3D Printed Batteries Will Soon Be a Click Away, Might Change the Tech World

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe have seen the future of batteries, and they’ll be 3D-printed from the comfort of your own home. That’s right, Harvard researcher Jennifer Lewis is working on inks that can solidify into electronic components. Technically speaking, lithium titanium oxide, deionized water, and ethylene glycol are mixed together with ceramic balls, then the whole thing is […]

Incredible 3D-Printed Iron Man Helmet That Opens and Closes

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIron Man fanatic Ryan Brooks, who calls himself „the real Tony Stark,“ has recreated a fully-functional helmet that Tony Stark would be proud of, with a 3D-printer. He used an Arduino Pro Mini and an Adafruit accelerometer to rig the helmet’s faceplate to open and close based on which way the wearer nods.   Here’s […]

College Students Successfully Create and Fire 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUCSD (Uiversity of California, San Diego) have created a 3D-printed metal rocket engine using techniques previously only known to NASA, and successfully fired it at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in California’s Mojave Desert. Gizmag says that it is the „first such test of a printed liquid-fueled, metal rocket engine by any university […]

Cube 3D Printer Lets You Make Complex Objects at Home, Wirelessly

Reading Time: < 1 minutePriced at $1936, the Cube 3D Printer can make plastic items up to 5.5-inches square such as toys, doorknobs, party cutlery, kitchen utensils or chess pieces. It’s not limited to just simple plastic objects, as it can print car wheels and even a replacement windscreen washer nozzle for your car. Here’s how it works: „when […]