Research & Development

If you think for a second, the biggest innovations that are shaking the world of today started with R&D. This stage has been fundamental in any industrial revolution, including additive manufacturing. This segment highlights the latest AM developments in the R&D sector.

A 3D Printed heart based on a patient’s biological materials

3D printing a heart is definitely a major medical breakthrough when talking about 3D printing applications. Until now, specialists of regenerative medicine -- a field positioned at the crossroads of biology and technology –...

Why do researchers integrate electronic sensors into customized 3D printed prosthetics?

3D printing has brought a significant value in the way medical professionals or non-medical experts produce prostheses. Virginia-based researchers have been looking for new ways to improve the use of 3D printed prosthetics by those who wear...

Kwambio and WeFund Ventures are involved in 3D Bioprinting of Organic Bones’ Structures

Kwambio and WeFund Ventures launch ADAM, a medical technology company that specializes in 3D bioprinting of organic bone structures. Through this biotechnical initiative, the specialist of ceramic 3D printing, aims to develop new materials...

Nanoscribe to bring its 3D microfabrication expertise to the Research Project MiLiQuant

Nanoscribe, a specialist of 3D microprinting, is a technology partner of the Research Project MiLiQuant. Funded by BMBF, the project aims to develop largely alignment- and maintenance-free radiation sources for an industrial field of...

Wohlers Report 2019: materials suppliers’ activity, first indicator of the market’s growth

Wohlers Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that offers a window into the AM and 3D Printing market has announced the release of its 2019 annual report. For this 24th report, Wohlers has gathered expertise...

Additive Manufacturing in Eyewear would be a $3.4 Bn market in a few years

Research And Markets has recently unveiled its analysis of the use of additive manufacturing on the eyewear market for the forecast period 2019-2027. The technology would grow into an overall $3.4 billion opportunity by...

Essentium survey reveals confidence in industrial scale 3D printing, a technology that would create a $ Billion Bump

Essentium, a provider of industrial 3D Printing solutions, has recently carried out a survey that reveals confidence in industrial scale 3D Printing. According to the survey, “deployment of industrial scale 3D printing is at...

Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing, the recently unveiled AM process of Fraunhofer IWU

Researchers from the Fraunhofer IWU in Chemitz have developed a new high-speed printing system for high-performance plastics. Called Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (SEAM), the technology would eight times faster than conventional extrusion-based 3D Printing processes. The researchers would be able...

A 3D bioprinter that can print skin to heal wounds

The idea of a 3D bioprinter filled with a patient’s own cells, that can print skin layer by layer sounds like science-fiction and yet, engineers bring us closer and closer to this reality. Engineers from Wake...

A look at how a cup changes its color thanks to nanoparticles and 3D printing

Researchers from Wageningen University have fabricated a plastic cup that changes its color thanks to nanoparticles and 3D printing. Nanotechnology is used in a wide range of researches today. If the technology is revolutionizing manufacturing...

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