Fab Labs are forming a Green Fab Lab Network which will harness renewable resources and 3D printing to build sustainable and circular economies. In a paper titled, “Green Fab Lab Applications of Large-Area Waste Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing“, scientists from Michigan Technological University and Aalto University, Finland, studied how a Green Fab Lab Network can be economically […]
How 3D printing is helping arthritis patients
Researchers from Michigan Technological University (MTU) and Finland’s Aalto University, have created 3D printed adaptive aids to support people suffering from arthritis. In a study published in MDPI, Professor Joshua M. Pearce of the Materials Science and Engineering department at MTU, as well as bioengineering student Nicole Gallup, and Orthopaedic Surgeon Jennifer K. Bow, evaluated […]
Research finds 3D printed chemically resistant labware viable with low-cost printers
New research published in Additive Manufacturing, describes the potential of 3D printed customized labware and reaction vessels. The research team from Finland’s Aalto University and Michigan Technological University, includes Joshua M. Pearce – a leading researcher into many applications of 3D printing. Dr. Pearce runs Michigan Tech’s Open Sustainability Technology Lab. The study advances the goal […]
3D printing news Sliced Siemens, ExOne, Stratasys, Massivit, CELLINK, Formlabs, Star Rapid
This edition of our 3D printing news digest Sliced asks the following questions: Is advanced manufacturing destined to destroy jobs? Will 3D printing benefit from trade wars between the US, Europe and China? How is bioprinting advancing and what are the latest career moves and opportunities across the 3D printing industry? Also, 3D printing news from Siemens, […]