Open Source
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There is an ongoing need to continue COVID-19 tests around the world, to track how the virus is still spreading and to prevent more major outbreaks. As we learned this…
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Based on a project from a few years back developed by former MIT student Stephen Powelson, the E-Vent emergency ventilator project has now been published as open-source and relevant STL…
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Engineers and designers from Poland-based Urbicum have banded together to launch the VentilAid project, an effort to design an open-source ventilator which can be reproduced using a 3D printer and…
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Copper has been used in clinical settings to reduce the risk of bacterial and viral contamination, complementing traditional protocols, and one of the leading companies for 3D printing in this…
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The timeline of smartphone-powered 3D printers has been questionable. Famously, the low-cost ONO 3D printer—which raised $2 million through Kickstarter in 2016—has so far failed to deliver. Does that mean…
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Despite the fear mongering surrounding 3D printed guns that has dominated most 3D printing-related discourse in the mainstream media lately, there are certain, much more real and immediate safety concerns…
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Printrbot, a desktop 3D printer manufacturer that came onto the scene in 2011, has regrettably announced it is shutting its doors. The company’s website indicates that low sales were the…
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In 2015, some of the world’s leading additive manufacturing and tech companies came together to launch the 3MF Consortium in an effort to introduce a new, universal 3D printing file…
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A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with limited access to medical supplies –…
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A 3D printer that can print most of the parts for a whole new printer, that was the idea behind the RepRap project, from which the Prusa i3 was born.…
