by Bill Decker | Jul 17, 2013 | Engineering, Ideas
Disney has been working on 3D printed optics for interactive electronics. “Optical mechanics are more reliable and efficient than wires because they’re more protected and are comprised of fewer parts.” What does ‘optical mechanics’ mean?...
by Bill Decker | Jul 15, 2013 | Announcements, Software
The next Windows software update will feature a user-friendly 3D printing app that will make 3D printing similar to printing out a document. It seems the “roadblock” to everyday 3D printing at home “will be the consumers’ need to learn CAD or...
by Bill Decker | Jul 14, 2013 | International
This one minute video looks at India’s advantage in 3d...
by Bill Decker | Jul 13, 2013 | Bioprinting, Engineering
Thanks to a 3d-printed airway splint, an Ohio baby with tracheobronchomalacia can live life separately from hospital machines. “This is the first time 3D printing has been used to treat tracheobronchomalacia-at least in a human.” Now that the Food and Drug...
by Bill Decker | Jul 9, 2013 | Engineering, Ideas
Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a way to 3D print liquid metals and keep their new form. A syringe pushes out the metals, liquid at room temperature, and the metals are covered in an oxide film to keep their shape. This new technology...
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