3D Printing

NASA Wants You to Help it Build a 3D-Printed Home in Outer Space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently running a competition to develop a habitat in outer space, and the space agency wants your input to help it build a house on Mars, with the help of advanced...
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DARPA Awards Rocket Crafters Contract to Develop 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

Rocket Crafters, Inc. (RCI) announced Wednesday it has been awarded a $542,600 research contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under the terms of the agreement, RCI is tasked to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine...
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Airbus Standardizes on Stratasys 3D Printing Material to Produce Flight Parts for its A350 XWB Aircraft

Stratasys, a 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, said Thursday that leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus has standardized on its ULTEM 9085 3D printing material for the production of flight parts for its A350 XWB aircraft. “In 2014 Airbus produced...
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ASTM International, ISO Unveil Global Additive Manufacturing Standards Framework

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ASTM International said last week they have jointly crafted the Additive Manufacturing Standards Development Structure, a framework which they say will help meet the needs for new technical standards in this fast-growing...
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Researchers at ORNL Use Bamboo to Print Table

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are conducting experiments to ascertain the effectiveness of using bamboo fiber in 3-D printing. The experiments will examine the feasibility of using...
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Someone 3D-Printed A Functional Office Building In Dubai

The world’s first ever fully functional 3D-printed office was inaugurated in Dubai on Monday. The office, sited at the Emirates Towers, will serve as a temporary office for the Dubai Future Foundation. The 3D-printed office was constructed using a special...
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Navy To 3D-Print Titanium Link And Fitting For V-22 Osprey

A V-22 Osprey is scheduled to fly with a 3D-printed part, Elizabeth McMichael, the director of innovation for Naval Air Systems Command, said at a conference on Tuesday, according to Jane’s 360. The 3-D printed part that it will...
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HP’s 3D Printer Promises To ‘Disrupt’ $12 Trillion Manufacturing Industry

HP took a major stride into the world of 3D printing Tuesday by unveiling the HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution which it called “the world’s first production-ready 3D printing system for manufacturing.” The company said the new HP...

Nanodrip 3D Printing Technique Aims to Make Touchscreens More Responsive

Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a 3D printing process that makes it possible to create transparent electrodes to make touchscreens far more responsive than they are currently. In order to make any glass touchscreen responsive, such as those used...

Researchers Make 3D Printed Hair With Low-Cost Printer

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have formulated a new technique for furbricating…er…fabricating 3D printed hair. This method capitalizes on the stringing nature in fused deposition modeling 3D printers. Using their technique, the printer squeezes out a little bit of molten...

Be3D Touts DeeRed, Latest 3D Printer With Largest Print Volume in its Category

be3D, a Y Soft company headquartered in the Czech Republic , recently announced the latest version of DeeRed, its 3D printer for prototyping and creating finished manufactured products. The 3D printer has the largest 3D print capacity in its...