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How Ford uses 3D printing to innovate
While 3D printing was little more than a toy for engineers 20 years ago, today Ford Motor Co. could not develop new cars without it. New technologies ensure it's coming to a production line near you.
Apple’s ARKit will make 3D printing mainstream
Apple’s ARKit will make 3D printing mainstream -- the $99 Obsidian 3D printer shows what’s coming
3D printing, married to traditional metal casting, could reshape manufacturing
Working with a Michigan foundry, Autodesk used its Netfabb 3D design software to create a 3D printed mold to make a magnesium airline seat frame that could save an airline more than $200 million in fuel costs.
Desktop 3D printer presages the future of multi-layer circuit board design
An Israeli start-up is now shipping to beta customers a 3D printer that can produce multi-layer circuit board prototypes, drastically cutting development time and ensuring that intellectual property remains in-house.
Startup unveils 3D printer that can build carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass parts
Impossible Objects is developing a 3D printer that can use composite materials to challenge traditional manufacturing methods to create parts for industries such as automotive and aerospace.
Stratasys unveils an assembly line of cloud-controlled robotic 3D printers
The new Continuous Build 3D Demonstrator platform includes a modular unit with multiple 3D printers working simultaneously and driven by a central, cloud-based architecture.
HP to scale up its 3D printer business for use in mass manufacturing
HP announced that after selling its first Jet Fusion 3D printers for manufacturing, it will now focus on growing a network of resellers and development partners that will help to standardize materials, drive prices down over time and...
Startup claims 3D printers create metal parts faster, more cheaply
Two-year-old Desktop Metal today announced its first 3D printer products. They build objects using dozens of different alloys with a method similar to today’s thermoplastic-based machines, only faster and less expensively, the vendor...
CEOs rate productivity 'very low' from emerging tech
CEOs and other senior enterprise managers rated four breakthrough technologies "very low" in terms of productivity improvement in the next five years, according to a Gartner survey.
Review: da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix 3D printer produces good quality, multi-colored objects
The da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix is XZYprinting's first fused filament, fabrication 3D printer capable of using two different colored filaments at the same time. While quality is still average, this machine is surprisingly capable.
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XYZ da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix 3D printer timelapse
As the da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix prints, watch the filament reels feed one color or the other to the extruder head.
Boeing turns to 3D-printed parts to save millions on its 787 Dreamliner
Boeing will begin using at least four, and perhaps as many as 1,000, 3D-printed titanium parts to construct its new 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft
3D-printed partial liver transplants targeted for 2020
A U.S. company that 3D prints liver and kidney tissue for pharmaceutical testing expects to commercialize a process for printing portions of specific livers that could extend the lives of patients waiting for a transplant.
VA hospitals adopt 3D printers to create custom prostheses
Stratasys is donating a 3D printer to five Veterans Affairs hospitals to enable the development of custom orthotics, prostheses and anatomical models.
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toki #2: the zoetrope evolved through 3D printing and light projectors
IDG.tv's Jimmy Conrad explores two of SXSW's many art installations: TRIPH by Circus Family, and toki #2 by Akinori Goto.
Desktop 3D printers: The latest and the greatest
Computerworld's Lucas Mearian has put several of the latest 3D printers through their paces. Here, we summarize what he found.
Ford tests 3D printer that can manufacture car parts of any size and shape
Ford said it is testing a new 3D printer capable of making car parts of unlimited size and shape, which the automaker said will enable it to reduce the cost of manufacturing and the weight of its vehicles.
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Unboxing the da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix printer
XYZ's latest 3D printer supports two-color printing at an affordable price. Computerworld reporter Lucas Mearian shows us what's in the box.
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