| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
New modeling software is helping animal health experts develop more customizable prosthetics for pets with missing limbs. Still, not all legs are created equal. Condider the three-legged dog. Perhaps you own one, or have seen them in the park or in any of the billions...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
When it comes to high-strength 3D printing, one material category often comes into play: carbon fiber. Plastics reinforced with either chopped or continuous carbon fiber offer engineering-grade performance with all the benefits of 3D printing. But what are these...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
It seems hard to believe that the first-ever 3D printer was created way back in 1983. In the intervening years, technology has clearly evolved, and new developments are announced almost daily. The truth is, the 3D printing industry already looks very different from...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa. Unlike traditional devices, the artificial hand can be customised for children and youths, who...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
3D printed car parts are helping engineers to rapidly prototype solar-powered cars, accelerating research into fossil fuel alternatives for consumer vehicles. The explosively growing trend of electric vehicles (EVs) is clearing the way for new methods of fuel-creation...
| 3d modeling, 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
USF Advanced Visualization Center Manager Howard Kaplan The digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the University of South Florida are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California. USF Advanced Visualization Center Manager...