Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a robot which accurately mimics the gait and movement of a salamander. ‘Pleurobot’ consists of 3D printed bones and motorized joints, and could be used in the development of medical devices. While X-rays are most commonly used to look at broken bones…
What type of 3D printing file format do you use when you export your 3D model from the CADsoftware you work in? There is a multitude of file formats that 3D printing supports. However, the most popular are .STL and .OBJ files. These file formats are supported by most printing software and 3D printers. What…
THE first 3D-printed house in the world has been completed and unveiled in China. Unlike previous 3D-printed structures, reports stated this entire home was printed in one go, without being spliced together from a number of different pieces. Experts at Beijing firm Huashang Tengda oversaw the impressive project, which took course non-stop over a period…
It is often said that the youth of today are the future. This is accurate in just about on every regard, and considering the nature of how linear time works, it would be difficult to find someone that doesn’t find truth in the statement. The more I follow 3D printing however, the more I become convinced that today’s youth are capable of innovating…
This project was lauched on kickstarter 7 DAYS ago and it has got 97 backers, and received $43,282 now and their goal is $56,586. The 3Dvarius was born digitally in 2012, in Laurent Bernadac’s mind, the violinist and engineer who conceived it on his computer. He wanted to create an electric violin which could fulfill all the needs…
Blind students in South Korea are learning in a whole new way thanks to new research on 3D printing for the visually impaired. New research from the 3D printing Lab at South Korea’s Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST) has revealed that 3D printed tactile teaching aids, including 3D printed replicas of historical monuments and maps,…
Anglia Ruskin has become the first university in the UK to offer a dedicated Additive Manufacturing(3D printing) postgraduate course. The MSc, available to graduates from a range of STEM backgrounds, is being supported by a grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Earlier this month, former Education Secretary Lord Baker called upon…
