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Paige’s New 3D Printed Prosthetic Arm 3D Printing Processes

by Medical

In May 2016, 3Design New Zealand was approached by a woman who was searching for a company to produce a 3D printed prosthetic arm for her daughter Paige, who was born without her right hand and forearm. We are a 3D printing studio located in Tauranga, New Zealand, and we had never attempted something like this before. The project was ambitious, and despite our uncertainty over whether we could make the prosthetic, the possibility of helping Paige in any way we could was an opportunity we couldn’t turn away.

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3D Printing Composites Market Takes Off in 2017; Material Sales to Reach $580 by 2026 3D Printing Processes

by Automotive

SmarTech Publishing has just released a new 160-page report showing where the money will be made through the 3D printing composites. This report, “3D-Printed Composite Materials Markets – 2017: An Opportunity Analysis and Ten-Year Forecast,” identifies and quantifies the commercial opportunities presented by implementation of fiber-reinforced composite and nanocomposite materials for 3D printing in major manufacturing sectors. According to the report, total revenues from 3D-printing composites will reach $580 million by 2026.

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Vespers 3D printed death mask collection by Neri Oxman unveiled at London’s Design Museum 3D Printing Processes

by Consumer

Stratasys launched ‘The New Ancient’ 3D printed art and design collection, which includes Vespers’ a new series of exploratory 3D printed death masks, designed by Neri Oxman and her team. The collections were unveiled at the public at the grand reopening of London’s Design Museum. Oxman combines design and computation to produce the masks which, in a landmark breakthrough, emulate the resolution and complexity that is usually only found in nature.

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TreeD Releases Polypropylene Filament for Injection Molded Strength Parts 3D Printing Processes

by Business

There are a number of advantages that accompany the use of 3D printing technology, from cost effectiveness to faster production times. But one area that the technology slightly lacks is in material functionality, which oftentimes fails to meet the strength and resilience of the injection molding process. To alleviate this glaring issue, the Italian filament producer TreeD has created their new P-LENE polypropylene filament.

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3D bioprinted human pancreas may someday be utilized in transplants 3D Printing Processes

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Celprogen Inc., a leader in the Stem Cell Research and Therapeutics industry for stem cell research since 2002, successfully finished manufacturing of a 3D bioprinted human pancreas from flexible Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) material scaffold that was populated with adult human pancreatic stem cells. These 3D printed human pancreases were coated and seeded with human adult pancreatic stem cells. The 3D pancreas scaffold was populated with three T225 human Pancreatic Stem Cells 36097-24-T225, and with human adult pancreatic cells 3002-04-T225; the scaffold was coated with ECM prior to seeding the cells. This flexible PLA scaffold allows the seeded pancreatic stem cells to potentially differentiate into an adult functional pancreas. The 3D print was reduced from an adult 18 year old pancreas to approximately 1/5 its original size.

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Materialise Partners with Nuova SPA for Production of the Bicicletto e-Bike 3D Printing Processes

by Automotive

Bicicletto is an electric vehicle that turns mobility into an art, by blending the motorbike attitude and the bicycle spirit. Now with a major 3D-printed upgrade, Bicicletto is set to blur the lines of classic design and high-tech engineering even further. The upgrade is the first offering from the collaboration between Materialise NV (NASDAQ: MTLS), leader in Additive Manufacturing solutions and software, and Nuova SPA, historical Italian automotive brand, reborn in 2014. The new Bicicletto will feature additive manufactured end-use parts that make it lighter, faster and more cost-efficient to produce.