Think that 3D printing is new, possibly even futuristic? Think again. 3D printing is a technology that is over 30 years old.

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Yet, despite that, it remains a relatively slow and laborious process. Most of the current state-of-the-art printers painstakingly deposit layer after layer of material – in precise fashion, mind you – to create an object that is often small.

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But that is set to change, thanks to an innovative new printer developed at Northwestern University.

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HARP, or High Area Rapid Printing, not only prints faster, it prints items on a scale that a high-speed printer has never done before. “Some people have come up with techniques that allow you to make small structures fast, but nobody’s come up with a technique that allows you to make large structures fast,” explains Chad Mirkin , director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University. “And […]

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