Category: 3D Printing

Category: 3D Printing
3D Printed Prosthetic Leg Covers for Wounded Warriors
3D Printed Prosthetic Leg Covers for Wounded Warriors

Dj Adam White from North Carolina has started a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter, the aim of which is to raise money to 3D print personalized covers for prosthetic limbs. In 2013 Adam got into a car accident. Even before he got to hospital he had known he would lose his leg. He went through a Read more

Revolutionizing Haptic Communication through a 3D Printed and Sonar-Based Haptic Glove
Revolutionizing Haptic Communication through a 3D Printed and Sonar-Based Haptic Glove

Scientists and researchers who are looking to understand the world better often rely on nature and how it operates for inspiration. Some of the most impressive breakthroughs in cutting edge technology were often derived from a deeper understanding of nature’s most natural and awe-inspiring feats. From the aerodynamics of flight as displayed by birds to Read more

Helping Bees with a 3D Printed Honeycomb
Helping Bees with a 3D Printed Honeycomb

The almost unhindered march to amazing new inventions and never before seen technological advancements can often affect other things or beings, which may be considered as insignificant at first glance. Usually, as civilization and technology hurriedly advance, it is nature that is always left on the sidelines. Anyone can find hundreds of examples of nature Read more

3D Printing as a Very Important Factor in Interactive Learning
3D Printing as a Very Important Factor in Interactive Learning

The amazing importance and impressive popularity that the 3D printing technology holds in so many areas is really something to witness as the technology was only accessible to a very select few just years ago. Perhaps no other current technology in history has so literally and thoroughly transformed varied fields such as medicine, transportation, prosthetics, Read more

3D Printing a Quadcopter
3D Printing a Quadcopter

Motivation 3D printing quadcopters is getting very popular recently. There are many advantages for quadcopter owners in 3D printing their quadcopter or at least parts of their quadcopter. The main reasons hobbyists do it is because it is cheap. It is cheaper than just buying the whole quadcopter. One can save a lot of money Read more

Taking it Head-on: NFL Backs 3D-Printed Helmet for Further Development
Taking it Head-on: NFL Backs 3D-Printed Helmet for Further Development

For a multi-billion dollar business that is unmistakably a worldwide image of American sports, football’s safety measures regarding head injuries is about as secure as a quarterback fronted by ballerinas. While American football, especially the NFL, has taken solid steps towards securing the health of the players, there is still a seeming chasm between what Read more

The First-ever Robot-based Glass 3D Printing
The First-ever Robot-based Glass 3D Printing

The range and variety of materials as options for 3D printing have been steadily increasing the past years. Currently heading this list are thermoplastics and metal alloys. People, though, have generally stayed away from glass as a material when it comes to 3D printing as this has proven to be quite tricky and even difficult Read more

3D Printed Brain Cell Tissues by Melbourne Scientists Create a Buzz
3D Printed Brain Cell Tissues by Melbourne Scientists Create a Buzz

If there is anything that humans would surely love to know more about, it would be the very same thing that makes him tick—his brain. Despite the advances in medicine and technology, man is largely only making educated guesses about the how his neural processes work. For this reason, whenever breakthroughs in any field that Read more

Exclusive Rights to the Latest Ceramics 3D Printer Design filed by Tethon 3D
Exclusive Rights to the Latest Ceramics 3D Printer Design filed by Tethon 3D

One of the companies that is at the forefront of 3D-printed ceramic designs has claimed proprietary rights to a new and improved 3D printer design that is expected to revolutionize the strength and durability of these 3D-printed ceramics. The breakthrough in this area could mean a jump of an improvement not just for ceramics, but Read more

Michael Miszta’s 3D Printed Star Wars Speed Racer
Michael Miszta’s 3D Printed Star Wars Speed Racer

Ten years after the release of the last Star Wars film, which was the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the latest edition of this award-winning and iconic movie franchise features yet again a scene that is as well-loved as the heroes of the saga—pod racing. For Star Wars fans, pod racing cuts Read more