All three 2013 James Dyson Awards went to 3D printed projects
The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages, and inspires the next generation of design engineers, and 3D printing won in 2013.
Category: Future
A video report of 3D Printshow London 2013
Futurist Christopher Barnatt gives us a tour of the latest 3D Printshow, which was held in London on November 7-9.
World’s first 3D printed metal gun is here:
a model 1911, printed by SolidConcepts
The Liberator was the first plastic 3D printed gun, but now there’s a printed metal gun.. It’s a model 1911 and it works perfectly.
AMAZE project wants 3D printed metals in space and fusion reactors
There are plenty of 3D printed metals but the AMAZE project aims to develop tomorrow’s printable metals.
African man makes a 3D printer from e-waste
A resourceful man in Africa named Kodjo Afate Gnikou has built a 3D printer out of discarded electronics.
3D Printing: The Business Opportunities
Business opportunities in 3D printing comprise enhancing product design, transforming traditional production, direct digital manufacturing, and facilitating personal fabrication.
Design and print in augmented reality with virtual overlay SpaceGlasses
CAD with a mouse and keyboard has a steep learning curve, but modeling with SpaceGlasses is as easy as air sculpting.
3D printing Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
Taking designs from the drawing boards to real-world models is an important step in product development, and now the Hyperloop has passed that step.
Committing and solving crimes with 3D printing
3D printing is a technology that will be used by criminals and crime stoppers alike. Who will prevail?
A decade away from fabricating functional, custom human organs
Here’s nother timeframe on bioprinting organs, this time from Australian researchers.