3D Printing for High tech

Have you ever wondered how the high-tech industry can keep up releasing new gadgets and all sorts of electronic devices at such a fast pace? There might be a dozen reasons that explain it but let’s focus on how production of essential components needs to be optimized.

Machine Learning Surfnet allows you to create 3D Models from 2D images

2D images can be transformed into 3D content. The method called SurfNet has been developed in a research led by Purdue University’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Karthik Ramani. How is SurfNet used? This method makes use...

Dassault Systèmes and Boeing, a strategic partnership for the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform

After AITAC BV’s acquisition and the agreement with AP Works, Dassault Systèmes expands its strategic partnerships, this time with the American giant Boeing, a contract valued at $ 1 billion according to French sources.  This...

Russians will send their first 3D printed TOMSK satellite into space from ISS

Since Spring 2016, the Tomsk-TPU-120 satellite awaited for the “go” before being sent into space from the International Space Station (ISS). Yesterday, Tomsk Polytechnic University announced the good news: “On Monday, the satellite's systems...

“Family of the future”, very soon to be unveiled by Flam3D

“Family of the future” is a project of Flam3D, a non-profit  organisation representing over 70 Companies and Research Institutes in Flanders, Belgium. The aim is “ to promote all aspects of 3D-printing and facilitate...

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: Bye bye 3D Builder app, hello Paint 3D and Print 3D!

With regards to a latest update of Windows 10, Microsoft announced that the Fall Creators Update will come now with Paint 3D and Print 3D instead of the 3D builder application. At the beginning, the...

A new way of 3D scanning objects by submerging them in water

It sounds like a baptism but it’s not! Researchers from Tel-Aviv University, Shandong University, University of British Columbia and Ben-Gurion University implemented a method based  on Archimedes’ ancient principle of displacement. They measured changes in...

A 3D printed robot is able to crack a safe in 15 minutes

SparkFun, a  Colorado-based open source hardware supplier shows how a 3D printed robot can crack a safe in about 15 minutes.  Nathan Seidle, founder of the company, carried out researches on a basic locked safe...

Facebook would 3D print a modular smartphone

According to a recent patent referring to a ‘modular electromechanical device’, Facebook would develop a smartphone with 3D printing. Facebook’s Building 8 group led by Regina Dugan is the service in charge of developing...

Qlone can transform your smartphone/tablet into a 3D scanner

3D printing is also revolutionising the world of application for mobile devices.  Israeli company EyeCue Vision Technologies, mostly known for its interactive children’s products developed Qlone, an application that will enable people to obtain...

Low-cost augmented reality glasses whose prototype has been 3D Printed

For $99 US, Mira, a Los Angeles-based startup launched Mira Prism, a pair of easy-to-use augmented reality glasses. The price is quite surprising given the high price level the market can offer. To understand...

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