3D
3D printing produces ‘life-saving’ blood vessel networks
A new light-activated 3D printing technique has helped researchers to build ‘lifelike’ blood vessel networks – a major step towards synthetic organ production. Using the new approach, the team from... Read More
Researchers hack 3D printer to crash drone
A team of researchers from universities in Israel, the U.S. and Singapore have uncovered a potentially dangerous and costly cyber threat: hacking 3D manufacturing systems. The attack vector in question... Read More
MIT framework takes 3D printing beyond prototyping
A new system from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory allows operators with very low skill-sets to create multi-material 3D objects with a facility and speed that has not... Read More
World’s smallest camera lens heralds biotech revolution
German researchers have developed the world’s tiniest 3D-printed lens, which could be integrated into cameras just twice the width of a human hair, revolutionising medical imaging, surveillance, robotics and drone... Read More
Israeli team develops high-speed 3D bioprinter for stem cells
A collaborative project conducted by two Israeli firms has successfully lab-tested a proof of concept 3D bioprinter for stem cells, signalling significant potential for the printing of complex tissues and... Read More