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German sports brand Adidas has unveiled a 3D-printed shoe sole that can be tailored to the exact contours of the wearer’s feet. The fully flexible and breathable Futurecraft soles are composed of latticed layers, created in partnership with 3D-printing company Materialise. Although the sole is still at prototype stage, the brand hopes foot-scanning technology will allow consumers to buy […]
Traffic sucks, and, according to the American Highway Users Alliance, one of the major causes of traffic jams, after bottlenecks and traffic incidents, is roadwork, accounting for 15% of the total roadway congestion in the US. And, while better public transportation and carpooling would reduce the first two major causes of traffic, Advanced Paving Technologies has a cutting […]
When the automobile moguls at Toyota Motor Corporation decided that they wanted to produce a prototype for a car seat that was as lightweight as possible, they found themselves face to face with a complex project that was meant to be handled by 3D printing technology. How would the Toyota team possibly design, build, and manufacture […]
If you play 3D printing and love listening to music, here is a good news for you. On Kickstarter, Print+ shows you their DIY headphone kit, composed of 3D printable files and speaker parts, and designed to be built with your very own hands. Founded by Patrick Schuur, Print+ is working towards bringing 3D printable DIY projects […]
French 3D-printing company Fabulous has gathered a team of architects, designers, scientists, and engineers in response to a NASA contest to design viable habitats for life on Mars. NASA needs structures that are technically achievable, economically sustainable, and minimize reliance on support from Earth. Fabulous has conceptualized 3D-printed structures that could house up to four […]
For the first time in China’s 3D printing revolution, an application of the technology has been released to the masses that will potentially change bodies are repaired when they breakdown. A collaboration between Peking University and a privatized Chinese medical company has produced the country’s first 3D printed hip replacement to ever be made available to […]
Recently a 3D-printed drone was launched from a British military warship and successfully flew to shore, which was a demonstration that could pave the way for futuristic spy drones that can be printed at sea. Engineers at the University of Southampton, in the United Kingdom, built the unmanned aircraft by using 3D printing, which has […]
A pair of students has invented a conceptual prototype for a countertop 3D printer which people could use to make meat at home. Cultivator, which was designed by Sarah Mautsch and Aaron Abentheuer, is an open-source prototype machine intended to fuel the discussion about the future of bio-printing – a kind of new technology already being developed for recreating human organs in experimental medicine. The project […]
