Additive Manufacturing and Industrial Tooling (Part 1)
The global tooling industry runs into hundreds of billions of dollars. In fact, I believe it is the single largest ‘horizontal’ industry that effectively caters to all of the major ‘vertical’ industri…
2013 – The Year 3D Printing Arrived at Wimbledon
So while direct advertising at Wimbledon is still prohibited, and always will be, I heard an LTA heavyweight claim yesterday, it seems that gimmicks are not. IBM is a Wimbledon partner, and pro…
3D Printing Makes Coffee Stand Out
We all know that a 3D printer can produce some amazing objects but could I make you believe that a Makerbot Replicator could make coffee? Well almost. Nespresso is one of Europe’s most successful p…
Smuggled 3D Printed Gun Meters from Israeli Prime Minister
The staff of Israeli Channel 10 television have performed the increasingly obligatory media scare story by smuggling a 3D printed gun into the Knesset building in Jerusalem… getting within a few met…
3D System’s Cube at Microsoft’s Build Conference
Microsoft’s Build Conference, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, June 26-28, saw 3D printing giant 3D Systems showcase its Cube home 3D printer on Microsoft’s new operating system iteration, Wind…
Asia’s Mixed Signals on 3D Printing
Ask anybody at your job or any of your friends and family to tell you which country makes most of the stuff that they use on a daily basis, and the answer you will most likely receive is “China.” F…
Future Talk: 3D Printing
Are you having a lazy sunday? Perfect time to check out this Future Talk video with Martin Wasserman. What is the future of 3D Printing? Are there any killer apps in the horizon? Clay Lambert of Te…
3D-Printed Barbie Represents Reality More than Mass Produced Barbie
We kind of already know that Barbie is awful. We’ve known it for some time now. The doll is introduced in high school health classes as the number one example of poor media representations that feed i…
3D Printing+ – Iris van Herpen’s Hybrid Dress
The focus was on the footwear last week when Iris van Herpen’s latest fashion collection hit the catwalks in Paris. However, I was also interested to learn, via 3D printing company Materialise, that I…
Comparing Comparisons: THRE3D Enters 3DP Directory Space
THRE3D is a new directory for 3D printing and a pleasant surprise. I don’t often offer a wholesale good / bad rating when I review, just observations and conclusions, but, well, I’ll come back to that…
