A research team has announced the development of a whole series of 3D printable materials that can repair themselves, even after a clean break: the rules of the game could change for fashion, electronics and a thousand other fields.
Just go online, download a CAD file (there are plenty of free ones too) and print the components. A few more years and the situation will be out of control.
Each home will have an estimated cost of around $ 7000, and only households with an income of less than $ 200 a month will be able to purchase it.
Does something break in the house? The 3D #printer takes care of printing the new piece, and voilà, the game is done. It's not science fiction, but a reality very close to us. Groupe Seb, a French giant specializing in small household appliances (in Italy it sells Rowenta, Moulinex, Krups and Tefal), is experimenting in France with a new system of "molding" spare parts, using 3D printers. Today it works like this, as far as spare parts are concerned: the company has a warehouse that contains 5,7 million... Read more
They are called New Balance Zante Generate, and they are the very first 3D printed running shoes in the world. The new latest generation 3D printers can truly be used in every field, and today New Balance demonstrates this to us, a brand known for its lines of sports footwear, which has announced the marketing of the Zante Generate, the first shoes printed in three dimensions. The project boasts the collaboration of Intel; the sole is actually the part made with 3D printers, while… Read more
Lost a tooth due to a cavity? Your dentist will 3D print one for you that could protect your entire mouth from any future problems. Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have published a study, “3D Printable Antimicrobial Composite Resins,” which illustrates the results of a surprising experiment: the creation of teeth capable of killing bacteria on contact alone. A 'guardian capsule' for all the other teeth, in short. How does it work? The replacement tooth is designed exactly as… Read more
G3DP is a manufacturing platform designed to 3D print transparent glass developed by researchers at MIT. Not only that: it can make them graduated by varying their thickness and also modify through other steps the degree of opacity of a glass and its color, the index of transmission, reflection and refraction of light, and all the other parameters specific to any type of glass. The platform is based on a thermal printer with two heating chambers: the upper one acts as an oven… Read more
Portuguese Havelar printed her first 3D house in just 18 hours. Steps towards faster, cheaper and more sustainable construction.
At Pennsylvania State University they developed a technique to 3D print living human skin directly onto wounds. New possibilities for facial reconstructive surgery and hair transplants.
The robot developed by the Italian Institute of Technology is unique: it grows like a plant and overcomes obstacles and open spaces thanks to its ability to 3D print its own body.
3D bioprinting of organs and tissues will be the answer to long waiting lists for transplants, but there are still obstacles to overcome.
Top travel experts' predictions for 2070: biometric obsessions, flying taxis and other goodies
Track foods with a QR Code printed directly inside them, to reduce fraud and create information experiences in augmented reality
Wooden furniture that is bought flat and takes the shape of a chair, a stool, a table a few hours after opening the package? Read here.
The combination of LIDAR and computational processing allows these bionic cameras to see even beyond obstacles.
Solar cells printed directly on the steel of the roofs of buildings: here is a very promising three-year project in the UK
3D printing processes are increasingly performing, and this Sphere shows it clearly: printing and building a house now takes less than 24 hours.
A properly trained artificial intelligence with a method called tensor holography produces 3d holograms with ease.
Flexible, very light and economical, solar panels printed with traditional systems can revolutionize multiple sectors and extend solar energy to everyone
40 years after Star Wars, 3D holograms still look like things from science fiction. But if we ask ourselves what the state of the art of holographic technology is in reality, we find that it has never been closer.
Great possibilities from using a bio-ink. A portable device prints human skin to repair wounds and test drugs: in the future even the damage of time.
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