3D Printed Fingerprints and the Science of Biometrics
Authorities say no two fingerprints have ever been found identical among the many billions of human and automated computer comparisons done to date. They're the most common tool for...
A Tiny Material, The Canadian Wilderness and A Revolution in 3D Printing
On a property covering nearly 4,000 acres of pristine Canadian wilderness roughly 100 miles northwest of Montreal, Quebec, Lomiko Metals laid claim to the Quatre Milles. It's a very important...
Researchers Use 3D Technology to Monitor Beating Heart
Researchers have used a 3D optical scanner and 3D printer to help create an elastic membrane lined with sensors to monitor and regulate a beating heart. The artificial jacket slips over the heart...
A 3D Printed Nuclear Reactor to Power Your Home?
Your basement has a thorium-fueled nuclear reactor tucked away in the corner next to the chest freezer, and it was 3D printed to fit your home. While that may sound a bit far-fetched, and...
Smithsonian Scientists Use 3D scanning to Solve "Sudden Death at Sea" Mystery
When work crews expanding the Pan American Highway through Northern Chile's Atacama Desert uncovered fossils of about a dozen different kinds of ancient marine mammals, researchers...
Soft Robots - The Battle for 3D Printed Liquid Metal Supremacy
Liquid metals which self-assemble. Electrical charges used to make droplets of those metals fuse together into a variety of shapes and swirling configurations. It sounds like science fiction of the...
