Massachusetts-based 3D printing company Formlabs is the latest tech startup to join the unicorn crowd, with the news it has raised $15 million. The injection is the Greater Boston-based firm’s sixth since…
Supercars and Startups: How Italy and Israel are Forging Closer Ties
Italy is a nation of iconic, world-beating industry, from food and fashion to cars and household appliances. But despite its size – Italy is the third largest economy in the eurozone, and…
Chameleon 3D Printing? An MIT Team Has it Covered
A team at MIT has created a color-changing 3D printing technique. ColorFab, honed at the university’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab – or CSAIL – uses light-adapting, or “photochromic”, dyes to…
3D Printing: The Coolest Objects We Can Make Today
3D printing has come a long way. The first 3D-printed object was a small, black cup-shaped item, created by Colorado native Chuck Hull in 1983. Back then Hull called his breakthrough “stereolithography”.…