Popular 3D Printing & STEM Education News (April 8th – April 12th)

Your weekly 3D Printing and STEM Education News roundup has arrived! Mark your calendar for these two upcoming national conferences–Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo (April 22-23) & U.S. News STEM Solutions National Conference (June 17-19). If you are in Hawaii, the Hawaii STEM Conference is April 19 & 20 and we would love to see you there!

Below are some of the most talked about news items this week; as always, if you would like to share an article with our community, please leave it as a comment on this blog post. Thank you!

3D Printing News

• From Prototyping to Production, Distributors Can Help Source: Design News
• The Great Additive Manufacturing vs 3D Printing Debate Source: TCT
• Access Inside 3D Printing When and Where You Want Source: Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo
• Making short run injection molds with 3D printing Source: 3Ders
• Oxford Researchers 3D Print Synthetic Human Tissue Source: Rapid Ready Technology
• Biofabrication: Fit to Print Source: The Economist
• 3D printers: Not for the average consumer Source: Network World
• Can 3D printing transform cities? Source: Smart Planet
• 3D Printers Hyped Too Much? Source: Engineering.com
• State-of-the-art 3D printers cut costs, turnaround time Source: U.S. Army
• Think 3-D printing is cool? Try 4-D Source: CNN
• 3D printing could bring touchable painting to the visually impaired Source: 3Ders

STEM Education News

• STEM Impact Award 2013 Source: Afterschool Alliance
• Clinton discusses importance of STEM education Source: Student Life
• Unleashing Engineering Creativity: Nine Screens Source: Product Design & Development
• U.S. News STEM Solutions National Conference Source: U.S. News
• Early exposure to STEM education benefits children, economy Source: The Hill

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