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MIT: Speaking with Spiders Could Improve 3D Printers and Materials
A group of MIT scientists reported that they could transform spider’s silk threads into musical instruments. The long-standing experiment involves an innovative method that uses data sonification to convert 3D…
New Elastic Biodegradable Hydrogel Could Help 3D Print Human Soft Tissue in the Future
Last year, Dr. Yi Hong, a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), received an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop materials for making…
Powerful New 4D Printer Speeds Next-Generation, Next-Dimension 3D Printing
3D printed objects that can move and change shape are technically 4D printed – the fourth dimension comes in the object’s ability to change shape when exposed to environmental stimuli…
Ames Laboratory Develops One-Step 3D Printing Process to Create Customizable, Chemically Active Catalysts
Many industries, from healthcare to aerospace and everything in between, have found ways to use 3D printing, but one area that’s still fairly new is using the technology to control…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 22, 2017
We’re talking about everything from business and 3D printing materials to outer space in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Using a new digital platform, thyssenkrupp has connected all of the machines…
Understanding Bone Cancer Tumors with 3D Printed Scaffolds and Flow Perfusion
One year ago, we heard about the work of researchers with Rice University, who used an OpenSLS 3D printer to develop 3D printed lattices for bone tissue engineering. The researchers began…
New 3D Printing Technology Enhances Performance of Patterned Polymer Membranes
Ion exchange membranes, which are flat sheet-like materials that transport dissolved ions across a conductive polymeric membrane, are utilized in variety of energy applications. Used in fuel cells, particular batteries,…
U.S. Air Force Investigates 3D Printed Flexible Hybrid Electronics
At the 2015 meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dr. Benjamin Lever introduced research that is being conducted at the Air Force Research Lab at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in…
