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In this 26-page report, Eric Wooldridge of KCTCS Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at Somerset Community College presents a Life Cycle Assessment of the environmental impacts of two different Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes: the conventional plastic injection molding (IM) and the use...

This video was presented at a TED conference in 2013 and features Skylar Tibbits, a TED fellow, artist, and computational architect. In the video, Tibbits discusses 4D printing, an emerging technology that will allow the creation of printed objects that can reshape themselves or self-assemble...

This article introduces the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at Somerset Community College (SCC) and explores the potential effects of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in Kentucky's manufacturing sector. As manufacturing companies have been adopting AM, 3D-printing has changed traditional...

This website, created by MakerBot Industries, hosts the 3D design community Thingiverse. Thingiverse is a collection of 3D printed models, uploaded by users, and made freely available for others to use and customize. The various 3D objects files can be browsed via the explore tab on the website....

This website, created by Autodesk, Inc., provides a tool, Tinkercad, to create and print models for 3D printing. This browser-based 3D design and modeling tool allows users to create their own designs and print them using their own 3D printers or third party printing services. In addition, there is...

This webinar, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), provides an overview of the additive manufacturing industry in 2012. Additive manufacturing "...integrates cloud computing, high end image processing, product design, and business sectors from archeological construction...

These presentation slides from Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping, Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) address integrating STEM into middle school math and science curriculum. AMP-IT-UP is "a National Science Foundation Math and Science Partnership to promote workforce development and to...

This video was presented at a TED conference in 2015 and features Joseph DeSimone, the CEO of Carbon3D. In the video, DeSimone discusses a new 3D printing technique that's 25 to 100 times faster than other 3D printers, and creates smooth, strong parts. The new technique is referred to as Continuous...

Yeggi is a search engine for printable 3D models. The website is a collection of over one million printable 3D models from online communities and marketplaces. Yeggi has resources of various kinds, including phone stands, phone cases, Warcraft models, Star wars models, and many more. Most of the...