Supplier of professional SLA and SLS 3D printing systems Formlabs has appointed Dan Riccio, Apple‘s former Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, as a strategic advisor and investor. The announcement came with a wider reshuffle of the board, including a new chairman, a new president and the departure of co-founder Natan Linder after fifteen years.…

The Advanced Planning and 3D Manufacturing Unit (UPAM3D) at Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, part of the Community of Madrid, has reportedly designed, manufactured and implanted the world’s first personalized metamaterial bone prosthesis. Almost a year after the surgery, the patient, a 38-year-old man treated for a high-grade bone sarcoma in the tibia, has shown…

Australian medical training device company Fusetec, Adelaide University, and the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) have embarked on an $800,000 collaborative research project. The project will develop a new generation of biomimetic dental training models, replicas designed to mechanically respond the way real teeth, jawbone, and soft tissue do under surgical force. The 18-month…

Prusa Research, the Czech manufacturer of desktop 3D printers, has refreshed its current hardware lineup with the Prusa XL+, CORE One L+ and CORE One+ (Gen 2). The updated machines introduce changes intended to improve print preparation, surface quality and maintenance. Common additions include integrated nozzle wipers and new GT1.5 belts, while the XL+ and…

Hyundai Motor Group instaló su primera impresora 3D industrial en 1996. Casi 30 años después, Hyundai Motor y Kia han abierto unas instalaciones enteramente dedicadas a la investigación y la producción en fabricación aditiva: el Additive Manufacturing Solution Center (AMSC),…

3D printer OEM Stratasys and Limbitless Solutions, nonprofit research facility at the University of Central Florida (UCF), have expanded their 12-year collaboration to provide 3D printed prosthetic devices to children with limb differences, with a renewed focus this year on sustainability, education and wider access. As part of the expansion, Stratasys donated one of its…

Somerset Council’s Library Service has 3D scanned and printed a replica of the Ilminster Ring, a Roman gold artifact dating to 297 AD, ahead of its public unveiling at the Ilminster Roman Ring Discovery Day on Thursday 20 August. The event, organized by South West Heritage Trust and Ilminster Arts Centre, will display both the…

SYZMIK Sports has commercialized the X7C+ Protective Headband, built around what the company calls an industry-first application of 3D printed lattice padding in a flag football and 7v7 headband. Designed by COO Christopher Perra, the $77 headband carries a 5-Star impact rating from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab and has won the Sport Equipment Design/Innovation…

Motorsport team Black Falcon used a 3D scanner from SHINING 3D to verify that a race car had been correctly rebuilt after suffering a serious crash during the Nürburgring 24 Hours, geometrically inspecting the repaired areas before returning the car to competition at the Nordschleife. The verification is one part of a broader technical partnership…

Shenzhen-based 3D printer maker Creality has released the SPARKX i7 Nano, a desktop 3D printer that adds four-color printing to its i7 series in a smaller form factor. The 3D printer became available August 15, bundled with a new CFS nano Kit, through the Creality US Store. The i7 Nano follows the January launch of…