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October 7, 2016

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Electronic Circuits Printed at One Micron Resolution

Sep. 1, 2016 — A research team has developed a printing technique for forming electronic circuits and thin-film transistors (TFTs) with line width and line spacing both being 1 ?m. Using ... read more

The First Autonomous, Entirely Soft Robot

Aug. 24, 2016 — A team of researchers with expertise in 3-D printing, mechanical engineering, and microfluidics has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This ... read more

'4-D Printing' a New Dimension for Additive Manufacturing

Aug. 23, 2016 — Researchers have demonstrated the 3-D printing of shape-shifting structures that can fold or unfold to reshape themselves when exposed to heat or electricity, an approach ... read more

Five Ways Bioengineers Want to Use 3-D Printing

Aug. 11, 2016 — Now that 3-D printing has made it easier to generate custom-made prosthetics, bioengineers are looking ahead at manufacturing actual cellular material. Such technology could ... read more

Quick Meal? 3-D Printed Dinner

July 29, 2016 — A professor and his students have invented a 3D food printer that could revolutionize the way we think about food and prepare it -- it can fabricate edible items through ... read more

Any Picture or Text Could Be Inkjet-Printed as a Solar Cell

July 26, 2016 — Any picture or text could be inkjet-printed as a solar cell, using a newly developed technology. When light is absorbed in an ordinary ink, it generates heat. A photovoltaic ... read more

A New Bio-Ink for 3-D Printing With Stem Cells

June 23, 2016 — Scientists have developed a new kind of bio-ink, which could eventually allow the production of complex tissues for surgical implants. The new stem cell-containing bio ink allows 3-D printing of ... read more

Researchers Use Acoustic Voxels to Embed Sound With Data

July 18, 2016 — Researchers have developed a method to control sound waves, using a computational approach to inversely design acoustic filters that fit within an arbitrary 3-D shape while ... read more

Exploring Superconducting Properties of 3-D Printed Parts

July 18, 2016 — While many techniques can be used for 3-D printing with metals, most rely on computer-controlled melting or sintering of a metal alloy powder by a laser or electron beam. The ... read more

Researchers Report Cybersecurity Risks in 3-D Printing

July 13, 2016 — Researchers examined two aspects of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3-D printing, that could have cybersecurity implications and harmful economic impact: printing orientation and insertion of fine ... read more

‘Growing’ 3D Parts to Revolutionize Manufacturing

3D Printing Pen Lets You Draw in Mid-Air

World's First 3D Printing Restaurant Opens

Machine Mixes Hands-on Sculpting With 3D Printing

Research Explores Thermoelectric Screen Printing

Sep. 20, 2016 — Flexible thermoelectric devices are especially attractive for waste heat recovery along contoured surfaces and for energy harvesting applications to power sensors, biomedical devices and wearable ... read more

A Bioink by Any Other Name: Clarifying Definitions in 3-D Bioprinting

July 25, 2016 — A new article defines key terms associated with bioinks and ... read more

One Giant Leap for the Future of Safe Drug Delivery

June 28, 2016 — By using an innovative 3-D inkjet printing method, researchers have taken the biggest step yet in producing microscopic silk swimming devices that are biodegradable and harmless to a biological ... read more

3-D Printing Produces Cartilage from Strands of Bioink

June 27, 2016 — Strands of cow cartilage substitute for ink in a 3-D bioprinting process that may one day create cartilage patches for worn out joints, according to ... read more

3-D-Printed Kidney Helps Doctors Save Woman's Organ During Complicated Tumor Removal

June 24, 2016 — Doctors and scientists in one case printed and used a 3-D kidney to help save a patient's organ during a complicated tumor-removal ... read more

Atomic Sculpting With a Microscope

June 17, 2016 — A new tool now rests in the 3D printing toolbox. The result is designer materials with desirable structures, such as microchips, or materials with unique ... read more

New Surface Makes Oil Contamination Remove Itself

June 17, 2016 — Researchers have developed surfaces where oil transports itself to desired directions. Researchers' oleophobic surfaces are microtextured with radial arrays of undercut stripes. When oil drops ... read more

Researchers Open Hairy New Chapter in 3-D Printing

June 17, 2016 — Researchers have found a way to bypass a major design step in 3-D printing, to quickly and efficiently model and print thousands of hair-like structures. Instead of using conventional computer-aided ... read more

New 3-D Printed Polymer Can Convert Methane to Methanol

June 15, 2016 — Scientists have combined biology and 3-D printing to create the first reactor that can continuously produce methanol from methane at room temperature and ... read more

3D Printing of Patterned Membranes Opens Door to Rapid Advances in Membrane Technology

June 2, 2016 — A new type of 3D printing will make it possible for the first time to rapidly prototype and test polymer membranes that are patterned for improved ... read more

'On-the-Fly' 3-D Print System Prints What You Design, as You Design It

May 31, 2016 — An interactive prototyping system has been developed that prints what you are designing as you design it; the designer can pause anywhere in the process to test, measure and, if necessary, make ... read more

Engineering Team Develops Novel Technology to 'Print' Customized Tablets for Personalized Medicine

May 26, 2016 — A team of researchers has found a way to make personalized medicine cheaper and easier. Imagine if you could combine the myriad of pills you need to take for your ailment in just one tablet, or if ... read more

Monitoring Sun Exposure With a Portable Paper Sensor

May 25, 2016 — Summer is around the corner -- time for cookouts and sunbathing. But too much sun can result in sunburn, which is the main cause of skin cancer. Because the time it takes to get burned depends on ... read more

Printing Metal in Midair

May 17, 2016 — A new laser-assisted direct ink writing method allows microscopic metallic, free-standing 3-D structures to be printed in one step without auxiliary support ... read more

Engineers Create a Better Way to Boil Water, With Industrial, Electronics Applications

May 4, 2016 — Engineers have found a new way to induce and control boiling bubble formation, that may allow everything from industrial-sized boilers to advanced electronics to work better and last ... read more

Introducing the Disposable Laser

May 3, 2016 — Since lasers were invented more than 50 years ago, they have transformed a diverse swath of technology -- from CD players to surgical instruments. Now researchers have invented a way to print lasers ... read more

Replication of Colored 3-D Models Simplified

May 3, 2016 — Researchers have developed a new technique called Computational Thermoforming. It enables them to manufacture plastic replicas of digital 3-D models, in which the shape and colour are reproduced in ... read more

Light-Powered 3-D Printer Creates Terahertz Lens

Apr. 29, 2016 — Created from a 3-D printed metamaterial, the new lens could be used for biomedical research and security ... read more

3D Printed Foam Outperforms Traditional Cellular Materials in Long-Term Stress

Apr. 27, 2016 — 3D printed foam works better than standard cellular materials in terms of durability and long-term mechanical performance, material scientists have ... read more

Revolutionary 3D Printed Fashion to Be Developed

Apr. 19, 2016 — Developers have teamed up with global textile and garment manufacturer to embark on landmark work in 3D textile printing that could revolutionize how clothes and footwear are ... read more

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