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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/john-anderson/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> John Anderson </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> September 3, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printer-glass-objects/39137/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 9 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printer-glass-objects/39137/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3dprinter-glass@2x.jpg" alt="The G3DP process produces an array of quite beautiful glass objects worthy of a Dale Chihuly exhibit"> </a> </div> <p>The list of materials capable of being extruded through a 3D printer seems to grow by the week, moving well beyond plastics, <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-systems-chefjet-sugar-candy-printer/30407/">food</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-gold-copper-twente/37966/">metals</a> to now include another unlikely substance: glass. And while previous 3D printing methods have used <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3-d-glass-printing-method-developed/12963/" title="Link: http://www.gizmag.com/3-d-glass-printing-method-developed/12963/">powdered glass</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-sinter-3d-printer/19046/">silica sand</a>, a team of researchers led by Neri Oxman out of MIT鈥檚 Mediated Matter Group has developed a 3D printer that extrudes molten glass.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printer-glass-objects/39137/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="39139"> <div class="article-top" data-article="39139"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-tests-3d-printed-turbopump/39139/">NASA tests 3D-printed turbopump</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> David Szondy </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 30, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-tests-3d-printed-turbopump/39139/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 3 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-tests-3d-printed-turbopump/39139/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nasa-turbopump-test@2x.jpg" alt="This rocket engine fuel pump has hundreds of parts including a turbine that spins at over 90,000 rpm"> </a> </div> <p>NASA has previously tested simple 3D-printed rocket components, such as combustion chambers and <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-rocket-engine-parts-nasa/28469/" title="Link: http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-rocket-engine-parts-nasa/28469/">fuel injectors</a>, but if the technique is to be practical, it has to cope with more complex items. Case in point is this 3D-printed rocket engine turbopump. Successfully built and tested at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the turbopump is described as "one of the most complex, 3D-printed rocket engine parts ever made."</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-tests-3d-printed-turbopump/39139/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="39074"> <div class="article-top" data-article="39074"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/multifab-3d-printer-10-materials/39074/">MultiFab mixes and matches 10 different materials in a single 3D print</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> David Szondy </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 25, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/multifab-3d-printer-10-materials/39074/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 2 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/multifab-3d-printer-10-materials/39074/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/multifab-mit@2x.JPG" alt="Examples of multi-material items printed by the MultiFab 3D printer"> </a> </div> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/ir3-3d-printer-electronic-componenst/36966/"></a>3D printers may have come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, but most are one trick ponies in that their computer-controlled syringes extrude only one material at a time to build up an object. It's a process that's slow, imprecise, and often requires items to be printed in separate pieces and then assembled. MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab's (CSAIL) MutliFab printer takes 3D printing technology a step further by combining 3D optical scanning with the ability to print using 10 different materials on the same job.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/multifab-3d-printer-10-materials/39074/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38881"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38881"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printer-vacuum-outer-space/38881/">3D printing in the vacuum of outer space</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Ben Coxworth </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 11, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printer-vacuum-outer-space/38881/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3d-printer-vacuum-outer-space@2x.jpg" alt="Although a 3D printer has already been used aboard the International Space Station, an upcoming one may be able to print items outside of it"> </a> </div> <p>Last November, California-based Made in Space grabbed headlines when one of its specially-designed 3D printers became the first such device to <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/iss-first-object-3d-printed-space/34936/">print an object in outer space</a> ... that <em>was</em> within the protective confines of the International Space Station, however. Now, the company is working on a printer that will work outside the station, in the cold vacuum of <em>actual</em> outer space.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printer-vacuum-outer-space/38881/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38815"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38815"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-functional-3d-printed-circular-saw/38815/">Hobbyist creates world's smallest functional circular saw</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/lakshmi-sandhana/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Lakshmi Sandhana </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 7, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-functional-3d-printed-circular-saw/38815/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 4 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-functional-3d-printed-circular-saw/38815/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3dprintedcircularsaw@2x.jpg" alt="Lance Abernethy has 3D-printed a tiny circular saw that works"> </a> </div> <p>What do you do after you've 3D-printed the world's tiniest functional <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-smallest-power-drill/36654/" target="_blank">power drill</a>? If you're Lance Abernethy, you go on to add another miniature power tool to your Lilliputian toolbox. Abernethy's latest creation is a working 3D-printed circular saw that fits in a briefcase slightly bigger than a thumbnail.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-functional-3d-printed-circular-saw/38815/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38770"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38770"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/fda-approves-first-3d-printed-drug/38770/">Approved by the FDA, 3D-printed drug set to change future of medication</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/stanley-goodner/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Stanley Goodner </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> August 4, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/fda-approves-first-3d-printed-drug/38770/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/aprecia-pharmaceuticals@2x.jpg" alt="The 3D-printed Spritam levetiracetam"> </a> </div> <p>The term "designer drug" may soon refer less to the illicit kind and more to custom creations by the pharmaceutical industry. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals Company has just had its proprietary ZipDose Technology platform approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This marks the very first instance that the FDA has given the green light for a 3D-printed drug product.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/fda-approves-first-3d-printed-drug/38770/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38559"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38559"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-berkley-3d-printed-smart-milk-cap/38559/">UC Berkeley's smart cap can detect spoiled milk</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/chris-wood/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Chris Wood </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> July 24, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-berkley-3d-printed-smart-milk-cap/38559/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 2 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-berkley-3d-printed-smart-milk-cap/38559/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/uc-berkeley-smart-milk-cap@2x.jpg" alt="The 'smart cap' is designed to monitor levels of bacteria in liquid food"> </a> </div> <p>Researchers at UC Berkeley and Taiwan's National Chio Tung University have created a low-cost electronic sensor that's able to wirelessly monitor the freshness of milk. The team created the electronic components for the sensor using a 3D-printing method, which it believes could have a big impact on the industry. </p><p></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/uc-berkley-3d-printed-smart-milk-cap/38559/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38536"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38536"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/project-pyra-3d-printed-smart-oven/38536/">Fathom cooks up 3D-printed smart oven</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/chris-wood/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Chris Wood </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> July 20, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/project-pyra-3d-printed-smart-oven/38536/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 6 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/project-pyra-3d-printed-smart-oven/38536/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3d-printed-pyra-smart-oven@2x.jpg" alt="Fathom plans to open source the designs for its thermal chambers"> </a> </div> <p>From <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-fires-up-all-3d-printed-jet-einge/37448/">jet engines</a> to <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-first-3d-printed-office-dubai/38253/">office buildings</a>, we've seen all manner of things constructed using 3D-printing techniques, but we're yet to see it used to make something that can cook us a hot meal. Until now that is. The Pyra, by Oakland-based company Fathom, is the first 3D-printed smart oven.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/project-pyra-3d-printed-smart-oven/38536/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38383"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38383"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/soft-robot-jumps-butane-power-harvard-ucsandiego/38383/">3D-printed semi-soft robot jumps using butane power</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> David Szondy </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> July 19, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/soft-robot-jumps-butane-power-harvard-ucsandiego/38383/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 4 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/soft-robot-jumps-butane-power-harvard-ucsandiego/38383/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/soft-jumping-robot@2x.png" alt="The Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego robot uses hard and soft components and jumps using butane explosions"> </a> </div> <p>Some robots are hard and some are soft, but in nature soft and hard structures are commonly mixed. In an effort to emulate this, engineers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego, have used multimaterial 3D-printing to create a combustion-powered jumping robot that transitions from a rigid core to a soft exterior.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/soft-robot-jumps-butane-power-harvard-ucsandiego/38383/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38492"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38492"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/"> — 3D Printing </a> <h1 class="h2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-rinse-water-soluble-filament-3d-printing/38492/">Water-soluble filament makes creating "impossible" 3D prints easier</a></h1> <ul class="article-attributes"> <li class="article-attributes__writer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/author/stanley-goodner/" rel="author" class="link-camo"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> Stanley Goodner </a> </li> <li class="article-attributes__published"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> July 16, 2015 </li> <li class="article-attributes__pictures"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-rinse-water-soluble-filament-3d-printing/38492/pictures" class="link-ui"> <i class="fa fa-picture-o"></i> 4 PICTURES </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-rinse-water-soluble-filament-3d-printing/38492/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3d-systems-infinity-rinse-away-filament@2x.jpg" alt="3D Systems' Infinity Rinse-away filament allows designs with movement/articulation in just one print"> </a> </div> <p>3D printing has made some impressive strides in the past couple of years, allowing makers to create a wide variety of fantastic and unique designs. Despite the overall success, many prints still have limitations when it comes to structure, shape, or articulation. But 3D Systems is about to change all of that with the latest Infinity Rinse-away water-soluble support material.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-rinse-water-soluble-filament-3d-printing/38492/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </article> <div class="pagination"> <span>1</span> <a rel="next" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/2/">2</a> <a rel="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/3/">3</a> <a rel="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/4/">4</a> <a rel="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/5/">5</a> <a rel="next" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054427/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing/2/">Next »</a> </div> <input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="92fuuzJo9VLXQF68kDCgOBbiy95jNfzN"/> </div> <div class="column-tertiary"> 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