A research team at Concordia University in Canada has come up with some truly science fiction health tech which takes the idea of non-invasive surgery to its ultimate state. Direct Sound Printing uses the cavitation caused by ultra high-frequency sound waves to create solids out of liquids. Which means you can create a solid implant by injecting a liquid resin into the body and then vibrate it into shape using precise instrumentation aka a ‘print head’.
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Tecla House – the world’s first 3D printed house made of raw earth
This enterprising project from Italy, called Tecla, is the world’s first 3D printed raw earth house. What does that mean? Well for one thing it only took 200 hours to print. For another there was no need to bring any materials on site. They just dug up some earth as the source. Clever eh?
Read MoreSQ4D: First robot printed house goes on the open market. Say hello to a new era…?
There’s been no shortage of news about the rise and rise of 3D printed homes over the past few years. But now we have the first commericial real estate sale of one. In New York. no less. The SQ4D 3D printed house has been listed on Zillow.com for a hair under $300,000. Which is apparently less than half the price of its neighbours. Of course we’re wondering whether being in the middle of a mega pandemic could have some effect,…
Read MoreMaker Hand – this $30 prosthetic hand could turn the market upside down
It’s well known that prosthetic limbs usually cost…ahem…an arm and a leg. And sure there have been attempts to bring the cost down over the years. But this new Maker Hand looks like it turn the whole market for prosthetics on its head. The parts including filament, rubber bands etc cost around $30, and it’s made on a conventional home scale 3D printer. The inventor says it takes around one to two days to print, and then another day to…
Read MoreCooking Oil to 3D Printing – new research develops a way to recycle oil
If you cook you’ve probably got a jar of used oil sitting somewhere near your stove. Hopefully you’re not dumping it down the drain. Most people put it out with the trash but what if you could recycle it? Researchers from the University of Toronto have devised a way to turn used oil from McDonald’s into 3D printing resin that is biodegradable.
Read More3D Printed Community – 50 printed homes going up in Mexico
We’ve talked a lot on this site about 3-D printed homes and the possibility for eco friendly building with them. New Story and ICON are making this a reality in Mexico where they are printing the first 3D printed community of 50 homes.
Read More3D Printed Hemp Homes – the future is in hemp
Since we’ve gone green we’ve talked a lot about hemp products but before the switch you remember remember we were fans of the 3D printing technology, in particular, that of buildings. We’re still in that and one company has plans to print hemp buildings.
Read More3D Smithsonian – print out some science and history for your home and office
3D printing is really cool but if you don’t know how to use the software, you may be at a loss when it comes to what to print. That’s cool, the Smithsonian has got you covered. Print off some of their collection right at home, all you have to do is download the model files.
Read MoreFormBox – make molds from anything
We can all agree that 3D printing is cool. Everyone agrees. You know what else is pretty cool? Forming with the FormBox. The vacuum powered forming machine that can help you make molds for anything with 3D printing or without.
Read MoreAcoustic Metamaterial – this innovation is a new way to block out noise
The modern world is super noisy. Technology makes a lot of sounds and many of them aren’t what we could call pleasant. They’re just loud but unfortunately noise canceling options are unwiedly and unattractive. That may change in the future with Acoustic Metamaterial, the new material that can cancel out 94% of sound.
Read MoreUpprinting Food – cutting down food waste with 3D printing
Food waste is a big problem. We throw out a lot of edible food for not being aesthetically pleasing or at the end of the sell by date, even though in many cases, this food is still good to eat. Upprinting Food wants to give this food a new life by changing how it’s presented.
Read MoreSamurai Avatar – 3D print yourself as a samurai
The internet is full of cool things that you can bring home into your real world life. If you’ve got a thing for Japan and have always wanted to be a samurai, good news! The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways has put out a tool where you can create your own Samurai Avatar (3D printer needed).
Read MoreWatney – build your own camera rover with 3D printing
So you have a 3D printer and you’re wondering what your next steps are with it now that you’ve made all the little figurines that you can think of. Well why not upgrade the next level of building and print yourself up a little mobile webcam, the Watney.
Read MoreVoxelChair V1.0 – check out this 3D printed chair
In the future, all of our chairs will be plastic and made by 3D printers. Well, probably not but the prototype for the VoxelChair v1.0 gives us a glimpse of what the possibilities are. The chair was 3D printed in plastic with one, very long thread.
Read MoreICON 3D Printed Homes – these concrete homes are cute but maybe a bit too expensive?
We’ve seen some 3D printed homes before. They’re quite small but they make perfect low-cost places to live for many people. ICON is hoping to bring this model of building to more people as a sustainable alternative to building in underserved areas.
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