April 2019 saw new developments from Stratasys including its debut SLA industrial 3D printer. Applications of 3D printing for healthcare continued, including new approaches for 3D printed personalized…
Virginia Tech’s Source Form method eliminates need for 3D printer .stls
A team of researchers from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) have developed Source Form, a 3D printer capable of creating objects using crowdsourced data. Display…
Virginia Tech researchers develop platform to sense the perfect fit for 3D printed prosthesis
A Virginia Tech team led by assistant professor Blake Johnson has taken a step forward in improving 3D printed personalized prosthesis. Published in Plos One, their new research details an ability to …
Virginia Tech inventor granted patent for 3D printing vending machine
Kevin D. Kline, an inventor at Virginia Tech, has been granted a patent for a “3D printing vending machine” which can be used for continuous manufacturing. According to the patent document…
Virginia Tech 3D prints devices that generate electricity from impact
一个新的3 d打印发现弗吉尼亚理工大学是阿宝ised to change the way we design sensors and low-power generators. A team lead by associate professor Xiaoyu ‘Rayne’ Zheng has succeeded in creating p…
Virginia Tech advances pursuit of a new class of high performance Kapton 3D printer materials
A team of researchers in the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) at Virginia Tech have developed direct ink writing (DIW) as a method for processing Kapton in 3D. This so-called “ultimate&…
Virginia Tech and LLNL develop light based method of 3D printing graphene
Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a high resolution method of 3D printing graphene that is “an order of magnitude greater” than any 3D printed …
3D printed micro-ships get a drug test from leading U.S. universities
In a development reminiscent of science-fiction, microscopic, 3D printed ships have proved capable of treating damaged brain tissue. The latest device to seemingly receive shrink-ray treatment is the …
Virginia Tech 3D print the unprintable in Kapton material study
Gelatinous, 3D printed honeycombs and rooks are more resilient than they appear in recent materials research from Virginia Tech. The project has 3D printed, “the highest temperature polymer that…
How Makers celebrated Global 3D Printing Day
This past weekend, the 3D printing maker community was alive with activity for Global 3D Printing Day. After taking to twitter, Youtube, and good old email 3DPI decided to round up some of the best pr…