Medical device manufacturing firm Exactech is transitioning the manufacturing process of its Equinoxe Stemless Shoulder to laser based additive manufacturing. The Stemless Shoulder, a bone-conserving …
oVert to scan over 20000 vertebrates for free download and 3D printing
The openVertebrate (oVert) project is scanning between 20,000 and 30,000 fluid-preserved vertebrate specimens from institutions across the US and making them freely available to 3D print on the Morpho…
3D Printing News Sliced: Proto Labs, Optomec, ARMI and Strandbeest
In today’s Sliced 3D printing news digest: ColorPod, the 3D Pioneers Challenge, Optomec, id.arts, Proto Labs, Joint Mitnor, 3Diligent, ARMI, University of Florida, Sculpteo and Strandbeest. Colo…
University of Florida’s liquid silicone 3D printing is designed for faster and cheaper medical implants
A 3D printing method outlined by researchers at the University of Florida demonstrates a way of making comfortable, flexible, strong and affordable implants for patients. Using liquid silicone, the me…
3D printing silk protein veins on a molecular level
As seen last month in bone fractures fixed by 3D bio-printed silk, silk has great potential as a 3D printed bio-material. The trouble is when it comes to 3D printing anything less solid than, say, a s…
3D printed autonomous ‘squid’ takes sea exploration to new depths.
A recent paper published in the Marine Technology Society Journal, gives tantalizing details of a 3D printed autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) inspired by the water-jet propulsion motion of squids. …