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Watch This Company Build The World’s Largest 3D Printed House In One Go
3D printed houses are built through additive manufacturing techniques. All the credit goes to large 3D printers and their printing materials. Large-scale 3D printing has enabled us to develop more significant projects in the future using the same method. It uses...
Spaceship EAC team explores lunar construction by 3D printing simulated Moon dust
A masters level student is working with a team at the European Space Agency's European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Germany to explore the potential for 3D printing with materials readily available on the Moon to create a sustainable human presence. . In what the...
edg Reveals 3-D Printed Cast Concrete Collection
When technology and design collide, there are often amazing outcomes. For the architecture and engineering firm edg , one such result of technology-driven design is the Synthesis 3D collection. . This portfolio of cast-concrete furniture and wall paneling was...
Yaskawa debuts intuitive software tool to aid advanced manufacturing
The Drives & Motion division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has released Yaskawa Compass, a new software user interface tool for advanced manufacturing. . Yaskawa Compass is a CNC navigator, a graphical user software package applicable to multiple applications in 3D...
The 3D Printed Homes of the Future Are Giant Eggs on Mars
Last month, a 3D printed house that can float on a pontoon was unveiled in the Czech Republic. Last year, work started on a community of 3D printed houses for low-income families in Mexico. While building homes with 3D printers is becoming more scalable, it’s also...
Reinforced Plastic 3D Printed Footbridge by DSM and Royal HaskoningDHV to Be Installed 2020
DSM and engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV will collaborate with the Dutch city of Rotterdam to build a 3D printed circular composite footbridge. . I was initially extremely skeptical about fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) 3D printed bridges. FRP materials don’t have...
NASA Funds 3D Printing Projects for Upcoming Era of Space Exploration
Driven by Moon exploration , space tourism, spacecraft manufacturing, and orbital infrastructure, space agencies and private companies worldwide have developed ambitious plans for the future of spaceflight. . This heightened interest in space exploration offers new...
Fast Complexity: ETH Zurich Combines Fast-Setting 3D Printed Concrete and Casting
As a disruptive technology, 3D printing has been behind many positive transformations in major industries, from dental and medical to aerospace and far beyond; however, the construction industry is worth trillions annually and globally—with industrialists rarely...
Serena Fanara: when 3D printing is at the service of creativity
When some hear about 3D printing, they think of a cutting-edge production technique that has little to do with art and creativity, but that is not at all the case. . To illustrate this side of the technology, we recently spoke with Serena Fanara, an architect and...