Researchers have developed a way to create complex devices with multiple materials -- including plastics, metals and semiconductors -- all with a single machine. The research outlines a novel 3D ...

Advances in additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, have generated increasingly powerful capabilities for producing geometrically complex structures that could not be made using ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

Why multi-material matters: Combining materials allows for functional enhancements, cleaner supports, and efficient production, giving prints both utility and visual appeal. 3MF file advantages: 3MF ...

Ordinarily, when using an off-the-shelf 3D printer, it's quite difficult to print a single object that incorporates multiple materials. An experimental new system could make it easier, though, by ...

What are the challenges and applications for this emergent technology in additive manufacturing? Ramsey Stevens, CEO of nano3Dprint, offers his take on the topic. Multi-material 3D printing enables ...

University of Missouri researchers have developed a new laser-based method to create complex devices with multiple materials - including plastics, metals and semiconductors - all with a single machine ...

Three-dimensional printing was born in the 1980s, and, since then, the additive approach to manufacturing that it enables has gradually unseated traditional, subtractive concepts of industrial ...

A new medical 3D printer from Stratasys accommodates multiple materials and features multi-color capabilities. The J5 MediJet 3D printer enables users to create detailed 3D anatomical models and ...

A growing range of software and hardware is making it easier for Minecraft players to transform in-game creations into ...