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.

Photosensitizers, a solution to overcome colour limitations in SLS 3D printing?

In a research paper, scientists at the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology developed a technique to 3D print colored objects using SLS printers. Before going further,...

A 3D Printed Cardiac Mapping Catheter will very soon help patients with heart diseases

Researchers at Standford University will have been developing using 3D printing custom cardiac surgical devices. Hopefully, those cardiac surgical devices would help patients who...

3D Printing might make batteries that last longer

Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Missouri University of Science and Technology created a 3D printing method that enables batteries to last longer....

Surfing, the new application of 3D printing?

Until today, we have seen a wide range of 3D printing applications in various industries apart from sport. A research team from the University...

BMW and MIT’3D printed airbags

BMW is collaborating with MIT to make its research and development progress. Both teams are working on airbags in silicone that would be 3D printed. If research...

Admetus first trials of its 3D printed TAVR heart valve

The medical technology company Admetus has announced some developments of its patented Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) project. Trials have begun with the first...

International collaboration to implement 3D printed field test

Researchers from South Australia, Texas and Ethiopia exploited 3D printing technology to bring a solution to leishmaniasis, a disease that infects a million people...

Why is the demand for Semiconductor Laser is linked to the advent of 3D Printing?

The global semiconductor laser market seems to be another key performance indicator of the market’s growth and to a certain extent to the increasing...

How 3D printing is used to make synthetic bones for grafts

Scientists from Northwestern University developed a solution to fabricate synthetic bones using additive manufacturing technology. Called “Hyper elastic bone”, this solution is made from...

What if kidney vessels could be 3D printed in 12 hours or less?

Following a research which aims at printing human tissue with viable capillaries and above all, printing these anatomical models closer to reality, Prellis Biologics,...