Month: November 2018
With stock value still holding high, even after coming down a little from peaking in September, and booming revenues, Protolabs is one of the most exciting companies in additive manufacturing.…
November 30, 2018Bioprinting company CELLINK acquires Dispendix for €5M
Swedish 3D bioprinting company CELLINK has today announced it has acquired German biodispensing tech company Dispendix GmbH for €5 million. The deal will see CELLINK buy all of Dispendix’s shares…
November 30, 2018RePaint: the work of art in the age of 3D printing
As creative as they are innovative, MIT researchers are developing a technology that can faithfully reproduce paintings in 3D based on a 2D image. The technique, called RePaint, uses a…
November 30, 2018How 3D printing made this maker’s dream wedding a reality
If anyone has any objections to 3D printing a wedding, speak now or forever hold your peace. Erin Winick, the associate editor of the future of work at MIT Technology…
GE Healthcare has announced a partnership with VA Puget Sound Health Care System to accelerate the use of 3D imaging and 3D printed anatomical models for medical applications. VA Puget…
Proponents of construction 3D printing say the technology could be disruptive in the industry, offering a more flexible and cost-friendly way to quickly construct housing. These benefits, along with the…
Whether or not you consider vinyl to be “back” (or whether it ever “died”), there is no question that audio equipment manufacturer Lenco and Dutch 3D printer company RepRap Universe…
Although Formnext 2018 just finished, in true Janne Kyttanen style, I am already thinking about Formnext 2019. Before I share my visions of the future, let’s wind back to four…
Cars that go more than 1,000 miles on a single fill-up and smartphones that can run for days without recharging are among the possibilities that could come out of a…
November 28, 2018Canon announces SLM ceramic 3D printing technology and new material
Japanese corporation Canon has announced the arrival of a new ceramic 3D printing technology and proprietary ceramic 3D printing material. Canon says the “highly accurate” technology is capable of 3D…
