Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have developed a new and more efficient approach to a challenging problem in additive manufacturing — using selective laser melting,... Read more
3-D printing is growing up fast On a recent cold afternoon in New York, a young couple with two small children in tow stepped off a busy sidewalk at Manhattan’s Columbus Circle into the quie... Read more
Digital manufacturing: There is a lot of hype around 3D printing. But it is fast becoming integrated with mainstream manufacturing PEEK through the inspection windows of the nearly 100 three... Read more
Do you ever say to yourself: “Gosh, I really need to 3-D print this thing right now?” Well, now that 3D hubs is bringing the sharing economy to the technology, you can probably g... Read more
We are proud to announce that the Cube 3D Printer is the first 3D printer to be widely available in a major U.S. retailer – Staples! Starting in June 2013 Staples will be introducing the Cub... Read more
A new brick in the Great Wall ALTHOUGH it is the weekend, a small factory in the Haidian district of Beijing is hard at work. Eight machines, the biggest the size of a delivery van, are busy... Read more
This week key players from government, business and academia meet at Penn State to discuss new technologies and techniques they hope will lead to a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing The U.S.... Read more
Coming to a natural satellite near you Imagine landing on the moon or Mars, putting rocks through a 3-D printer and making something useful – like a needed wrench or replacement part.... Read more
As manufacturing goes digital, it will change out of all recognition, says Paul Markillie. And some of the business of making things will return to rich countries OUTSIDE THE SPRAWLING Frank... Read more
It will soon be possible to design and build household animals to order ONE of the most interesting technological trends of the past few years has been the rise of additive manufacturing. Th... Read more
The desired structure is erected in a single work session The growing popularity of 3D printers, such as the Printbot or MakerBot‘s Thing-o-Matic, testify to the fact that addit... Read more