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.

How 3D printing can help fabricate smart contact lenses that can implement AR-based navigation

A research team from South Korea has explored the use of 3D printing for the fabrication of smart contact lenses that can implement augmented reality (AR)-based navigation. The teams at KERI & Ulsan National...

MIT Researchers 3D print custom heart replicas that pump like real ones

MIT engineers are hoping to help doctors tailor treatments to patients’ specific heart form and function, with a custom robotic heart. The team has developed a procedure to 3D print a soft and flexible...

Meet The Educator and The Researcher: B-jetting’s 3D binder-jet development platforms

These modular printers are 100% designed, built, and serviced in the US. Dan Brunermer has come a long way. When he started his consultancy firm – almost two years ago -, after almost two decades...

Lithoz’ Ceramic 3D printing process to support go-to-market strategy of patented polycrystal components for solid-state lasers

A new partnership between ceramic 3D printing company Lithoz and Italian start-up ZENIT Smart Polycrystals will accelerate the go-to-market strategy of the latter’s patented polycrystal components for solid-state lasers. ZENIT ambitions to develop transparent YAG...

One step closer to 3D printing models of life-like 3D organs

A team of University of Colorado researchers has developed a new strategy for transforming medical images, such as CT or MRI scans, into incredibly detailed 3D models on the computer. The advance marks an...

A look at Rotational multimaterial 3D printing

A research team from Harvard, has developed a Rotational multimaterial printing technology for creating helical filaments. Using this new approach, the team designed and fabricated artificial muscles and springy lattices for use in soft...

Rounding off another demanding year: what the AM industry should keep from 2022 to move forward in 2023

From mergers & acquisitions to bankruptcies, expected & unexpected milestones, 2022 led us through an emotional rollercoaster. As 2022 draws to a close, 3D ADEPT Media is looking back over a year difficult to...

An OpeN-AM experimental platform enables to study the microscopic behavior of additive metal welds as they’re being created

The experimental platform system is called OpeN-AM, with OpeN being short for operando neutrons, a term for using neutrons to study something while it’s operating, and AM for additive manufacturing. Researchers at the Department of...

Could metal 3D printed high-temperature, high-pressure receivers help to a decarbonized world?

While harnessing energy from the sun is key to a decarbonized world, getting to those higher temperatures needed in industry is often the Holy Grail for industrials. To reach them, they should either use...

Lockheed Martin and Sintavia to explore metal additive manufacturing opportunities as an alternative to castings and forgings

This is an interesting partnership: a global security and aerospace company (Lockheed Martin) on the one hand and a designer and manufacturer of advanced propulsion and thermodynamic systems (Sintavia) join forces to expand research...

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