All the recent news coverage and developments in additive manufacturing have been a huge boon to the investors in the leading companies. I have written here before about some of this growth but now there is a new player entering the space. ExOne is set to release their first earnings report this Thursday so I […]
The ecosystem of 3D printers is poised to grow as each printer finds its niche market. To do this advances must be made in the modeling and design software so that novice users can create things for 3D printing. Desktop printing benefited from the rise of word processing and desktop publishing software. Most mid-sized and large offices
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend Engadget first ever “Engadget Expand” conference. Billed as event “designed from the ground up for technology fans” it seemed like a perfect fit. Before the event I went through all of the videos for the included Insert Coin competition, read up on the various speakers and exhibitors,
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I have attended lots of conferences before, for the Manufacturing, Toy, and CAD industries but never a pure tech conference. This weekend Engadget is putting on their first ever “Engadget Expand” that I was lucky enough to grab a pass to. The San Francisco setting allows the trip will be parlayed into a quick excursion
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is gaining popularity. Searches for 3D printing are on the rise and even President Obama mentioned it in his State of The Union. This info graphic helps to explain a bit about what it is and how it can help people innovate. Thanks to Online Degrees for the infographic
The form factor of 3D printers, a massive machine that took up a lot of floor space, used to be very limited but recently there has been a lot of talk about desktop printing…. but is that enough. A few enterprising entrepreneurs Max Bogue and Peter Dilworth, have found a way to pack many of the
There is a lot of buzz today about 3D Printing, thanks to it’s inclusion in the President’s State of The Union Address. If you missed it here is the relevant quote Last year, we created our first manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio. A once-shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the art lab where new workers
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The other day I posted about a new 3D printer that showed up on popular crowd funding website Kickstarter. The “Delta Maker” utilizes existing technology and unique design to deliver an aesthetically pleasing 3D printer that hobbyists and makers would be proud to display on their desktop.Check out the DeltaMaker campaign on KickStarter – they are now
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Kickstarter has been very popular in the maker world, allowing enterprising designers and engineers to see their great ideas become products. In making new products often prototypes are required so it should come as no surprise that the users of Kickstarter may also use 3D printers. But Kickstarter also helps to develop and produce new 3D Printers.
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Just click to enlarge the 3D printing user categories infographic. The various users of 3D printing Check out more about 3D Printing and learn about the new industrial revolution.
