Welcome to a future where a portable 3D printer can place electronics right on the back of your hand, and also print biological cells onto wounds. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

Some argue that the original Star Trek series predicted the flip phone. Later installments of the franchise used little badges. But Babylon 5 had people talking into a link that stuck mysteriously to ...

Hydrogels are materials that have properties similar to biological tissue, making them ideal for use in medical devices. They are water-swollen and cross-linked polymeric networks that can retain a ...

March 27 (UPI) --To make wearable electronics, one group of researchers in China has developed a 3D printer that deposits electronic fibers onto fabrics. Most current methods for the production of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optomec has delivered a new industrialized 3D Printed Electronics system to a major US healthcare manufacturer, where the machine will be used in the volume ...

Various research institutes have already developed skin-applied electronics, that are pre-made and simply adhered to the user's body. Researchers at the University of Minnesota, however, have taken a ...

What would happen if manufacturers could 3D print not only a component, but also all the electronics on it, including those on its curved surfaces? For starters, it would speed up production. It could ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optomec Inc. today announced that one of its existing production customers recently purchased another six (6) Aerosol Jet 3D Electronics Printers, bringing its ...

This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one material. Imagine a robot ...

Sometimes, the answer to 3D printing woes is making the printer’s surroundings less chaotic, which is a lot less glamorous ...

Harvard researchers have announced a 3D printer capable of printing both thermoplastics and highly conductive silver inks that allow electronic products to be created on one process. The printer will ...