Virginia Tech's Self-Repairing Liquid Metal Composite Can Be 3D Printed Into Circuits That Heal Themselves
Virginia Tech's gallium-indium composite restores conductivity after being cut and can be 3D printed into self-healing circuits. How it bridges breaks.
Kupros Cu29 V2: Desktop FDM Printers Are About to Print Electronics
Indiana startup Kupros has developed a patent-pending process for embedding conductive copper pathways, sensors, and antennas directly into standard FDM prints — no secondary manufacturing step.
DIY Ceramic Circuit Boards: 3D-Printed Stamps and Clay Replace Chemical Baths
A maker process using 3D-printed stamps, copper powder, and kiln firing creates ceramic circuit boards without PCB chemicals. It's solarpunk electronics manufacturing at bench scale.
UT Researchers Used 3D Printing to Build a Tabletop Version of a $400 Million Semiconductor Machine
University of Texas at Austin researchers have developed a volumetric 3D printing approach that creates nanostructures simultaneously rather than sequentially — a tabletop alternative to EUV lithography machines that cost $400 million and are made by a single manufacturer.
Electroninks CircuitJet IV: A Desktop Machine That Prints, Plates, and Assembles PCBs
The CircuitJet IV handles PCB fabrication, plating, assembly, and reflow in one desktop unit — with semiconductor-grade plating on standard industry substrates.
3D Printers Can Now Generate Working Circuit Boards — With a Catch
A new tool auto-generates 3D-printable PCB layouts from KiCad files using copper tape over raised FDM traces. What it can and can't replace in a maker workflow.
Northwestern Prints Neurons That Signal Living Brain Cells
Northwestern University researchers used aerosol jet printing to create electronic neurons from MoS₂ and graphene that establish two-way communication with living mouse brain cells.
Microwave 3D Printing: Rice Researchers Hit Human-Hair Resolution on Functional Electronics
Rice University's near-field microwave printing technique focuses energy into a zone as narrow as a human hair — enabling flexible electronics, ingestible sensors, and soft biomedical devices without cleanroom fabrication.