Today sees the release of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, the long-awaited sequel to 2015’s Episode VII: The Force Awakens (although standalone Rogue One: A Star Wars Story also belongs to the same universe), and to mark the occasion, MyMiniFactory has taken a break from its Christmas contests and collated the best Star […]
Engineers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) in Aachen, Germany are developing an innovative method for providing 3D printed parts with the load-bearing strength of injection molded components. The project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is called “LightFlex.” The LightFlex research initiative came about from […]
Though it’s no bigger than your average dorm room refrigerator, this state-of-the-art tech unit is anything but. Known as the Refabricator, this specialized device is a joint 3D printer-recycler machine pioneered by additive manufacturing firm Tethers Unlimited. In development by the Washington-based tech company since 2015, the Refabricator has made headlines repeatedly over the last […]