Inspired by Nature – 4D Biomimetic Printing
Shapeshifting forms that can be used whenever an external factor like heat, cold or a liquid gets in touch with it – a dream for many material designers. What we can experience in nature every day is...
View ArticleInking a Jet With Inkjet
Inkjet technology might soon be literally flying high, thanks to an invention by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The leading innovator in advanced science and applied technology has secured a...
View ArticlePioneers of Printing: Johann Friedrich Gottlob Koenig + 200 years of KBA
Image Credit: KBA The research of the high-speed printing machine ranked Johann Koenig among the pioneers of printing in 1812. According to the principle “Necessity is the mother of invention”, Koenig,...
View ArticleIs The Textile Industry Heading For A 4th Industrial Revolution?
A recently released report foresees the next industrial revolution, with the fashion and textile industry being the beneficiary. Its drivers: technology and fabrics. Smart textile on the forerun...
View ArticleBring Your Wine Labels to Life With Augmented Reality
Companies have begun to attract the attention of the customers in various ways, because the market is overfilled and you as a company have to stand out. They use colorful and shrill labels to get this....
View ArticleButterfly Wings and Bird Feathers Inspire New Color Printing Technique
Have you already seen a Morpho butterfly? The sparkling blue of its wings are quite impressive, aren’t they? The mechanism behind this also makes peacock plumage such intense and might soon...
View Article3 Current Use Cases of Temporary Tech Tattoos
Temporary tech tattoos are going to change the way we use technology in our daily life. There are many different fields in which they promise huge developments for our convenience regarding...
View ArticlePrinted Electronics: The Opportunities for Smart Packaging
With Printed Electronics (PE) emerging throughout the world of printing, smart packaging is becoming the new standard for point of sale packaging solutions in the foreseeable future. Being one of the...
View ArticleStartup Presents Patented Plastic Deinking Technology
The Spanish start-up Cadel Deinking has recently been working on a new deinking technology. The technology removes inks from various plastic materials before getting a recycled material. Since printed...
View Article10 Female Role Models in the Field of 3D Printing
The technology field is still dominated by men. That is why we think it is important to stress the great distribution of women in technology and support their work. Today we will take a look at 3D...
View ArticleThe Right Temperature – DHL and Blulog Develop Innovative Monitoring Solution
The logistics company DHL partnered up with the French-Polish company Blulog to optimize supply chain processes with the help of a temperature monitoring system. Therewith it is possible to send...
View ArticleHolographic Colour Prints Against Counterfeiting
The Problem of Commonly Printed Holograms For many years, one way to determine counterfeiting has been the use of holograms. These little prints can be found on nearly everything, including personal...
View ArticleEngineer Enables Printing of Circuits with Ordinary Printers
Normally, you would think that a common office printer has no other purpose than printing documents. What sounded utopian at first has now become reality: For the first time, Dr. Mohammad Haider,...
View ArticleHeat-free Technology for Flexible Electronics
Researchers from the Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have developed an innovative heat-free technology for flexible electronics. The team already used the new tech very successfully for...
View ArticleRecycled Glass in 3D Printing Concrete
Scientists at Brunel University and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) have created a method of turning 3D printing concrete into a stronger and more sustainable material to build with. The...
View ArticleHow Data and Algorithm lead to Sustainable Take-Out Food Packaging
In many areas of the packaging industry, solutions must continue to be found to ensure more sustainability in this sector. Consumer beverage packaging, for example, accounts for up to 48% of urban...
View ArticleHighlights 2022 – Part 1: From Düsseldorf to the Whole World
An eventful year lies behind us. We were particularly pleased that we could finally return to business and that the trade fair industry is back on track. While we started the new year digitally, the...
View ArticleBest Practice: Towards Circularity in Strapping Technology and Transport...
To provide an overview of how far German companies from the plant and mechanical engineering sector have come in terms of sustainability and circular economy, drupa’s partner association VDMA regularly...
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