Conventional systems fail on transparent or dark objects because they distort or absorb light. goROBOT3D gets around this by using structured thermal imaging. It projects heat patterns onto a surface ...

This new 3D printing method can offer not only transparent glass but glass structures with composition gradients, something that has been impossible with conventional manufacturing methods.

Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group has shown off a prototype 3D desktop that allows users to type as they normally would, and then reach up to interact with virtual objects displayed on a ...

A materials science and engineering team from Korea's Yonsei University has developed a 3D printing technique enabling OLED screens to be printed into transparent structures of any shape, meaning ...

The buttons, their cover, and the compliant bits that act as a spring can be 3D printed as a complete unit that requires no assembly, and can be used fresh off the print bed.

Home > Extreme The first transparent 3D-printed skull has been successfully implanted Surgeons in Holland implanted a plastic skull in a woman with a rare disorder.

Scientists in Germany have successfully 3D-printed transparent glass. Dr Bastian Rapp and his team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology spent two and half years developing the method. They ...

A new touch screen can make real physical buttons appear or vanish upon command to give smartphone and tablet users a keyboard experience.

We’re no strangers to seeing translucent 3D printed parts: if you print in a clear filament with thin enough walls you can sorta see through the resulting parts. It’s not perfect, but i… ...

Researchers are using AI and advanced "tissue clearing" methods to create astoundingly detailed 3D images of organs.