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- 3D Printing – The New Frontier for Manufacturing
- I had the privilege of touring one of the prominent companies in this rapidly growing field of 3D printing,
Blog Published: 11/14/2011
- 3D Printing Assists in Making Real Steel
- Meet Atom. He’s a robot that stars alongside Hugh Jackman in the sci-fi flick Real Steel, a movie about robot boxing (think Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots).
Blog Published: 10/28/2011
- 3D Printing Comes to “This Old House”
- One technology that’s playing an increasing role in architectural design is 3D printing. And 3D printing is becoming more mainstream, too. Evidence of both these claims can be seen on PBS’ upcoming season of “This Old House,” where a 3D-printed mode...
Blog Published: 9/29/2011
- Creaform Launches MaxSHOT 3D Camera
- Although photogrammetry – the practice of making measurements with the use of photographs – has been around since the 19th century Creaform, the portable 3D scanning and optical measurement technology company, has brought it to the 21st with the rel...
Blog Published: 9/23/2011
- Hacking a 3D Printer
- Open-source development has gone from the realm of software to hardware, as well, as it is now being used in the development of 3D printers.
Blog Published: 8/10/2011
- High-Precision Laser Scanning
- Hexagon Metrology has launched the ROMER CMS108, a high-precision, non-contact laser scanner for its seven-axis portable coordinate measuring machines.
Blog Published: 8/2/2011
- Sit on This
- Unless you are really into sitting, a photo of a 19-in. stool that can hold someone weighing as much as 220 lb. and that can be folded away is probably not all that notable. But how this particular stool was made is: It was created via 3D printing.
Blog Published: 7/28/2011
- Cross-Over 3D Printing
- Although you may have heard of “crossover” vehicles—like a Chevy Equinox or a Toyota RAV4, which combine characteristics of cars and SUVs—you probably haven’t heard about “cross-over” 3D printers. But that’s how Stratasys is describing its new Fortu...
Blog Published: 7/21/2011
- High-Speed Plastic Milling
- There are three-and-a-half things about the M8 PlasticMill from Datron Dynamics that you really need to know.
Blog Published: 7/20/2011
- 3D Acquires Alibre
- According to its website, “We're the company that's redefining the 3D CAD/CAM market.
Blog Published: 7/19/2011

