Combining manual and automated techniques, the 3D printing process created a concrete wall from an innovative mortar based on white cement. From a total of 60 individual segments, the wall was built ...

Generally speaking, objects made on desktop 3D printers are pretty small. This is of course no surprise, as filament based printers are fairly slow and most don’t have very large beds to begin with.

There are a number of ways to efficiently and elegantly limit an LED’s brightness, but [Tommy] found that using a light pipe or diffuser can integrate better with a device, especially when the device ...

The Troy, N.Y.-based Lighting Research Center (LRC), part of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently partnered with Eaton Corp. to develop a fully 3D-printed, LED-integrated luminaire as part ...

As the additive 3D-printing process continues to advance, consumer printers will someday gain the ability to compete with fabrication plants, revolutionizing manufacturing to such an extent that it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Ewing writes about luxury and performance automobiles. BMW Group has harnessed the efficiency and power of 3D printing and ...

The new workshop that is exploring the application of additive manufacturing for lighting is made up of a range of different companies, and the first meeting of the group was held in February 2019.

A new study highlights a semi-transparent, color-tunable solar cell designed to work in places traditional panels can't, like ...

In somewhat of a departure from its usual parametric, experimental work, Margot Krasojević Architects has created a recycled, 3D printed LED light, in an investigation of the importance of ...

New semi-transparent solar cells use 3D-printed pillars to adjust color and light transmission without changing the solar ...