To date one of the greatest barriers to a wider uptake of 3D printing has been the availability of design tools that do not require a degree. In the last 18 months or so there have been some significa…
Mark Newson and the Design of Things
Award-winning industrial designer, Marc Newson, talks to Crane.tv about the nature of design and his perspective of it both historically and geographically. Mark’s self-awareness in the video below is…
3D Printing: Progression with Wood Filament Material
Back at the end of September, 3DPI reported on a new wood composite filament material for 3D printing. Laywoo-3D has generated a great deal of interest since, but a more recent, compelling development…
VXC800 — Industrial Grade 3D Printer Development
Some of the 3D printing system vendors are breaking with tradition this year ahead of the prodigious Euromold event by unveiling their new machines ahead of the German trade show opening its doors lat…
Not Happy with Jewellery Off-the-Shelf? Simple, DIY.
Last week 3D Printing Industry provided some insight into the 3D printing effect on the jewellery sector and the many ways that the technology is contributing to the development and/or production of e…
Dilbert: Has He Found the Killer App for 3D Printing?
The first mainstream cartoon strip featuring 3D printing has emerged and Dilbert might just have identified the killer app? Okay, probably not. But it is funny and it does work. However, beyond the ob…
DRM, Patents, Litigation vs IP & Safety
At the beginning of last month (9th October) a US patent (No. 8286236) was granted to Intellectual Ventures (Washington, USA). This patent is for a ‘manufacturing control system’ and within the copiou…
3D Printing Contributing to Underwater Conservation
Artificial reefs are essential for conservation work in many parts of the world. Construction-scale 3D printers have been used — experimentally — by an Australian-Bahraini team to create artificial re…
Kiosk 2.0 — Mobile 3D Printing
Belgian design studio, Unfold, has worked with 3D digital technologies such as 3D printing and 3D scanning for years and is a bold advocate of the advantages of the technologies as well as a creative …
Fashion Digital Studio
3D printing is making significant inroads into the world of fashion. It is not, perhaps, the most obvious industry sector with which you would associate this technology, and yet, once again it is the …