Researchers from Seoul National University have developed a new two-step process for FDM 3D printing that can create parts with specific gradient material properties. Typically…
3D printing patents outpace tech sector by 8x, top applicants Raytheon, HP, Safran provide comment
According to European Patent Office (EPO) data, between 2013 and 2020 the global number of patent applications for additive manufacturing technologies grew eight times faster than all other technology…
Researchers develop new method to control material properties in inkjet 3D printing
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a novel process for determining material properties in inkjet additive manufacturing. Called a “pantone for propert…
Xolo raises €8 million in Series A funding round
Volumetric 3D printer developer Xolo has announced the successful completion of its latest Series A funding round, totaling €8 million ($8.6 million). This follows a successful €2.5 million ($2.7 mill…
University of Colorado Boulder spin-out Vitro3D raises $1.3M for volumetric 3D printing
Vote now for the 2022 3D Printing Industry Awards. Vitro3D, a volumetric 3D printing company has raised $1.3M in an oversubscribed seed round led by Buff Gold Ventures. According to the company, this …
T&R Biofab gains patent for lucrative heart disease-treating technology
Korean 3D bioprinting specialist T&R Biofab has patented a way of creating human tissues that could one day be used to develop a heart disease treatment which doesn’t put patients through open sur…
Harvard scientists 3D print multi-layer functional heart tissue
Researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have developed a suite of new heart engineering technologies that have enabled them to mimic the alignment of a human heart’s contractile elements.…
New volumetric 3D printing method relies on light-converting nanoparticles
Researchers from Stanford University and Harvard University have developed a new method of volumetric 3D printing capable of fabricating resin parts without the need for any support structures. The ap…
US researchers to 3D print origami-inspired folding structures for defense technology
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Georgia Tech with two 2022 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards totaling around $14 million. One of the projects, titled Progra…
British Museum rejects request to 3D scan Parthenon Marbles and faces court
The British Museum has reportedly denied the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) permission to 3D scan the Parthenon Marbles and could now face court. The institute put in a request to the museum t…