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3D Printed Retaining Wall Installed in UK, Complete with Sensors and Digital Twin
As impressive as 3D printed houses may be, additive construction (AC) may have much larger implications beyond the field of housing. This is particularly true given the funding of the…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 1st, 2023: Digital Fashion, 3D Printed Boulder Replica, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re getting down to business first, as Albert Invent has raised $7.5 million in seed funding, and Lithoz delivered its CeraFab S65 printer to…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 3, 2023: Beta Software, 3D Printing Walls, & More
We’ll kick things off in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with software, as General Lattice released a beta version of its Frontier software, and a research team out of Ondokuz…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Silicone Support and Concrete in New Zealand and Saudi
Support material for silicone has been difficult to do. Now a team at the University of Florida has developed a material that has low interfacial tension between itself and the…
Harnessing the Power of 3D Printing and Prefabrication for Faster, Smarter Construction – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Prefabrication is a well-known method of enabling faster and smarter construction, with a focus on quality and quick assembly. 3D printing technology is pushing prefabrication to a new level to…
Leading US Homebuilder Century Communities Starts Selling 3D Printed Homes in Arizona
Century Communities, one of the top 10 homebuilders in the US, announced that it is now selling homes with walls built using additive construction (AC) methods. The company has made…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 30, 2022: Nuclear Power Filters, Fuzzy Filament, & More
We’re starting with a 3D printed part for the nuclear powder industry in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then we’ll move on to two separate research projects, before ending with…
PERI Group to 3D Print Walls of Small Home Each Day at Bautec Construction Exhibit
Any lingering questions related to the future of 3D printing in construction should be answered this year for visitors at the international Bautec construction exhibit in Berlin. Germany’s PERI Group…
Live Demonstration of ACES Concrete 3D Printing Technology at CERL to 3D Print Barracks: Part 3
As part of a three-year program called Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structures (ACES), last year the US Army 3D printed a complete barracks, also known as a B-Hut, out of a patented…
TU/e Professor Develops Equations to Keep 3D Printed Concrete Walls From Collapsing
Concrete 3D printing has made it possible for us to rapidly build all sorts of structures, from benches and bridges to houses and hotel villas. But the construction method is not…
3D Printed House Developed by WATG Enters Testing Phase
In 2016, Branch Technology issued a challenge to the design world: imagine the possibilities for architecture when a home could be fabricated using 3D printing. This Freeform Home Design Challenge…
UAE Looks to the Stars As It Launches Mars Science City Project, Complete with Labs and 3D Printed Museum Walls
Ever since implementing its ambitious 3D Printing Strategy last year, Dubai has been focused on making the UAE a global 3D printing leader through the multi-tiered plan laid out in a…
CyBe Construction Announces That 3D Printing is Complete for Dubai’s R&Drone Laboratory
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since Dubai opened the doors of the first 3D printed office building. The United Arab Emirates city state recognizes the necessity for…
There’s Still Time to Enter Branch Technology’s Freeform Home Design Challenge
We first covered Chatanooga-based 3D design and printing innovator Branch Technology here last July, when the company successfully built 3D printed walls using the world’s largest freeform 3D printer. This was a first for international…
Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology Embarks on Extended Project in Concrete 3D Printing
3D printing, no matter the purpose, has showstopping appeal. Just about everything one can produce with a 3D printer is amazing–and it’s no secret that makers love to show off what…
Finland’s Fimatec Looks to 3D Print Modular Homes — Exterior, Insulation, Interior Walls, All in a Single Piece
Over the last 12-18 months we have seen numerous companies and individuals around the world reveal concepts and actual prototypes (if you can call them that) of large 3D printed…
