Scientists Build Vascular Network Using Sugar and a 3-D Printer
Bioengineers have long dreamed of creating living tissue that can be molded into everything from replacement human livers to lab-grown steaks. But a major obstacle has been keeping engineered tissues...
View ArticleRepRap 3D Printing Blood Vessel Networks
:: Video :: Bioengineers have been steadily advancing toward the goal of building lab-grown organs out of a patient's own cells, but a few major challenges remain. One of them is making vasculature,...
View Article3D Printed "Magic Arms" Help Little Girl Give Hugs
3D printing now demonstrates how technology can change lives and maybe the world The next time anybody tells me that 3-D Printing Will Go the Way of Virtual Reality, that it is a techno-fantasy, I...
View ArticleNew technique paves the way for instant 3D-printed biological tissues
3D printing technologies have come a long way since their earliest incarnations as rapid product prototype makers. It's now shaping up as the next disruptive technology and in medical science, 3D...
View ArticleDIY Solar Pocket Factory Machine Can Print a Solar Panel Every 15 Seconds!
Inventors Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein are looking to revolutionize the business of small-scale solar panels with The Solar Pocket Factory, a backyard photovoltaic panel printing system....
View Article13:30 headphones snap together straight from the 3D printer
With 3D printers gaining more popularity it's only a matter of time until people start printing their own functional gadgets at home. We've seen some creative designers build working guitars and even...
View Article3D printing may put global supply chains out of business
Will 3D printing make global supply chains unnecessary? That’s a real possibility, according to a recent report from Transport Intelligence, Smart Planet reports. 3D printing (or “additive...
View ArticleThe World’s First 3D-Printed Acoustic Guitar
Scott Summit does unusual things on his vacations. For instance, he just spent a week up in the mountains, taking in the majestic scenery and all that, but also sitting at his laptop creating a 3D...
View ArticleDNA Pioneer Craig Venter Developing a 3D Printer for Vaccines
Geneticist J. Craig Venter told attendees at the recent Wired Health Conference in New York City that his scientific team is working on what he calls “a 3D printer for DNA, a 3D printer for life.”...
View ArticleA Cantilevered, Fibrous Home Created With a 3D Printer
It was only a matter of time before 3D-printed houses started popping up, but Softkill Design’s fibrous ProtoHouse wasn’t exactly what we all had in mind. Eschewing the conventional solid house, the...
View ArticleWhat's the big deal with 3D printing?
"The internet changed the world in the 1990s," says the programme. "The world is about to change again." As boasts go, it's up there. But can 3D printing beat the hype? If you're aware of 3D printing,...
View ArticleUW students' 3-D printer to turn trash into better lives in Third World
A team of University of Washington students has developed a machine that can "print" large plastic objects out of garbage. When he was working for the Peace Corps in Ghana and Panama, Matthew Rogge...
View ArticleWorld's first 3D printing photo booth set for scan
Ever wanted a life-like miniature of yourself or loved ones? Now's your chance, thanks to Omote 3D, which will soon be opening what's described as the world's first 3D printing photo booth in...
View Article3D Printing: This Century's most disruptive innovation?!
:: Video :: David F. Flanders like so many in his generation is obsessed with creation: the simple power to imagine something and then build it. This is perhaps due to over enthusiasm in Lego as a...
View ArticleNext Year’s 3-D Printers Promise Big Things — Really Big Things
2012 has been a big year for 3-D printing, but the industry has quietly been growing for decades. And the innovations are impressive — for every new plywood-clad 3-D printer kit that makes the rounds...
View ArticlePrint your own InMoov animatronic robot
Now that 3D printing technology is taking off, some truly unique projects are beginning to emerge from all sorts of talented people. Take Gael Langevin, a French sculptor and model marker who has...
View ArticleInexpensive home-brewed prostheses created using 3D printers
A prosthetic hand that could be cheaply created on a 3-D printer for amputees in developing countries won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of competitions...
View ArticleTough, Light and Strong: Lessons From Nature Could Lead to the Creation of...
In a sweeping review of the field of bio-inspired engineering and biomimicry in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Science, two engineers at the University of California, San Diego, identify three...
View ArticleBioengineers print ears that look and act like the real thing
Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born with a congenital deformity called microtia. In...
View ArticleFirst Dreambox 3D printer vending machine heads to UC Berkeley
Back in November, we hoped that it wouldn't be too long before 3D printing vending machines broke out of university and made their way into the public domain. That day is getting closer, with the...
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