical area, surgeons can better understand the environment that they’re getting into, ultimately reducing surgery times and improving outcomes. When the surgery involves the precarious life of a six-month old infant, preparation seems that much more important. Drs. Michael Egnor and Elliot Duboys of Stony Brook University have relied on CAD and 3D printing to get a better understanding of t	Fusion Implants Uses 3D Printing to There are so many hot technology investment opportunities out there, but none hotter right now than the 3D printing sector. Today, Fusion Implants, a UK based company specializing in porous titanium knee joints for dog-1dogs which have damage to their cruciate ligament, announced that they are the recipient of a six-figure investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital.	The ESO’s Very Large Telescope with 3D printing is often championed as a method for creating customized one-offs and it doesn’t get much more customized than the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. In astronomical optics, especially for a telescope of the VLT’s stature, complex one-off parts are necessary for an instrument’s operation, but can be very expensive to produce and take a great deal of time to receive. Thanks to a 3D printing and investment casting, however, the VLT was able to produce two ess
feature image 250x250 Microbots May 3D bioprinting has made new headway recently with the publication of a paper titled “Untethered micro-robotic coding of three-dimensional material composition” in Nature Communications in January. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to develop a method for 3D printing biological material using magnetically controlled robots. The team was made up of BWH’s Dr. Savas Tasoglu, a research fellow in the Division of Renal Medicine, and Dr. Utkan D	UA Researchers Use 3D Printing to He Medicine and 3D printing continue to merge with one another. We have seen numerous applications for 3D printing within the medical field, most centering around 3D bioprinting. Today the University of Alabama announced a unique combination of the 2 fields. The very first 3D printed model of a G-quadruplex DNA sequence, with its molecular structure, has been created.	ORNL, CINCINNATI partner to develop industries will soon be able to make large parts using 3D printing technology. The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will partner with Cincinnati Incorporated, a manufacturer of high quality machine tools located in Harrison, Ohio, over the next year to develop a large-scale 3D printer capable of producing large polymer parts much faster and a lot cheaper than today's technologies.
Nokia creates world's first interact London Fashion Week 2014 had already started on Valentine's Day. Guess what, designers Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman has brought something unusual to this year's show - a Lumia skirt was given its catwalk debut. Nokia has partnered with the designer duo, who are popularly known as Fyodor Golan, for London Fashion Week, to create the world's first interactive skirt made up of 80 of Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1020 smartphones.	Watch Amanda Boxtel walk again with 3D Systems recently unveiled the first ever 3D printed hybrid Exoskeleton robotic suit in collaboration with EksoBionics at a Singularity University-hosted event in Budapest. Amanda Boxtel, writer and professional speaker acted as the test pilot for this venture. On Feb. 27, 1992, Amanda Boxtel took a fall while skiing in Aspen, CO that culminated in a freak somersault. The accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. At the hospital, Boxtel's doctor told her she would never walk again. De	3D printing is revolutionizing speci Take a look at how 3D Printing has changed the world of Special Effects. Legacy Effects has been at the forefront of 3D printing and additive manufacturing technology for years. See how Legacy has incorporated 3D Printing into its workflow in this video from their exhibit at the 3D Printshows in London, Paris and New York, where Legacy took home the award for Best In Show.
Patient has 75 per cent of his skull A MAN has had 75 per cent of his skull replaced with a custom-made 3D-printed implant. The un-named patient in the United States had his head imaged by a 3D scanner before the plastic prosthetic was crafted to suit his features. Oxford Performance Materials in Connecticut then gained approval from US regulators before the printed bone replacement was inserted in his skull during a surgical procedure earlier this week.	Team announces new advance in 3-D pr Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Carnegie Mellon University have introduced a unique micro-robotic technique to assemble the components of complex materials, the foundation of tissue engineering and 3D printing. Described in the Jan. 28, 2014, issue ofNature Communications, the research was conducted by Savas Tasoglu, PhD, MS, research fellow in the BWH Division of Renal Medicine, and Utkan Demirci, PhD, MS, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Biomedical Engi	3-D tissue printing: Cells from the The breakthrough, which has been detailed in a paper published today, 18 December, in IOP Publishing's journal Biofabrication, could lead to the production of artificial tissue grafts made from the variety of cells found in the human retina and may aid in the search to cure blindness. At the moment the results are preliminary and provide proof-of-principle that an inkjet printer can be used to print two types of cells from the retina of adult rats―ganglion cells and glial cells. This is the firs
British surgeon uses 3D printing to Researchers at NASA and Stanford University are trying to 3D print cell clusters that can produce non-living structural biomaterials like bone minerals, tooth enamel and wood. The team says they are on track to prove their concept by October of this year. The team is lead by Lynn Rothchild, an evolutionary biologist who works for NASA and teaches astrobiology at Stanford. Diana Gentry is a doctoral candidate trained in biology mechanical engineering; Rothchild and Gentry have been working long	British surgeon uses 3D printing to A British surgeon has used 3D scanning and 3D printing techniques to create a new pelvis for a patient who had lost the whole right side of his pelvis to cancer. The patient in his sixties had been diagnosed with a rare bone tumour called chondrosarcoma. "Since this cancer does not respond to drugs or radiotherapy, the only option was to remove half of the pelvis," said Craig Gerrand to Telegraph, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.	Organovo delivers first 3D printed l 3D bioprinting company Organovo announced today that it has delivered its first 3D Liver tissue to a laboratory outside of the company to a key opinion leader for experimentation. Key opinion leaders are generally experts, in this case top research scientists, in a particular field whose opinions and publications will influence practice. The target date to launch its 3D liver tissue product had been April, but Organovo achieved the milestone ahead of its target date, which is a good news for in
Innovative 3D-printed foot support w FDM Digital Solutions (FDM), a Burnley, Lancashire, UK-based company which is developing a 3D printing system to produce made-to-measure insoles for the National Health Service (NHS), has secured a £860,000 investment from the North West Fund for Venture Capital and Lancashire's Rosebud Fund. The NHS provides foot shoe inserts, or 'foot orthotics' to people who suffer pain from walking. The foot orthotics are engineered to provide support for the foot by distributing pressure or realigning foot	Helping Hannah: 3D printer brings "M Four-year-old Hannah was born with a condition called arthrogryposis, which limits her ability to move her arms on her own due to underdeveloped muscles. Now, with the help of 3D printing, Hannah can lift toys and doing basic things like eating and hugging their loved ones. Arthrogryposis is usually developed before a baby is born. During her fifth month of pregnancy, Jennifer Mohn was told to prepare for the worst for her unborn daughter. "They told us to make arrangements for her," said Jenn	ORNL, Local Motors to produce world' Local Motors and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed a new partnership to develop and deliver technology to produce the world's first production 3-D printed vehicle. This new partnership will explore vehicle design and construction using 3D printing technologies. Using a combination of material science and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques that are both additive and subtractive, researchers will explore making vehicle construction more efficient, including lower production ti
3-D Printed Flowers, Hey, nerds: instead of tending a garden, which takes forever, consider this project, wherein you 3-D print an inflatable flower. It might even be the world's first inflatable, 3-D printed thing. The flowers are also black, much like they would be if you had grown them yourself, so you've got realism, too. There are no downsides to this, is what I'm saying.	Empire MX-6 all-mountain bike gets c 3D printing pedals confidently into the world of customized bicycle manufacturing this week as UK metal-based additive manufacturer Renishaw and British design firm Empire Cycles announce their 3D printed mountain bike frame. 3D printing has already been used to make frame parts and accessories for bicycles using metals and plastics, but this mountain bike frame – which is based on Empire's MX6 design and 33% lighter than the original prototype – breaks out of the peloton.	3D printing takes a walk with bionic Bionic legs have gotten smarter and smarter thanks to advanced technology. Dr. Kee Moon and Jeremiah Cox at Mechanical Engineering San Diego State University are currently developing 3D printed physical therapy devices that are designed to help the body conform to the way it moved before an accident. Instead of rigidly controlling the body – their device nudges and jump starts the body into a more natural physical movement pattern. In the future the bionic leg will be integrated with brain func
3D-Printed Kidneys Take Small Steps Kidneys represent the human organ in highest demand in the U.S. Researchers hope that new generations of 3D printers can use living human cells to build replacement organs layer by layer. Read More »	3D Printing a Star Cluster: How the This iconic image of star cluster NGC 609 depicts several bright, newborn stars wrapped in a resplendent bubble of gas and dust. But how do you communicate the beauty and wonder of these cosmic glamor shots to the blind? Easy: Print them in 3D.	Victoria's Secret model wears 3-D Leggy models and lingerie aren't generally associated with 3-D printing technology. But that's changing as the gap between technology and fashion narrows. This year, as part of the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, one of the most elaborate costumes was a pair of "angel wings" created with a 3-D printer. Model Lindsay Ellingson wore the costume at the show, which airs Tuesday night.
The 3D BioPen Rewrites Orthopedic Su We may have received some flak for calling the 3Doodler (and others) FFF pens a “3D printing” pen — with some labelling the device as a “glorified glue gun” — but the BioPen from the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia demonstrates just how powerful a 3D printing pen — or a glue gun — can be. The BioPen could potentially give doctors and surgeons the ability to heal bone and cartilage, among other things, relying on the control that only a handheld 3D printing device could deliver.	Pretty in Pink: 3D-Printing Researchers at CSIRO, the Australian science agency, have created hot-pink horseshoes that are custom made for each of a horse's four hooves using lightweight titanium and 3D printing technology. Read More »	First working 3D printed liver Organovo, a bio-printing company based in San Diego, has claimed that it has overcome the vascular issue to a degree and now expects to unveil the world's first printed organ - a human liver - by the end of 2014.
Dinosaur Bone Damaged in WWII Reveal A dinosaur bone mystery created by a World War II bombing is resolved with 3D printing technology. Researchers have discovered that an unknown fossil in the Museum of Natural History in Berlin is a vertebrae belonging to a long-necked herbivore. The identity of a mislabeled fossil damaged in a World War II era bombing has finally been revealed as part of an enormous long-necked plant-eating dinosaur. Read More »	Cadillac Elmiraj concept created The stunning new Cadillac Elmiraj coupe concept made its first public appearance in Monterey in August. Cadillac states that the Elmiraj concept showcases the next step forward for the brand's Art & Science design DNA, but how did this gorgeous Elmiraj concept go from clay to a digital model, and back to the hands of a craftsman again? Turns out, the Elmiraj was formed by using structured-light 3D scanning. Read More >>	3D-Printed Fish Scales May Improve Researchers at MIT have used 3D printers to study the structure of fish scales and use them as inspiration in the development of highly flexible and durable armor for military purposes, along with other potential applications in firefighting and sports. Read More »
Visualizing Dinosaurs with Medical The technique offers scientists a non-destructive way of transporting and handling rare or fragile fossils. Read More »	Harvard shows important progress tow Harvard scientists first introduced 3D printed batteries back in June. The team created lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand using 3D printing technology.	The Ultimate Iron Chef – When 3D Recent advances in 3D printing are driving the concept closer to reality. Read More »
Photo of the year: 4-year-old girl A group of high school students at West Catholic High School in Michigan gave a 4-year-old girl Harmony Taylor the gift of a lifetime on Thursday, Dec.19: a 3D printed robohand. Harmony was born with "limb differences" that resulted in her not having any fingers on her right hand. Harmony got a prosthetic about a year and a half ago and that cost $5,000, said Harmony's mother Melanie Peterman. "But all it did was pinch and really wasn't practical for a kid her age."	3D-printed toothbrush ‘perfectly’ No, it isn’t the misshapen genitalia of the eponymous creature from the Alien movies: It’s a 3D-printed toothbrush that promises to give you “perfectly clean teeth” in just six seconds, with optimum plaque removal and protection of gums.	Lab-Made Heart Represents 'Moonshot' An ambitious 3D-printed heart project aims to make a natural organ replacement for patients possible within a decade. But the researcher also thinks 3D-printing tech must harness the self-organizing power of biology to get the job done. Read More »
3D printing brings cool, low-cost en In areas of the world that don't have reliable access to electricity, organizations such as Peppermint Energy and Designs For Hope have used 3D printing technology to bring innovative, low-cost energy solutions, including portable solar arrays and bicycle-powered generators, to help individuals. It could change the lives of millions of people. Worldwide, 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity, according to the International Energy Agency. South Dakota-based Peppermint Energy is determine	Hospital used 3D printing to assist A Chinese hospital has successfully removed a skull base tumor for a 38-year-old patient with the help of 3D modeling system and 3D printing. 38-year-old patient Mr. Zhang suffered from frequent headaches and he was diagnosed with meningioma saddle nodules. "The tumor was located deeply close to the skull base, and it connected with the internal carotid artery and optic nerve. The surgery would be very complicated." said Dr. Li Xuejun, an associate professor of skull base tumors Clinical Resea	NIH partners with Organovo to develo The cost of research and development in the drug industry — the cost of clinical trials in particular — is rising significantly. Still more than 95% of the experimental medicines that are studied in humans fail to be both effective and safe. The good news is soon it will be possible to test drugs directly on 3D printed functional living tissues. Bio 3D printing company Organovo announced today that they are joining together with two institutes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to he
3D printing 'the Blacker than Black' Belgian artist Frederik De Wilde has worked with Melotte, a Belgian 3D printing company and NASA to 3D print a titanium sculpture, coated with graphene, of ancient Limburg mines named 'M1ne #1' - 'The Blacker than Black'. De Wilde is a guest professor at the Transmedia program at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and artist in residence at the University of Hasselt. For a few years he has used nanotechnology to generate "super-black" artworks. The 'new black' was disco	Amputee Once Again in the Game When 20-year-old Austrian soccer player, Martin Hofbauer, had his lower leg amputated, he couldn’t imagine that less than two years later the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) would approve him to play again. Hofbauer became the first soccer player with a prosthetic leg cleared to play at a championship level. In November of 2011 Hofbauer was diagnosed with cancer and underwent chemotherapy to treat his lower right leg. Doctors later determined his leg could not be saved	3D Printed Gun, "The Liberator" Cody Wilson is one of the founders of Defense Distributed, a company that has created a 3D printed plastic gun christened “The Liberator.” The general idea is to put guns in the hands of Americans cheaply, easily, and perhaps not on purpose, but untraceable. The guns are not easily traced because of the lack of serial numbers, registration, and striations (the grooves on a bullet that can be matched up to the barrel of a gun, which aids in ballistics to determine whether a particular weapon was
3D Printer saves baby’s life. When 6-month-old baby Kaiba suddenly couldn’t breath his parents knew something was horribly wrong. Doctors initially suspected that Kaiba had probably just breathed something in however it happened again a couple of days later and continued to happen every day. Further investigation revealed the obstruction was caused by a rare condition known as bronchial malacia, a blockage that affects respiration. Treatment would require the insertion of a splint to hold the air passage open and allow the	Pizza hot off a 3D Printer! It appears that 3D printed food is even closer to science fact than fiction as NASA award a grant of US$125,000 to American manufacturer SMRC (Systems and Materials Research Consultancy), a Texas based company which plans to develop a 3D food printer suitable for use in long-duration manned space flights. NASA’s senior public affairs officer, David Steitz said that the projects ability to address issues of shelf life, taste and nutrition were key drivers in the decision to fund SMRC’s project.	Reef Arabia Plants 3D Printed Coral Coral reefs only cover about 0.1 percent of the world’s ocean surface and they’re still disappearing at an alarming rate. These “rainforests of the sea” are already sensitive to water temperature, so it’s no surprise that pollution, over fishing, and global warming are dramatically reducing the world’s coral reef population. To help counter this, Reef Arabia introduced nearly 3,000 concrete Reef Balls near Bahrain to create new homes for the ocean life that call these underwater structures home.
Researchers developing gelatin bio-i Although there have been advances in medical technology and donation, the demand for organ, eye and tissue donation still vastly exceeds the number of donors. What sounds like a dream of the future has already been the subject of research for a few years: simply printing out tissue and organs. Now German researchers have developed a new gelatin bio-ink that can be used by 3D printing technology to produce artificial tissues.	Hollywood uses 3D printing to create Hollywood is changing the way movies are made with 3D printing. In a recent interview in LiveScience, Andrew Clement, the owner of effects shop Creative Character Engineering in Van Nuys, CA, says that his team has been using emerging technologies, including 3D printing, to turn actors into monsters and rubber and silicon into aliens and corpses.

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