Why Coronavirus Is an Opportunity for Businesses to Reinvent Themselves
2020 was doomed to become shaky. No one fully foresaw the extent of the COVID-19 crisis. Business has been disrupted and will not necessarily go back to normal. Instead, the current disruption has changed and continues to change the business landscape as we know it....
SLA 3D Printing: How Do You Dispose of Resin?
Liquid resin is the main material used in stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing. SLA uses a UV laser that traces the shape of an object onto the surface of a photopolymer vat. The resin then cures to form layers of the print, and the entire process is repeated until...
3D Printing Minerals to Better Product Fracture Formation
Cracks are everywhere, and they often mean trouble. In the foundation of your house, in your windshield, in the tectonic plates below your feet. But, surprisingly, scientists don’t actually understand them as well as they would like. . Purdue physics professor...
3D Printing and COVID-19, April 19, 2020 Update
Companies, organizations and individuals continue to attempt to lend support to the COVID-19 pandemic supply effort. We will be providing regular updates about these initiatives where necessary in an attempt to ensure that the 3D printing community is aware of what is...
The world’s largest 3D-printed house
SQ4D Inc., a subsidiary of New York-based S-Squared 3D Printers (SQ3D), stunned the construction world in January when it 3D printed a 1,900 square foot house in a record 48 hours – gifting the world its largest 3D printed house to date.
The best 3D printer for beginners and budget creators in 2020
Maker culture is thriving and will only get bigger, thanks in large part to YouTube’s vast library of how-to videos that will teach you how to make just about anything under the sun. 3D printing is an ever-growing area as people discover just how game-changing...
Scientists Use a Little Math to Print the Strongest Kind of Steel
Scientists from Texas A&M University and the U.S. Air Force say they’ve developed a way to 3D print the strongest kind of steel, along with many other metals. . By using a steel powder melted into place by a laser, this process follows in the footsteps of...
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