D printing is extremely practical when you want to produce small quantities of customized components. However, this ...

British-founded Raplas Technologies is quietly redefining SLA 3D printing. Find out how in our exclusive interview with the ...

A team of UK scientists has shown how atomic-scale strengthening mechanisms observed in metals and alloys can be exploited to make 3D printed structures more robust. Mimicking the microcrystalline ...

A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to how muscles contract and relax in response to signals from the nervous ...

In one of the latest breakthroughs in the exciting field of photonics, a team of researchers has developed a new beam-scanning technique that could make 3D printing 1,000 times faster than current ...

If you think at all about liquid crystals, you probably think of display technology. However, researchers have worked out a way to use an ink-jet-like process to 3D print iridescent colors using a ...

Skylanders Imaginators will allow players to both create their own digital heroes and store them in plastic crystals or print them out and have the plastic-dome ensconced hero sent to their homes.