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Seoul National University wins MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge

Robotics Business Review

Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics announced the winners of its second Form & Function University Robotics Challenge at the Robotics Summit & Expo last week. Competitors in the challenge are tasked with creating a robot that looks good, the “form” part, and that works, the “function” part.

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MIT researchers develop 3D-printed heart that functions like a real one

AU Manufacturing

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a method for 3D printing a soft and flexible replica of a patient’s heart in the hopes of helping doctors tailor treatments to patients’ specific heart form and function.

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Smart 3D-printed contact lens could offer AR with no headset

E&T

A team of scientists from KERI (Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute) and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been able to 3D-print smart contact lenses without applying voltage. "Our Patterns can be formed not only on flat surfaces but also on curved surfaces, such as contact lenses.

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3D Electronics: A New Frontier of Product Differentiation

i4.0 today

Electronic capability has improved in every way, bar one: the form factor of electronics today still mostly consists of components on circuit boards packaged in a box. The IDTechEx report 3D Electronics/Additive Electronics 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, and Markets forecasts the opportunity being $4.3

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Missouri S&T researchers develop method to 3D-print human organs

AU Manufacturing

A group of scientists from the Missouri University of Science and Technology is leading research focused on a method for 3D printing nanoparticles to create human tissue. Convertine said the technology is designed to make 3D printing faster, easier and more accurate, the university revealed in a news release.

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The Downloadable Metal 3D Printer

Modern Machine Shop

To illustrate the power of a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printing system that is open source, Venkata Karthik Nadimpalli passes a magnet over a sleeve of metal filings held over a solid, 3D printed block of steel. The filings form into letters. The filings align to form the words, “Open AM.”

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New Report Signifies Disruptive 3D Printing Technology Set to Break into Mainstream Production

i4.0 today

Composite-based additive manufacturing appears to be on the verge of breaking through as a ‘mainstream’ method of production, according to a new report on disruptive 3D printing technologies. Current 3D printing simply cannot deliver the level of precision and material strength required for these applications.