First 3D Printed Drug hits the Market

Michael Molitch-Hou from 3D Printing Industry Aprecia Pharmaceuticals made headlines with the announcement of the FDA’s approval of their medication Spritam, making the medicine the first 3D printed pharmaceutical to be approved by the FDA. Since then, there have been...
NASA 3D Prints Mars Rocks

NASA 3D Prints Mars Rocks

Mitch Bossart from 3D Printing Industry Back in 2009, scientists detected an odd-shaped rock by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity’s panorama camera. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) team spotted the rock, now called Block Island, in the images downlinked to Earth...
Haute-couture Faucet Creations

Haute-couture Faucet Creations

Sharon Cohen from 3D Printing Industry Fashionistas are not the only designers combining fashion and technology to craft haute-couture creations. Even American Standard Brands uses 3D printing for high-end bathroom and kitchen products, of all things! To celebrate 15...

Blind & deaf mother gets daughter's bust

Simon from 3ders.org For all of the amazing stories we hear about what additive manufacturing is capable of – whether it’s in creating on-demand tools in space, creating houses using available earth materials that are sourced on-location, providing...

Blair Neal’s Sonic Song Sculptures

Andrew Wheeler from 3ders.org For those of you longing to see and touch your favorite tunes, Blair Neal, an artist and creative technologist based in New York is using 3D modeling to explore the relationship between sound and image. Neal has just released an open...