Teachers who 3D print open-source learning aids for their students instead of purchasing equivalent commercial products available from retailers like Amazon could save around 86% of costs, according t…
CMU expert algorithm can predict biomaterial 3D printing parameters
At Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), researchers may have found a solution that makes the characterization of new 3D printer materials a breeze. An algorithm, developed by a team at CMU’s Colleg…
The state of 3D printing in schools, 3D Printing Industry BETT 2018 report
The news is often dominated by 3D printing’s role as a “disruptive” technology and its future in Industry 4.0. Behind the buzzwords, however, is the reality of an additive manufacturing skills g…
TU Eindhoven demonstrates 3D printed stents for paediatric heart surgery
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (Tu/e) in the Netherlands have released a proof-of-concept article on 3D printed, self-expanding, biodegradable stents. The stents are designed to be …
New Jersey school introduces MakerBot Innovation Center
Mount Olive High School (MOHS) in New Jersey, welcomes 33 MakerBot 5th Generation Replicator 3D printers to their existing Marauder Innovation Learning Lab (MiLL). A resource of such a size is usually…
High school gets ‘a room of one’s own’ in which to print
When Virginia Woolf wrote ‘a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction’ she was commenting on women’s access to education. At the time, women were scarce allowed into univ…
A hand for 3D printed prosthetics from Ithaca College
What started out as an experiment in the capabilities of a new MakerBot Replicator has now given a helping-hand to those in need, and potentially launched the career of physics student Ryan Bouricius.…