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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Design and nanomanufacturing have collided inside of a Northwestern University laboratory.
Aug 4, 2017
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Today's 3-D printers have a resolution of 600 dots per inch, which means that they could pack a billion tiny cubes of different materials into a volume that measures just 1.67 cubic inches.
Aug 4, 2017
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(Tech Xplore)—Metal 3-D printing has yet to command center stage, but 3-D printing-watchers say that, with the developments going on at a Massachusetts-based company, that may change.
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
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have developed machine vision technology that can autonomously identify and sort metal 3-D printing powder types with an accuracy of more than 95 percent—more ...
Jun 6, 2017
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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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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
Electronic devices that can not only be implanted in the human body but also completely dissolve on their own – known as "bioresorbable" electronics – are envisioned by many as one of medical technology's next frontiers. ...
May 16, 2017
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Scientists use the term 4-D printing to refer to the simple production of objects that can transform their shape at different times. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now taken this approach one major step further by developing ...
May 8, 2017
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