Autodesk researcher Andreas Bastian used advanced generative design to make a new type of lightweight airplane seat that could make huge savings on fuel and money if applied in future aircraft....
What if you could carry your 3d printer with you as a small bag? What if 3d printers were everywhere? Researchers at HPI explored this possibility with actual hacked 3d printers and 3d printing pens...
CloudDDM is a company that operates like most 3D printing services where you can order parts through a web interface, but they're able to produce any part at high volumes and speed. They've recently...
3D Hubs, a local 3D printing service now accepts payments in bitcoin! This is a major step forward to truly decentralized manufacturing economy!From their press release:Amsterdam, March 9, 2015 ...
Red Pill Philosophy has an interesting opinion on this business move. The point is that the Home Depot is selling the technology which will drive it out of the business at the end.Maybe this is unrealistic,...
Big USA players like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and GE are already heavily into additive manufacturing, and Chinese are already printing big parts of jet fighters. European main aircraft producer Airbus...
Revolutionary machine or marketing hype? You decide ...New 3D Systems Cube 3d printer is just presented by will.i.am under Ekocyle brand and it seems like it is using new type of a filament made from...
One thing is sure: there will be much more litigation in the future ...From the video description:Three dimensional printing turns bits into atoms. The technology is simply amazing. These machines draw on programming, art and engineering to enable people to design and build intricate, beautiful, functional...
Ultra fast, with full customization of each piece by continuous additive manufacturing on industrial scale. 3D Systems shows their vision in this video with Project Ara being the real-world example...
I hate proprietary batteries, non-user replaceable batteries and non-standard power supplies. Companies just change battery design on each model and sell expensive external power accessories. It is a...
So, you have an expensive camera and a small plastic "thingy" on it brakes. Replacement part costs 143 $. What do you do? Answer is simple: you 3d print your own replacement part for 7 $.Raster, the...
Can you guess which is better?From source article:I recently had the opportunity to work with a great guy named Jose Delgado, Jr., a 53-year old who was born without most of his left hand. I made a...
Sculpteo (3d printing service company) made a study which shows that using a 3d printing service is more cost effective then buying your own 3d printer.Many people pointed at some obvious mistakes and...
See how this supply chain disruption is starting in real life based on practical example:http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/01/small-example-of-3d-printing-changing.h...
Learn why 3D printing is the superior manufacturing solution. Offering diverse, innovative products, less overall waste, localized production, and a new world of independent designers and brands, 3D printing challenges traditional manufacturing every step of the way. Susan Taing, founder and CEO of...
Great post on BoingBoing illustrating disruptive potential to traditional supply chain by 3d printing technology. It is also a small case study how physical objects can behave as digital objects.Basically,...
Medical prosthetic hand price compared to DIY 3d printed prosthetic hand. The price difference is enormous. There are many many reasons for this ... maybe I'll make some sort of analysis in the future...