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Karten Design Brings Style to Hearing Aids
10/21/2011 Time Compression

While eyeglass frames are designed by designers, the classic hearing aid—that flesh-colored aural suppository—seems to have been designed by—well, not a designer.

This Cast is Smart
8/22/2011 Time Compression

Pedro Andrade’s orthopedic smart cast concept “Bones” isn’t like the casts you remember when you were a kid. This high-tech design includes sensors that track motion and muscle activity near fractures, letting the patient and their doctor keep an eye on their progress via website.  

Solidscape’s Latest Model Material Offers Flexibility, Durability
8/3/2011 Time Compression

Solidscape, a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for lost wax casting and mold making applications, is offering a new model material: plusCAST.

Stratasys Expands Offering
5/5/2011 Time Compression

Solidscape, a solid little company based in New Hampshire (i.e., CY 10 revenues of $13.4-million) that produces 3D printers for investment casting applications—jewelry, medical, dental, industrial—has just gotten a big boost as additive manufacturing systems maker Stratasys has announced that it has acquired Solidscape.   Stratasys CEO Scott Crump explained, “We believe there is a significant market opportunity to expand its business in the under-penetrated jewelry market and relatively undeveloped medical, dental and industrial markets.

Renishaw Enters Additive Manufacturing Field via MTT Acquisition
4/15/2011 Time Compression

Let’s face it: When many people think additive manufacturing (AM), they think about making things out of metal.

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