After Xaar opened the doors of its 3D Centre in Nottingham, TCT magazine Editorial Assistant Sam Davies spoke to Neil Hopkinson about the new facility, High Speed Sintering, and Xaar's 2020 Strategy.
Editorial Assistant, Sam Davies, speaks to two members of the SEDS UC San Diego team who have developed a miniature satellite powered by a 3D printed engine. The student organisation is vying to win CubeQuest, a NASA space exploration competition.
Engineers from the Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) are to use 3D printing to reconstruct the missing motor from one of Adolf Hitler’s ‘unbreakable’ Lorenz SZ42 cipher machines.
Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have performed a complete facial reconstruction of a 32-year-old male, thanks in part to 3D printing. Andy Sandness lived with severe facial injuries for ten years after an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
A General Electric software engineer is aiming to make a global impact with 3D-printed custom prosthetic hands after fitting his first patient at the end of 2016. Lyman Connor is now looking to upscale production and make a worldwide impact.
Speaking exclusively to TCT Magazine, Star Prototype founder and president, Gordon Styles revealed his plans to offer a free course on how to 3D print with metals to genuine designers interested in printing metal parts.
3D printing was introduced to children in Plateau, Kaduna and Lagos, by Brainiacs Robotics within non-resident STEM Camps. STEM has become a point of focus in African countries over recent years to advance underdeveloped countries.
3D Builder, the three-dimensional scanning app ran by Microsoft, has been made available on Windows 10 mobile devices and Xbox One consoles. The app was first released on Windows 10 PCs in 2014, but it can now be downloaded for free on mobile devices
A team of designers from Canada have created a 3D printer accessory that monitors and cleans the filament. The designers have gone about creating the accessory so production is not ruined midway through due to low filament levels.
A non-profit organisation based in San Diego are using a 3D-printed tool to recycle waste in the building of eco-friendly walls. A 3D-printed funnel mechanism is used to place litter in used plastic bottles which are built into cemented walls.
Designers at The Crafty Robot have created the sigil creatures from the four major Game of Thrones families: Targaryen (Dragon), Baratheon (Stag), Stark (Wolf) and Lannister (Lion). Powered by Fizzbits, the designs can be made to run around.
AddUp, the joint venture between Fives and Michelin, is set to debut a metal 3D printing machine at formnext 2016. Formnext will be the official world premiere of the FormUp 350 and promises to display global solutions for AM.
