Today in Sliced, our 3D printing news digest, we feature the latest in composite materials; a virtual trip to Paris; electron microscope part inspection and BMW’s 3D printed motorbike. Read on f…
Day Two of 3D printing at IMTS, smart factories and preparing for serial production
Self-driving 3D printed vehicles, beer-pouring robots, robots 3D printing, whirlyball playing robots – ok I made that last one up but automation – together with additive manufacturing R…
Review: V&A exhibition The Future Starts Here Made In Space, Apple and Chelsea Manning featured
Self-driving cars, Apple’s corporate campus, and the 3D printed face of U.S. military whistleblower Chelsea Manning are currently on display at London’s V&A Museum. Part of The Future …
BMW and MIT reveal Liquid 3D Printed Pneumatics for self-assembling car interiors
Skylar Tibbits, who coined the term 4D printing back in 2013, and his team at MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab have released the details of an ongoing collaboration with car manufacturer BMW. Named Liqui…
Fictiv series B raises $15M for on demand manufacturing platform and “new world order”
Fictiv, a San Francisco based manufacturing platform, has announced closing of a $15M series B funding round led by Sinovation Ventures. Founded in 2013, the company offers digital manufacturing servi…
BMW demos 3D printed S1000RR sport bike following $12.3 million investment
This week multinational automotive BMW Group invested €10 million (approximately $12.3 million) in a new Additive Manufacturing Campus in Germany. In the teaser for this new facility, discerning viewe…
BMW Group invests €10 million in German Additive Manufacturing Campus
The multinational automotive BMW Group has invested €10 million (approximately $12.3 million) in an Additive Manufacturing Campus scheduled to open early 2019. A 6,000 square meter facility, the new A…
AMUG 2018 3D Printing Industry preview
Next week 3D Printing Industry will join the leaders, and most importantly the end users, of companies building and applying additive manufacturing technology. The location for the 2018 Additive Manuf…
Todd Grimm and Dominik Rietzel selected as key note speakers for AMUG 2018
Todd Grimm and Dr. Ing. Dominik Rietzel have been announced as featured key note speakers at the 2018 Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Education & Training Conference. AMUG is a highlight…
Autodesk opens multi million pound UK advanced manufacturing facility
Millions of pounds have been contributed to establish an Autodesk Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in the city of Birmingham in the UK. The AMF is Autodesk’s sixth technology center in the …