Computer-aided design

Opening up product design to the consumer through 3D printing
Customizing 3-D printing: Design tool lets novices do in minutes what would take experts in computer-aided design hours
Nasa emails spanner to space station
Amanda Boxtel standing in the 3-D printed Ekso hybrid robotic suit in Budapest. Image: 3D Systems Corp.
3-D Printing: A New Manufacturing Staple
via Loughborough University
Research on 3-D printed wrist splints boost for arthritis sufferers
Two computer-generated configurations for routing a droplet through multiple lab-on-a-chip diagnostic tests, many more than are currently possible using manual methods. The software was developed by Michigan Tech's Shiyan Hu and Chen Liao. The figure is reproduced with permission of IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. Credit: Chen Liao and Shiyan Hu
A Lab in Your Pocket
This Fraunhofer IGD solution simulates textiles through a grid structure. This permits use of extremely fast processes. © Fraunhofer IGD
Real-time simulation of textiles
via Wyss Institute
An Essential Step toward Printing Living Tissues
Space Station Astronauts to Test 3-D Printing in Microgravity
Getting 3-D Printing and Next-Generation Manufacturing to the Factory Floor
Cities Of The Future, Built By Drones, Bacteria, And 3-D Printers
New Thermoplastic Makes 3-D Printed Skull Implants a Reality
Low-cost full colour desktop 3D scanner on Kickstarter
A 3-D Printer Will Soon Print You New Organs
The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalisation and the End of Mass Production