The world's first commercial housing project based on 3D-concrete printing is underway in Netherlands. Companies around the world have already proven that not only can a large-scale projects be 3D-pri
Winsun is a chinese R&D company specialising in 3D printing architecture and building materials. In 2013, the firm made global headlines building 10 houses in a day with a proprietary mix of cement, sand, and recycled materials. It has built deluxe villas, houses with classical or modern courtyards, transportable buildings at Suzhou Industrial Park in Jiangsu, China (pictured above). Made
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Canadian province Saskatoon’s newest cafe has more than just coffee. Create Cafe has several 3D printers, including the largest one in North America. In the past two years, a growing number of farmers from the region have been coming in to 3D print custom or replacement pieces, rather than waiting weeks on end for orders to arrive.“There’s lots of electronics involved, tons of very small
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Engineer Chang Hsien-Liang, 46, fits a 3D-printed prosthetic hand, which he designed and built, on Angel Peng, 8, who injured her hand in a scalding accident when she was nine months old, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, May 8, 2017. Chang himself had lost his right forearm in a factory accident four years ago. The artificial limbs he tried were either too basic or very expensive. Despite a lack of me
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Reliance Industries in its latest annual report said it has developed capabilities to design and print a wide range of products using 3D printing technology—in both plastic and metal—from prototypes to functional parts. PTI reports that Reliance is investing in setting up India’s first carbon fibre manufacturing unit to cater to aerospace and defence needs as well as the specialty industr
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Siemens is to pump £27m into what will be Britain's biggest 3D printing factory in Worcester, England. The German industrial giant will make the investment through Materials Solutions, a company it acquired in 2016. Opening in September,Siemens aims for the new factory to become a "global centre of excellence" employing top class engineers, metallurgists and manufacturing specialists in 3
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French engineer and professional violinist Laurent Bernadac plays the ‘3Dvarius’, a 3D printed electric violin made of of transparent resin in Paris, France, September 11, 2015. The violin is based on the model of the renowned Stradivarius, but Bernadac considers it a new kind of musical instrument and told Wired that he hopes “violinists will create new sounds and new playing techniques,
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At the Lansing Delta Township assembly plant of General Motors, much of assembly tooling would be machined from metal, costing hundreds, or often thousands of dollars to produce. About three years ago, GM acquired a polymer 3D printer costing in the region of $35,000. It has since reported an expected cost saving of over $300,000, according to a Automotive News. For example, an outsourced
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Four year old Elif Ada, born with a visual impairment due to a genetic disease poses for a photo with her new, 3D printed eyeglasses in Ankara, Turkey on April 18, 2018. After a series of surgical operations, the specialists (from Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Department of Opthalmology in cooperation with Medical Design and Production Center) made eyeglasses that fit her face a
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A sneaker with a 3D printed sole from Adidas that it plans to mass-produce next year on display before the company's annual news conference in Herzogenaurach, Germany March 14, 2018. The company’s new partnership with Silicon Valley start-up Carbon helps it overcome many of the hurdles to produce a sole that can rival one made by an injection mould, and at a speed and price that allow for
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In Britain is testing robots with 3D printers that can fill in potholes within a minute. Leeds City Council is working with a team from University College London to pioneer the concept of ‘self-repairing cities’. A fleet of autonomous road vehicles or drones will scan roads looking for cracks and fix them before potholes develop. Upon spotting a crack in the road, a robot with an attached
