Search results for 3-D printing

Engineering Oct 15, 2015

3-D printing of microwave circuits

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has recently assisted Imperial College London to investigate the design, fabrication and testing of waveguides manufactured using 3D-printing techniques, by providing the underpinning ...

Engineering Sep 29, 2015

Scientists pioneer 3-D-printed drug delivering micro-needles

Researchers have developed a new technique to produce a 3D 'micro-printed' array of needles capable of drug delivery. The technique would offer a pain-free drug delivery device that would allow drugs to diffuse within the ...

Engineering Sep 28, 2015

Opening up product design to the consumer through 3-D printing

Through the use of 3D printing, product designers can enable the consumer to design their own everyday products thereby creating more meaningful products for people and more value for companies. These are some of the conclusions ...

Energy & Green Tech Sep 23, 2015

ORNL integrated energy demo connects 3-D printed building, vehicle

A research demonstration unveiled today at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory combines clean energy technologies into a 3D-printed building and vehicle to showcase a new approach to energy use, storage ...

Biochemistry Sep 18, 2015

3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury

A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury. The groundbreaking research has the potential to help ...

Engineering Sep 2, 2015

3-D printing revives bronze-age music

Billy Ó Foghlú, from The Australian National University (ANU), has found evidence that the artifact may have been a mouthpiece from an iron-age horn and not a spear-butt as previously thought.

Biotechnology Aug 31, 2015

Researchers unveil DNA-guided 3-D printing of human tissue

A UCSF-led team has developed a technique to build tiny models of human tissues, called organoids, more precisely than ever before using a process that turns human cells into a biological equivalent of LEGO bricks. These ...

Engineering Aug 18, 2015

Designing enhanced treatment options for animals using 3-D printing

A research project by an interior architecture & product design student at Kansas State University is one that could get some tails wagging.

Engineering Aug 5, 2015

Team produces 3-D-printed objects with variable elasticity using single material

A 3D-printed teddy bear can have a stiff head, a pliable tummy and bendable arms, even though all of it is made of the same relatively stiff material, using a new method developed by Disney Research.

Engineering Jul 28, 2015

Video: Additive manufacturing—3-D printing beyond plastic

At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), Christopher Williams heads the effort to further advance 3-D printing—known among engineers as additive manufacturing—with copper, a widely used conductor in ...

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