What if you could store in physical objects the same “hidden” metadata that you can find in digital products such as music and photos? The concept was explored in a study by Mustafa Doga Dogan, a 4th-year Ph.D. student at MIT, and his team. While working with colleagues at MIT CSAIL (the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab) and…
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As we do every Sunday, today we present the most exciting videos from the world of additive manufacturing in the top 5 videos of the week. That’s because 3D printing is now present in a wide variety of sectors with a multitude of applications. Find out how much a 3D-printed house costs, how medical models…
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To infinity…and beyond! Who has not heard the iconic catchphrase from Toy Story which so perfectly encapsulates humanity’s desire to explore as far as they can reach? There is a reason why space is known as the final frontier, now we have reached the ends of the globe, it is the next region where we…
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American company Sciaky, Inc. has announced that it will be delivering the world’s largest electron beam directed energy deposition (DED) 3D printer to Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). The customized 300 Series Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) system will be used in a series of projects designed to optimize the use of the machine in collaboration with Sciaky. Ultimately,…
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Spanish company Iberdrola specializes in electricity and natural gas, offering distribution and marketing solutions. Recently, it collaborated with the manufacturer Hyperion Robotics and Peikko to 3D print the foundations of its green energy transmission networks. Specifically, they envisioned an pad foundation, a shallow foundation that takes and spreads point loads safely, made of concrete, for substation projects…
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There are hardly any industries left in which additive manufacturing is not used in at least some way. In medicine in particular, 3D printing has proven itself as a manufacturing method, launching helpful applications for both patients and doctors. Whether 3D-printed prostheses, implants or biological cell tissue, the technology has already been able to innovate…
read moreToday, PLA is a very popular filament material for Makers. The number of PLA printed products are already huge. Amorphous PLA combines a low melting point, relatively low shrinkage, and is insoluble in water, which makes it ideal for 3D printing at home. But what do you do with your waste or disposed PLA printed…
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YouTuber Austen Hartley has designed and 3D printed his own pair of custom, low-cost Crocs. Armed with nothing but a run-of-the-mill desktop FFF 3D printer and flexible TPU filament, the mechanical engineer spent a few hours of his free time drafting the shoes up using Fusion 360 CAD software. Since he didn’t even own a pair of original Crocs,…
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The past month has yielded several announcements from the copper 3D printing sector. Infinite Flex, a Germany-based developer of smart materials, recently launched what it claims to be the world’s first pure copper powder for SLM 3D printing. Dubbed INFINITE POWDER Cu 01, the material has already been successfully tested on a number of standard…
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Meltio, a developer of metal 3D printing hardware, has announced the launch of its own wire-based 3D printing materials range for the first time. The company has historically boasted an open materials platform for its wire Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) technology, so the new product line is a change in gears. Nevertheless, Meltio’s 3D printing technology…
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