3d printing

I love old films. When reading about Georgia Tech's recent announcement regarding their combination of rubber material with an innovative 3D structure to replace liquid electrolytes in batteries, an old mid-1960s film, The Graduate, came to…

MIT Researchers developed a weavable, rechargeable ultra-long fiber lithium-ion battery that may have a future in making 3D-printed batteries in any shape. The world’s longest flexible fiber battery, 140 meters long, was built to…

An international team of scientists used 3D printing and microscopy to glimpse what happens when taking magnets to three dimensions on the nanoscale, 1000x smaller than a human hair. Led by Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory, they…

Researchers have produced a flexible fiber lithium-ion battery 140 meters long. For those not using the metric system, that is just over 459 feet. The battery can be used in wearables and could even lead to 3D-printed batteries in nearly…

Using fibers roughly the width of a human hair, researchers created a 3D imaging system with applications ranging from remote inspection of small or dangerous machines to a miniaturized and minimally invasive endoscopic tool. Their report…

The use of 3D printing across multiple manufacturing segments is creating greater demand for new 3D printing materials designed for very specific uses. This discovery, however, takes an inordinate amount of time. Researchers at MIT have…

A recent report shows that nearly all respondents now use a 3D printing process for manufacturing Carbon and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) announced today survey findings that show 3D printing is now an increasingly…

MIT researchers are integrating sensing capabilities into 3D printable structures made of repetitive cells so that designers can rapidly prototype interactive input devices. The new method detects how force is applied to an object and since…

Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a new process for producing movable, self-adjusting materials systems with standard 3D-printers. The systems can undergo complex shape changes,…

3D printing of fiber-reinforced polymers is rapidly approaching a commercial tipping point.