Engineering
Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less than 100 micrometers. Microfluidic devices are tiny chips that can sort out disease biomarkers, cells ...
Aug 14, 2017
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Engineering
Design and nanomanufacturing have collided inside of a Northwestern University laboratory.
Aug 4, 2017
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Hi Tech & Innovation
(Tech Xplore)—Michelin has let the world know of its concept tire and it does raise the idea of tires to a higher level.
Engineering
Additive manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, is growing fast. Worldwide, the AM market grew nearly 26 percent to more than $5 billion last year, versus 2015, and another 17.4 percent this year versus last. The rapid ...
May 23, 2017
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Engineering
An innovative exploration by researchers at MIT and Grand Rapids, Michigan-based furniture company Steelcase has resulted in a promising vision of furniture made via 3D printing. The developers, from MIT's Self-Assembly Lab ...
Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—The 3D printer is an item that has been attracting makers for some years now. As time advances, along with technological ingenuity, it is apparent that we are not just stuck with lots of goblins and keychains ...
Robotics
A team of Harvard University researchers with expertise in 3D printing, mechanical engineering, and microfluidics has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This small, 3D-printed robot—nicknamed ...
Aug 24, 2016
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Engineering
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a lattice structure capable of absorbing a wide range of vibrations while also being useful as a load-bearing component—for example, in propellers, rotors and rockets. It can absorb ...
Jul 29, 2016
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Engineering
LLNL researchers are exploring the use of metal 3D printing to create strong, lightweight structures for advanced laser systems - an effort they say could alter the way lasers are designed in the future.
Jul 19, 2016
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Engineering
What you sculpt is what you get.
Jun 22, 2016
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