Customizing computer-aided design

System breaks down complex designs into easily modifiable shapes for custom manufacturing and 3-D printing.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 2, 2019 ~8 min

Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly

Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 13, 2018 ~7 min


To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue

Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2018 ~9 min

Cardiologists can reduce leaky heart valves with 3-D printing

Getting the perfect-size artificial heart valve without ever actually looking at the patient’s heart was a challenge … until now. Researchers at the Wyss at Harvard University have created a 3-D printing workflow that allows cardiologists to evaluate how different valve sizes will interact with each patient’s unique anatomy

Lindsay Brownell • harvard
Dec. 11, 2018 ~9 min

Cardiologists can reduce leaky heart valves with 3-D printing

Getting the perfect-size artificial heart valve without ever actually looking at the patient’s heart was a challenge … until now. Researchers at the Wyss at Harvard University have created a 3-D printing workflow that allows cardiologists to evaluate how different valve sizes will interact with each patient’s unique anatomy

Lindsay Brownell • harvard
Dec. 11, 2018 ~9 min

Accelerating 3-D printing

Researchers have designed a novel printhead that works with unprecedented speed and pioneered ways to melt and extrude renewable materials.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Nov. 29, 2018 ~16 min

Magnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, jump, and play catch | MIT News

New printing technique could be used to develop remotely controlled biomedical devices.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 13, 2018 ~7 min

Fleet of autonomous boats could service some cities, reducing road traffic | MIT News

Researchers design 3-D-printed, driverless boats that can provide transport and self-assemble into other floating structures.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
May 23, 2018 ~9 min


Maker Break: A celebration of making at MIT | MIT News

Over 700 students and makers joined in the first annual participatory showcase of fabrication and crafts around the Institute.

Terri Park | MIT Innovation Initiative • mit
May 4, 2018 ~5 min

MIT-Boeing educational collaboration aims to scale learning in additive manufacturing | MIT News

New online course will enable professionals to invent and implement innovative 3-D-printing applications.

MIT Open Learning • mit
April 12, 2018 ~6 min

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