As the list of companies commercializing continuous fiber 3D printing continues to grow, so does the spectrum of materials, processes, parts sizes, production volumes, applications and end markets. To ...

Researchers at two Australia universities have collaborated to develop a way to 3-D print a preform that can be drawn into silica glass optical fibers, for new types of telecommunications networks and ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic devices have gotten much smaller and more efficient over the years but the design and underlying physics of today's optical lenses haven't changed much since antiquity.

WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a way to use 3D printing to create a preform that can be drawn into silica glass optical fibers, which form the backbone of the global telecommunications ...

From 1970 to today, the clarity of fiber has continued to improve, becoming over 100 times clearer now and allowing networks to connect the world. For “groundbreaking achievements concerning the ...

Startup company MarkForged is now selling $5,000 3D printers that print carbon-fiber parts. Called the Mark One, the printers will start shipping in later in 2014. Start-up company MarkForged is now ...