3D printing

Wood-based products could now be designed and ‘grown’ to order – at a vastly reduced timescale

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in 3D printing with a wood-based

3D printed flexible mesh ankle and knee braces

Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices. Hearing aids, dental crowns, and limb

Printing 3D tissues and organs without scaffolding

Engineered tissues and organs have been grown with various degrees of success in labs for

Open source 3D printed microscope opens the doors of opportunity

Many tasks in biology require tiny, accurate motion – achieved with expensive hardware. We have

3D-printed all-liquid devices that can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand

Berkeley Lab researchers set the stage for new class of 3D-printed, all-liquid devices; could automate

3D printing magnetic microrobots of many different shapes and sizes

Assembling a microrobot used to require a pair of needle-nosed tweezers, a microscope, steady hands

3D-printed artificial tissues will help to heal bone and cartilage damaged in sports-related injuries

Rice bioengineers lead effort to print scaffolds to heal bone and cartilage Bioscientists are moving

A pivotal discovery that could dramatically improve the 3D printing process

Additive manufacturing’s promise to revolutionize industry is constrained by a widespread problem: tiny gas pockets

Wireless Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors can be used and disposed of without contaminating the environment

Simon Fraser University and Swiss researchers are developing an eco-friendly, 3D printable solution for producing wireless

Making 3D printing 100 times faster using light

Rather than building up plastic filaments layer by layer, a new approach to 3D printing

3-D printing of adaptive aids for arthritis can save upwards of 94 percent for simple household items

Adaptive aids are expensive. Additive manufacturing, using low-cost 3-D printers, can save upwards of 94

A new renewable 3D printing feedstock – lignin

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a recipe for

Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands

Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

3D printing of lithium ion batteries in any shape

“Three-Dimensional Printing of a Complete Lithium Ion Battery with Fused Filament Fabrication” Electric vehicles and

3D-printed supercapacitor electrode could lead to wider use of fast-charging energy storage devices

Advances in supercapacitor technology could lead to wider use of fast-charging energy storage devices and