3D Printing for High tech

Have you ever wondered how the high-tech industry can keep up releasing new gadgets and all sorts of electronic devices at such a fast pace? There might be a dozen reasons that explain it but let’s focus on how production of essential components needs to be optimized.

SkelETHon, the canoe whose formwork has been 3D printed

The Concrete Canoe Regatta is the biennial event which gathers together contestants from universities across Europe around a concrete canoe design competition partially 3D printed. A special emphasis is given to lightness, speed, design...

Techniplas launches Techniplas Digital, a 3D printing unit for the rapid tooling development

Avi Reichental, former CEO of 3D Systems, will lead the new Techniplas LLC. The Nashotah-based plastic manufacturing company (Wisconsin) wants to accelerate the product development through the digitization of its operations. It is its...

Michelin unveils its 3D printed biodegradable tyre

Michelin, the renowned French tyre manufacturer, unveiled its latest tyre innovation during the International Summit on Sustainable Mobility that took place on June 13 and 15 in Montreal. Named "Michelin Visionary Concept", this fully 3D...

PrintLab teams up with Free D to give access to CAD to women in India

Disadvantaged women including a number of shelters for women who are at risk or survivors of human trafficking in India benefit from a series of workshops in CAD and 3D printing.   PrintLab and Free...

The first clinical trial of 3D printed bionic hands

This is a première for Open Bionics, a company specialized in low-cost hand prostheses. This first clinical trial would lead to the popularization of 3D printing as a daily help to amputees. At the beginning,...

You could customize your love story with 3D printed Aura pendant

Estudio Guto Requena just created a new design app that allows users to give a touch of reality to your love stories through a 3D printed pendant. 3D printing and digital fabrication methods open...

EnvisionTEC ’s cost saving material for Desktop 3D Printers

At JCK Las Vegas, the jewelry industry’s premier trade show, EnvisionTEC unveils a cost-saving disposable material tray for its desktop 3D printers. The M-Type tray of the global manufacturer of desktop and full-production 3D printers...

Cargocopter: The drone printed entirely in 3D for parcel delivery

CargoCopter is a drone printed entirely in 3D which was developed by researchers from the University of Louvain (KU Leuven). As its name suggests, this drone hybrid by its operation system is able to carry...

Clément Moreau, CEO of Sculpteo unveils his view of the 3D printing industry

Sculpteo is part of those giants that one can no longer introduce. French leader in 3D printing services, its founders Eric Careel, Clément Moreau and Jacques Lewiner crossed the French borders to enable North...

Meet Bionic Cuisinier, the robotic cooking system of Sean

From a simple cooking mode to an innovation allowing to save time by cooking more his favorite dishes  How did it happen? Sean is a Dual-Ph.D student at Liverpool John Moores University, UK and University of...

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