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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Researchers at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society announced earlier this year that another medical material can now be produced with 3-D printing: cartilage.
The researchers’ first step in producing the cartilage was developing a “bioink”—the material from which a 3-D printer crafts a...