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A team of students from the Colorado School of Mines was awarded a $3,000 prize for coming up with a winning design for new lunar rover wheels. The winning project, called CLOVER, consists of a 3D printed collapsible wheel which is capable of collecting samples from the moon’s surface as…
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With CES 2020 kicking off today, there is a ton of buzz around consumer electronics. As one might expect, 3D printing has figured in to the event in a significant way. Yesterday, for instance, we reported that Korean beauty giant Amorepacific was presenting its new 3D printed facial sheet masks at…
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Every year, a curated selection of young innovators from across research and industry are highlighted in the prestigious “Innovators Under 35 List” published by the MIT Technology Review. The list, which traditionally comprises the top 35 under 35 innovators, recognizes people who are conducting work that has the potential to…
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LHC, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, is the largest and most complex machine ever built by humans. While CERN is known as a user of AM for prototyping, only recently did the center start to look at AM for the actual production of parts. One of these parts…
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In June 2019, global sciences company Royal DSM launched the I AM Tomorrow Challenge, a collaborative effort aimed at addressing and filling gaps in the AM value chain. At the time, DSM and its partners Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and Ultimaker invited startups from around the world to apply for an…
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My knowledge of Minecraft has admittedly been limited in scope. As far as I knew, it was a world-building computer game enjoyed by most kids. So I was honestly a bit surprised to learn that last year, Minecraft had partnered with a French government administration to host a nationwide contest…
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This year, the Formnext purmundus challenge sought to find the most creative and innovative 3D printing concepts and projects through the broadly interpreted theme “Beyond 3D Printing.” Taking home the much coveted 1st prize award for the 2019 edition of the purmundus challenge was the Stealth Key project, by Swiss…
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Shapemode, a leading 360° 3D printing solution provider based in Northern Italy, has won the Expo Dubai Design Competition with SIKKA, a unique project based on the innovative combination of textiles and 3D printing technology. Created by a team of architects and designers from the Polytechnic and the NUMEN…
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The 4D Hybrid project and SUPSI were awarded the Overall Grand Prix of the Innovation Radar Prize 2019, as well as the women-led innovation category prize for 2019, during the European Research & Innovation Days organized in Brussels, by the European Commission Research and Innovation DG. 4D Hybrid’s main objective…
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Life-size 3D printing is emerging as one of the biggest – literally – consumer applications for 3D printing. The Life-size 3D Print Facebook Page is now the de facto global association for “Life-size 3D printeers” from all over the world and the projects they create and publish get more impressive…
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