On July 23, 2024, Antarctic Bear learned that a research team at North Carolina State University used gold nanorods embedded in a hydrogel and processed through 3D printing technology to successfully create a structure that can shrink under the action of light. These structures automatically expand Read More

Authors: Caicong Li, Jianxiang Cheng, YunfengHe, Xiangnan He, Ziyi Xu, Qi Ge & Canhui YangSetting: Southern University of Science and TechnologyPublished in: Nature CommunicationsIn this paper, a series of multi-mode sensing ionized sensors based on polyelectrolyte elastomer were designed and fabric Read More

Today, electronic products have made significant progress in material selection to meet the diverse needs of all aspects of society, whether rigid or flexible materials. Rigid materials are mainly used in portable and user-friendly handheld interfaces such as smartphones and tablets. In contrast, fl Read More

L3Harris said that before 3D printed materials can be used in spacecraft components, they must be fully tested to ensure that they are resistant to the harsh environment of low Earth orbit (LEO). L3Harris has launched a project to test 3D-printed radio frequency (RF) circuits and various material samples on SpaceX's 27th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission. The move follows an experiment conducted on the International Space Station in 2021, which provided valuable data over a period of two months. L3Harris is expanding its materials testing range to include photonic materials for photonic integrated circuits, a technology similar to computer chips but using light instead of electrons. Read More

Using 3D printed simulation models and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance robotic surgical training emphasizes the advantages of 3D printing models in the field of robot-assisted surgery, which will contribute to improving clinical applications. The field of robot-assisted surgery has experienced exponential growth. For example, the usage of da Vinci Surgical System has significantly increased over the past decade, highlighting the importance of training in robot-assisted surgical procedures. Robot-assisted surgery has become synonymous with minimally invasive surgery Read More

Biomimetic soft robot is a research subject with broad application prospect because of its excellent characteristics such as autonomous energy supply, high energy conversion rate and self-repair. Combining flexible electronic device set with life-like bionic robot to form bio-hybrid softa team of researchers at Harvard Medical School has developed a wirelessly powered biohybrid soft robot. The team used 3D printing to construct multiple layers of a foldable, biocompatible scaffold on a flexible wireless power supply and control circuit, and then inoculated cardiomyocytes onto the scaffold. The circuit receives electrical energy through the wireless coil and transmits it to the stimulation circuit to stimulate the cardiomyocytes. Since the wireless circuit is integrated into the bio-hybrid robot, the robot's underwater mobility is not constrained by the wires. robot can c Read More