3D Printing
WASP opens up to ways for Contemporary Ceramic Art
WASP returns to Argillà to show the future of Ceramics: turning Ancient craft techniques into 3D Technology. Argillà it’s the International Ceramics Festival in Faenza – Italy – where every two years Potteries, Artists and Ceramic Experts from wherever in the world come to meet each other.
3D nanoprinting to turbocharge microscopes
EPFL researchers have printed nanometric-scale sensors capable of improving the performance of atomic force microscopes. Tiny sensors made through nanoscale 3D printing may be the basis for the next generation of atomic force microscopes. These nanosensors can enhance the microscopes' sensitivity and detection speed by miniaturising their detection component up to 100 times. The sensors were used in a real-world application for the first tim...
Study explores security vulnerabilities of 3D printing
The ubiquity of smartphones and their sophisticated gadgetry make them an ideal tool to steal sensitive data from 3D printers. That's according to a University at Buffalo study that explores security vulnerabilities of 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, which analysts say will become a multibillion-dollar industry employed to build everything from rocket engines to heart valves.
The digital future of ceramics
WASP returns to Argillà to show the future of ceramics: turning ancient craft techniques into 3D technology. Argillà hosts the International Ceramics Festival in Faenza, Italy - where every two years potteries, artists and ceramic experts from wherever in the world come to meet each other.
3D-printed structures maintain their shapes
Engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are using light to print three-dimensional structures that “remember” their original shapes. Even after being stretched, twisted, and bent at extreme angles, the structures — from small coils and multimaterial flowers, to an inch-tall replica of the Eiffel tower — sprang back to their original forms within seconds of being heated to a certain tempe...
3D-printed engineering plastics now offer automated pricing
Extensive research and development has been undertaken by igus, into 3D printing filaments in order to offer its industrial customers more freedom in their product design and prototyping. The result was the world’s first structural plastic filament for use in 3D printing, designed specifically for moving applications.
Amputees swim like a fish with 3D prosthesis
For his Master's research, Stuart focused on restoring balance for trans-tibial amputees while swimming, a solution that would improve accessibility and enjoyment, and make it easier for those with below-the-knee amputations to exercise. His Master's thesis, titled "Printable Prosthetics", stemmed from an idea brought to Victoria by the New Zealand Artificial Limb Service (NZALS).
3D printing service allows cost-effective prototyping
Cost effective prototype development is allowed by TBA Protective Solutions 3D printing services. Ideal for tool production capable of up to 100 parts, the 3D printed tools can be made in a range of polymers including ABS and polypropylene as well as specialist conductive and shielding plastics.
One more dimension for additive manufacturing
A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the 3D printing of shape-shifting structures that can fold or unfold to reshape themselves when exposed to heat or electricity. The micro-architected structures were fabricated from a conductive, environmentally responsive polymer ink developed at the Lab.
Reviving King Tutankhamun with 3D scanning
In the autumn of 2014, Creaform performed its largest colour 3D scanning project to date! Colour is a big differentiator in the world of 3D scanning, since it not usually mandatory or sometimes even important when it comes to inspection or reverse engineering. But it goes without saying that it becomes paramount in applications such as Heritage Preservation. In this specific case, the objects to scan were related to King Tutankhamun himself!