Investigation & design

The real 3D structure of the COVID19 virus

Scientists from the Austrian company Nanographics show, for the first time, the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 3D in unprecedented detail.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Design BRAND: Nanographics

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Investigation & design

3DFactory Incubator positions itself as Europe´s first high-tech 3D business incubator

The 3DFactory Incubator, located at the headquarters of the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), is the first business incubator in Europe equipped with high technology focused exclusively on 3D printing. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Technology centers BRAND: 3D Factory Incubator

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Investigation & design

3D-Printed Smart Gel Changes Shape When Exposed to Light

Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes “artificial muscle” and may lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics and flexible displays. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances

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Investigation & design

Pet prosthetics benefit from 3D printing

New modeling software is helping animal health experts develop more customizable prosthetics for pets that lack limbs because not all legs are created equal ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Design BRAND: DiveDesign

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Investigation & design

The largest 3D incubator in Southern Europe expands its facilities by up to 40%

3DFactory Incubator will also have two new 3D filament printing equipment and a new Multi Jet Fusion post-processing station from HP, which will allow it to incorporate a new flexible production material (TPU) into its catalog; as well as new post-processing equipment for dyeing, graphitizing and surface treatment of 3D printed parts.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Technology centers BRAND: 3D Factory Incubator

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Investigation & design

A step towards visually perfect 3D printing

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new system that allows variations in brightness on a 3D printed surface. The advance could aid fine art reproduction and prosthetic design ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances BRAND: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Investigation & design

A solution inspired by the spiderweb and based on 3D printing

The spider is no longer the only one that weaves webs with unbreakable resistance: 3D printers do this job too. A team of researchers from Polytechnique Montreal has just demonstrated how a canvas designed with additive manufacturing absorbs up to 96% of the energy of a crash without yielding.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances

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Investigation & design

High-precision 3D printing enables world´s tiniest endoscope

The novel microoptical tool, fabricated by means of a Nanoscribe 3D printer, has a width of merely 125 microns. In the future, this device could enable endoscopic examinations within blood vessels of less than half a millimeter diameter. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances BRAND: Nanoscribe

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Investigation & design

‘Aleph Zero’, a program to grow steaks in space with 3D printing

The innovation company, Aleph Farms, thus paves the way for cellular agriculture, to produce food independently of local natural resources or climate. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances

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Investigation & design

3D print a tongue that mimics biological tissue to study taste

Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances

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