Posts tagged with "3D Printing"
3D Printed Parts Allow Auto Manufacturers to Work Smarter
3D printing gained recent popularity as a tool for hobbyists, enabling them to create anything they can design in a modeling program. However, even back in the 1980s, when the first incarnation of the technology emerged, it was designed for manufacturing. The technology has finally reached a point where widespread implementation is...
Printing Human Organs: Additive Manufacturing in Healthcare
It's no secret that additive manufacturing (AM) has massive potential in all kinds of innovative solutions across industries. In healthcare, 3D printing stands to revolutionize products and care solutions alike for the benefit of millions across the world. But understanding where additive manufacturing is being applied in the...
7 Essential 3D Printing Tips For Beginners
In a short space of time, 3D printing has gone from science fiction to home entertainment. The technology has moved out of laboratories and commercial settings and into the home. The hardware needed to get set up in 3D printing is now accessible and affordable to anyone with an interest. 3D printing is exploding, but the ease of...
CNC Milling Machines: Latest Technology Trends That Will Impact Businesses
Technological advances can impact industries to varying degrees, and manufacturing is especially well placed to leverage the latest innovations to its advantage. The rise of computerized milling machines in recent years has empowered businesses of all sizes, improving efficiency and reducing waste. Here is a look at how new trends...
How 3D Printing is Transforming Healthcare One Layer at a Time
One of the fastest-growing applications of 3D printing is in medicine and healthcare. Here are some ways in which 3D printing is improving our health.
6 Surprising DIY Uses for 3D Printers
A future where every home has a 3D printer isn't far off and these six creative ideas just scratch the surface. What kinds of things will you create?
3D-Printed Human Hearts? Researchers Make Major Progress
Can organs, even the human heart, be manufactured via 3D printing? Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel say yes!
How 3D-printed Prosthetics Saved These 4 Animals
3D printing is one of the most versatile technologies out there, even being applied to veterinary medicine, helping rehabilitate injured animals.![How the Think[Box] Makerspace Became the Epicenter of Innovation](https://innotechtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ThinkboxLaserCuttersbyRussellLee-1-min-383x231.jpg)
How the Think[Box] Makerspace Became the Epicenter of Innovation
Learn why Case Western Reserve University’s innovation and entrepreneurship center, the Sears think, is a place to bring ideas to life.
How a 3D Printed Cornea Could Save Sight for Millions
Blindness due to retinal scarring or disease affects over 15 million people across the globe. Sadly, there are too few cornea donors to meet the demand and scientists have been struggling for years to develop alternative treatment options for those in need. The long wait may be drawing to a close, as researchers at Newcastle University...
The Wonderful World of 3D PRINTING
Just when we thought we’ve seen it all, a new technology emerges that puts actual products in our hands — through an amazing printing process. Recently, I was stunned when my eyes rolled across a headline: “Dad uses 3D printer to make his son a prosthetic hand.” I had to go back and read it twice. A father whose son was born...Artistry Through Technology: 3D Printed Instruments
How will 3D printing shake up the industry? Well we know there is a certain romance in the process of crafting an instrument. Expert luthiers have been transforming wood into complex musical forms for thousands of years, and for some, the traditional processes are hard to let go of because of the meditative relief that comes from the...
Microsoft Paint 3D Brings A Huge Update to the Original App
Did you ever open up Microsoft Paint, draw the ugliest squiggle ever, then fill in the pieces with all the colors of the rainbow? Or do you use Microsoft Paint to help crop down your Youtube screenshots? Well, with Microsoft's recent update, Microsoft Paint 3D will allow you to create 3D images, convert 2D images to 3D, and...
From Transplant to Print Job
An IV slowly drips out the passage of time as a patient lies nearby, sick of waiting. Like others in need of a transplant, she can do nothing but wait, her spot just one of thousands on a waitlist that, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, grows every 10 minutes. But instead of being put on a waitlist, what if she could...