by David | Aug 6, 2020 | Automotive, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
GM , the American automaker, has been at the forefront of using 3D printing in automotive industry. The company is using 3D printing since 1989 for prototyping. It is moving faster than many companies to seize a competitive advantage. . GM, till the end of 2019, had...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, Geopolitical Regions, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
COVID-19 has exposed the limitations of traditional manufacturing supply chains when it comes to continuing ‘business as usual’ by quickly responding to major disruptions like the ongoing pandemic. . The virus initially gripped China, which holds a...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, Electronics, Nanotechnology
A pixel – which actually is short for ‘picture element’ – is the smallest unit used to record or display a digital image. For instance, if your camera has an 8 megapixel sensor, that means it has a resolution of 3,264 x 2,448 pixels, i.e. there are close...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, Food, Geopolitical Regions
Israeli food tech Redefine Meat has announced that it will soon be testing its 3D printed animal-free “Alt-Steak” at selected upscale restaurants later this year. . The news is a milestone for the cultivated meat industry, which is racing to reach commercialisation....
by David | Aug 5, 2020 | 3D Trends, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt setbacks for plastics processing, and created a few opportunities too. And one of the latter that’s received outsized attention is in 3D printing. Especially in the early days of the crisis, shortages of medical devices and protective...
by David | Aug 5, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Medical, Prosthetics
For children with limb absences and discrepancies, prosthetic arms can be extremely expensive, tricky to use, and, like kids clothes or shoes, quickly outgrown, which means that parents have to spend a lot of cash for an important device that won’t last very long. But...
by David | Aug 5, 2020 | 3D Models, COVID-19, Medical
If you can’t see it, it’s not there, right? Wrong! But if you look at it in this way, its mode of action becomes clear: The SARS-CoV-2 virus in 3D print – for non-scientists and pharmaceutical research. If the real virus were this big, it certainly could not have...
by David | Aug 5, 2020 | 3D Models, 3D News, Medical
Above: A model of the cervical spine/Image Credit: Axial3D Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing, as it is commonly called, is known to transform several industries. However, one of the unique uses of technology is being done in the law field by a trial lawyer, who...
by David | Aug 5, 2020 | 3D News, Medical
A group of researchers has demonstrated that assembling a network of tiny, approximately 1.5-mm 3 blocks with the aid of optical technology can be an effective way to accelerate healing in tissue and bone. . Using Lego blocks as inspiration, they even learned that...
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