The latest addition to the camera phone accessories marketplace lets you peer down at the microscopic world – no lab required.…
3D printing
Ceramics might one day replace metal to help heal broken bones
Move over metal plates and screws – ceramic could become the go-to graft for mending broken bones.…
Take your 3D printing project to the next level with this colour-changing ink
For the indecisive or expressive among us, MIT researchers have created a colour-changing ink that adds yet another layer of customisation to 3D printing.…
What happens when you transform living cells into wearable tech?
Your next health check might come courtesy of this chic, discreet, 3D-printed ‘living tattoo’.…
This tiny device could change the way we make nanofibres in the future
A device capable of creating fibres one-thousandth the width of a human hair is opening doors for a cheap yet reliable nanofibre industry.…
Can this new biomaterial help improve your body’s healing process?
Doctors might soon be piecing together damaged tissues and organs thanks to this ‘tissue paper’.…
$30 for custom-made prosthetics? With 3D printing, it’s becoming possible
A biomedical engineering student at Monash University is using 3D printing to create low-cost prosthetics for people missing fingers.…
This 3D printing startup helps students find their inner engineer
A NSW startup sees 3D printing as a gateway to get students interested in STEM. They’re working to get the tech in front of as many students as possible.…
6 future tech trends that will change the world in 2018
Here’s what six remarkable engineers from around the world had to say about the future tech trends to look out for.…
This little origami robot can go where Mars rovers can’t
An Australian university student designed an origami robot that can be used to explore the surface of Mars during an internship with NASA.…