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3D Printing News Briefs, January 27, 2024: PAEK, Triangle Mesh, Bionic Arm, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re talking about PAEK materials and QA for polymer 3D printing, before moving on to real-time tracking of electron beam additive manufacturing. Upwing Energy integrated…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 4, 2023: Insourcing, Prosthetics, & More
We’re starting with business today in 3D Printing News Briefs, with stories from Nexa3D and Headmade Materials, Desktop Metal and FreeFORM Technologies, and 3D Systems. ELEGOO debuted a new printer…
Acoustic Nozzles Improve the Performance of 3D Printed Parts
Usually when we’re talking about 3D printing in terms of acoustics, it has to do with making a good set of speakers. But, recent research has determined that acoustic signal processing could…
Could Your Next Headphones Use 3D Printed Metamaterials?
We’ve often seen 3D printing used to fabricate headphones and earbuds. But a team of researchers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow…
Ohio-Based 3D Printing Companies Fabrisonic and MakerGear at RAPID + TCT
At last week’s RAPID + TCT in Fort Worth, Texas, 3DPrint.com was on the show floor checking out the latest innovations and new 3D printer releases, as well as attending…
Researchers 3D Print Acoustic Metamaterials That Can Block Sound Waves and Vibrations
Metamaterials, which can morph according to their environment, make up a new class of 3D printable, engineered surfaces which can perform nature-defying tasks, like making holograms and shaping sound. Recently, a…
Sur3D Launches ‘Decoded Heart’ 3D Printed Jewelry Design Beta
3D technologies, from 3D scanning to modeling and 3D printing, is changing the way a lot of objects are manufactured, from consumer products and medical devices to airplane components and…
Researchers Invent Sound-Shaping Super-Material Using Acoustic Metamaterials
A really interesting, complex technology we’ve been hearing about more and more often is metamaterials, which are able to morph according to their environment. Metamaterials can be 3D printed, and comprise…
Design Your Own Customized 3D Printed Sound Wave Jewelry by Speaking into Your Computer
3D printed jewelry is popular for a number of reasons. For many people, it’s still a novelty; telling people you’re wearing 3D printed earrings is a good conversation-starter in many…
Gilles Azzaro’s Latest 3D Printed Sound Sculpture Honors FabLabs Everywhere
With some artists, you have to look hard to find the real meaning in their work. Gilles Azzaro is not one of those artists. The French voice sculptor, who creates…
French Researchers Make New Strides in Engineering Acoustic Absorption, Soon to 3D Print Metasurfaces
3D printing is being used to help us overcome so many challenges, nearly everywhere we look today. Undeniable, remarkable, and far-reaching, the impacts in so many sectors are helping us…
Dutch Artists Create 3D Printed Ceramics Using Sound Waves
Olivier van Herpt, like many artists, found himself dissatisfied with the artistic capabilities of traditional 3D printers and 3D printing materials. “When I first started researching 3D printing the technology…
Artist Eyal Gever and Made In Space to Send 3D Printed Laughter into Orbit
Have you ever wondered what laughter might look like? You may immediately think of an image of a person laughing, but what would laughter itself look like, if it could…
French Voice Sculptor Gilles Azzaro Wants to Spread Love in the Wake of Terror
When Paris was attacked by terrorists last Friday, people around the world responded with a range of emotions. Grief, anger, fear; all are natural reactions to such a brutal tragedy. All…
3D Printed “Edge Detector” Can Sort Soundwaves
The concept of sound edge detection is the basis for commonly used technologies like ultrasound or sonars. Essentially, a sound is emitted at a specific frequency and then a machine…
EPLVLEREPRAETERITORVM: 3D Printing Pulls a Dead Language from the Dust
EPLVLEREPRAETERITORVM. No, it’s not the latest incantation to be uttered by the great Harry Potter or a snippet of mischievious Middle-Earth Elven (or even a Klingon curse), although it is…
The Joy Complex 3D Prints Conductors’ Batons From Beethoven’s Notes
Synesthesia is a rare condition in which the person affected takes in one form of sensory input and ‘reads’ it in another. For example, a synesthete might see colors when…
