3D Printing

HP (Palo Alto, CA) has launched a competition that invites 3D printing engineers and enthusiasts to submit designs that elevate the use of color in 3D-printed products. One winner will receive an HP Book 15 G5 Mobile Workstation.

An integrated temperature control and filtration system allows users to create a cleanroom environment within the build chamber of the new R1 3D printer from German startup Kumovis (Munich).

In addition to reducing tooling weight without sacrificing strength or durability, 3D printing allows Savage Automation (Salt Lake City) to mount hardware more efficiently and route vacuum and electrical connections through the tooling body rather...

MIT engineers have designed pliable, 3D-printed mesh materials in which the flexibility and toughness can be fine tuned to support soft tissues such as muscles and tendons. The mesh structures can be tailored to match individual anatomies in ankle...

In this week’s wrap-up of medical device–related news: FDA wants Allergan to recall textured breast implants; sister brand MD+DI reflects on the space program’s contribution to medtech advances; and the Galien Foundation presents finalists for the...

The companies will showcase potential of 3D printing for car manufacturing.

Fortify’s Fluxprint technology combines magnetic and digital light processing 3D printing to produce composite parts with optimized mechanical properties.

The Aceo Imagine Series K2 printers from Wacker (Munich) can print up to four silicone materials in varying colors and hardnesses.

The certification, along with a new infusion of funding, will allow medtech startup BellaSeno (Leipzig, Germany) to begin clinical trials of its porous, resorbable breast implant scaffold.

The latest recipient of a Cool Idea award from Protolabs (Maple Plain, MN), Sniffer Robotics (Ann Arbor, MI) has developed a drone that monitors landfill emissions. It brings safety, reliability and accuracy to what historically has been a labor...