IOT’s Light-Form Prints Progressive Lenses With One Flash, Skipping Conventional Surfacing
IOT says its Light-Form process forms personalized progressive lenses in seconds, with consumer sales underway and in-store production on its roadmap.
Category: 3D Printing Achievements
GKN Aerospace Secures First Nadcap Accreditation for Laser Wire DED
GKN Aerospace gains the first Nadcap accreditation for laser wire DED, adding independent process validation as it targets wider aerospace production.
LAIKA’s Wildwood Turns 142,000 Printed Faces Into Frame-by-Frame Performances
LAIKA used Cuttlefish software and Stratasys PolyJet printers to make more than 142,000 facial expressions for its stop-motion film Wildwood.
Creatz3D Delivers 600 Qualified Ceramic Lift Pin Sets in Six Weeks
Creatz3D produced 600 qualified alumina lift pin sets for a semiconductor foundry using 3DCERAM SINTO technology, with a six-week production cycle.
Soft 3D Printed Implant Cools Brain Tissue and Suppresses Seizure-Like Activity in Rats
A silicone implant combines printed electrodes, targeted cooling and water channels, suppressing seizure-like activity in rat experiments.
Qatar School Moves Into Finishing Work After Printing 30,000 Square Meters of Walls
A Qatar school is nearing completion after printing 30,000 square meters of walls, using a COBOD BODXL relocated repeatedly across the site.
ETH Zurich’s Bacterial Sand Printing Gets a Bigger Strength Boost From Open Infill
ETH Zurich researchers use bacteria to harden 3D printed sand, finding that open infill improves mineralization while emissions and waste questions remain.
PETG-bodied Kingchaser targets Mach 0.8 in RC aircraft speed record bid
The Mach Initiative’s Kingchaser combines a mostly PETG exterior with carbon fiber reinforcement and turbine heat shielding for a Mach 0.8 target.
Virginia Tech Prints Heat-Guiding Silicone With Liquid Metal Droplets
Virginia Tech researchers used extrusion to align liquid metal droplets in silicone, achieving directional thermal conductivity about 40 times higher.
EPFL’s 3D-Printed Sound-Powered Engines Propel Ultrasonic Micro Drones Silently
Sound-Powered Engines Transform Micro Drone Propulsion Researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed an innovative propulsion…