China is stepping up development of 3D printing, challenging the US' lead in applying the technology in manufacturing. It is estimated that about 17000, mostly personal, 3D printers are in operation in China. The US has about 47000 and ...
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Posted in Cardiovascular by Qmed Staff on November 22, 2013 Researchers at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute hope to create a 3-D-printed bioartificial heart in the next decade. The bioartificial heart would be designed from a ...
3D Systems announced today that it plans to host several Manufacturing Day open house events on Friday October 4, 2013. 3D Systems invites the public to participate in a series of interactive demonstrations of its latest professional and ...
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Taiwan-based office automation machine and office furniture distributor Aurora on September 25 signed with US-based Stratasys in Shanghai, eastern China, for exclusive sales agent rights for Stratasys 3D printers in the China market, ...
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The impressions you make on your customers mean everything for your success, and you must make sure that when someone sees your products for the first time, they associate it with quality and reliability, and not a cheap knock-off build ...
It’s Fashion Week in New York this week, and for MakerBot, the global leader in desktop 3D printing, that means it’s time to unveil a 3D printed fashion item and talk about an exciting new product in the world of filament. The ...
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Popular U.S. retailers and manufacturers are increasingly turning to the breakthrough technology that may lead to the next industrial revolution. Forbes reports that Massachusetts-based footwear and apparel company New Balance is using 3D ...
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US-based 3D printing material developer Taulman3D has selected VisiPak as the sole manufacturer of a new industrial 3D-printing material ‘T-Glase’. VisiPak, a division of Sinclair & Rush, has joined forces with Taulman3D to ...
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WESTEC, the leading West Coast manufacturing event, returns to California amidst an encouraging environment that has seen a measurable increase in exports, production, overall employment growth, and recent legislation designed to enhanced ...
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By simply printing out your own shower curtain rings, iPhone case, jewelry organizer or other common products, an average homeowner could recoup the cost of a 3D printer in under a year. That's the conclusion of a study by Michigan ...
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It may not quite be a character out of the Terminator 2, but university scientists have developed a way to use 3D printing to create structures made out of liquid metal. Researchers at North Carolina State University use 3D printing to ...
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Researchers have found a new application of 3D printing that produces lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand. The batteries could some day enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics or tiny bots. ...
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New legislation in New York City aims to regulate the use of 3D printers to make firearms, as the U.S. tries to cope with the possible proliferation online of drawings for making such arms. An organization, Defense Distributed, fired in ...
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NASA scientists plan to take 3D printers into space to enable astronauts to create tools, and even food, onboard the International Space Station and later on the moon or even Mars. NASA's chief administrator Charles Bolden talked about 3D ...
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Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun have found a safe harbour at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the internet. Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit that ...
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