3D printer

Could 3D printing save our coral reefs? - Watch

The WWF estimates that 50% of the world's coral reefs has disappeared in the last 30 years. 

Aug 29, 2016, 14:13 PM IST

This 3D food printer can fabricate edible items through software

You will soon be able to impress upon your girlfriend in a novel way. Here comes a 3D food printer that can fabricate edible items through computer-guided software and the actual cooking of edible pastes, gels, powders and liquid ingredients -- all in a prototype that looks like an elegant coffee machine.

Aug 07, 2016, 17:23 PM IST

NASA asks students to help 3D print expandable habitats

In space exploration, scientists and engineers often strive to make more from less. 

Apr 18, 2016, 11:13 AM IST

This 3D printer can produce human tissues, organs!

The scientists managed to print "stable" cartilage, bone and muscle structures and after their transplant into rodents, they matured into functional tissue while developing a system of blood vessels.

Feb 16, 2016, 08:52 AM IST

Scientists create $100 smartphone-powered 3D printer

A team of scientists in Taiwan has created a $100 smartphone-powered 3D printer that uses visible light emitted from a phone to cure the resin instead of the traditional method of using UV light or lasers, a media report said.

Dec 31, 2015, 15:43 PM IST

Scientists create $100 smartphone-powered 3D printer

The machine uses a z-axis platform to shape the design, and the phone to cure the material as it builds the object in layers.

Dec 31, 2015, 15:31 PM IST

3D printed rocket engine to propel NASA missions soon

The team from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville, Alabama tested 3D printed rocket engine parts connected together in the same fashion that they would work in a rocket engine.

Dec 18, 2015, 17:22 PM IST

China makes world's first 3D blood vessel bio-printer

The significant breakthrough has been achieved through its self-developed stem cell bio-ink technology, 3D bio-printer and cloud computing platform.

Oct 26, 2015, 14:20 PM IST

3-D printed guide helps regrow nerve after injury

 Nerve damage is often permanent, but a team of US researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury.

Sep 19, 2015, 15:57 PM IST