D printing is extremely practical when you want to produce small quantities of customized components. However, this ...

Traditional subtractive manufacturing involves cutting away material to create a product, while 3D printing is an additive process that builds objects by adding material layer by layer. A 3D-printed ...

LiDAR is a powerful tool for mapping terrain, and it can also be integrated into 3D printing. Learn about it here!

Even though 3D printing got its start in the 1980s when Chuck Hull designed and printed a small cup, it’s been in the last few years that the printers became cheaper to produce and therefore used in a ...

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...

EPFL scientists have created a breakthrough 3D printing method that uses hydrogels as templates to produce ultra-dense, ...

To most people, a 3D printer is a cool piece of technology that can make toys, tools or parts in minutes. But for Hala Ali, ...

Enrichment—adding complexity to an animal’s environment—is an essential element of improving the lives of animals in captivity. Species-appropriate toys, puzzles, and structures, for example, can ...

The safe and effective practice of surgery requires an intimate knowledge of anatomy. A thorough understanding of human anatomy empowers medical doctors to plan a suitable approach, predict possible ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are looking into the reliability of metal 3D printing and its ...

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Ahmad Beltagui currently receives funding from the British Academy/Leverhulme to study the use of 3D printing in makerspaces. He has no commercial affiliation to the organisations or individuals ...