Rapid Ready Roundup: Xbox One, Sugar Printing, and Cyvasse
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s hit start on today’s Roundup with some news about the Xbox One. Microsoft’s next generation of game consoles is scheduled to be released sometime this year. During the hardware design phase of development, the company turned to AM for rapid prototyping. Continue reading
Additive Manufacturing Helps Soldiers Breathe Easy with New Gas Mask Design
The sheer number of stories floating around these days with the words “3D printing” and “gun” in the title is pretty astonishing. You’d think all additive manufacturing (AM) systems did was spit out firearms. Yes, Rapid Ready has done some stories on that topic, but I’m happier by far to cover stories in which AM helps save lives.
Even when it comes to national defense, AM has more to offer than figuring out better ways to blow stuff up. UK firm Design Reality has recently put 3D printing to use to design a better General Service Respirator – more commonly known as a gas mask – for the British military. Continue reading
Rapid Ready Roundup: KamerMaker, Organovo, Custom Speakers and Tonearms
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s begin today’s Roundup by building on past work. The era of 3D printed homes may soon be upon us. Innovators have taken a number of different approaches to the idea, and Netherlands-based KamerMaker is another process looking to provide you with shelter. Continue reading
Rapid Ready Roundup: PolyJet Over-Mold, Shapeways, Square Helper, and Pottery
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s begin today’s Roundup with a look at materials. Solid Concepts has released information about its new Polyjet Over-Mold process. Using an Objet Connex500, the over-mold combines PolyJet White with PolyJet Flex Black to create over-molded prototypes more quickly than is possible with the usual casting methods. A single object can incorporate shore hardness between Shore 27A to Shore 95A. Continue reading
Stratasys Launches OrthoDesk Desktop Orthodontics 3D Printer
It’s easy to claim something is a transformative technology without really offering any proof for that claim. The term has become almost as much of a buzz word as “game changer” and its ilk. Additive manufacturing (AM) is proving itself to be truly transformative, across multiple industries, with its combination of speed, accuracy and flexibility.
One easy proof is the rapid change AM is making in the dental industry. In the place of labs where much of the work of creating dental prosthetics and modeling is done by hand with potentially hazardous materials, AM offers dentists a clean workplace environment where prosthetics or models can be created in batches with less waste and at a quicker pace. Continue reading
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