52b29f997cd79dfd68b4c11db27338a3.jpg

Paris shoppers experience ECCO custom silicone midsoles designed and 3D printed onsite Consumer Products

by Consumer

Visitors to the interactive, experiential “Geek Mais Chic” exhibition at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, a premium shopping mall in Paris, found themselves at the intersection of technology and fashion. They became the first to experience the “just-for-me” benefits of a footwear customization collaboration between Dow, a global leader in silicone elastomer science, innovation and service, and renowned Danish shoe brand ECCO.

ee0cc6af9d270efa043e0aad798cdc93.jpg

Functional bioprinted kidney tubules to be used for drug testing and improved dialysis Bioprinting

by Business

Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Jennifer Lewis, Sc.D. is leading some of the most advanced and yet very real progress in 3D bioprinting. Unlike others, her team is not promising 3D bioprinted organs for transplants any time soon but nevertheless her research does focus on the body’s most complex biostructures, such as kidneys. In this latest study, Prof. Lewis and her team working within the Wyss Institute’s 3D Organ Engineering Initiative that she co-leads (and in collaboration with the Roche Innovation Center Basel in Switzerland), focused on renal reabsorption outside the human body, and specifically on proximal tubules.

e3205d8010baa9d331f8a530e51b0e23.jpg

Optomec introduces new LENS CS 600 and CS 800 metal 3D printers 3D Printer Hardware

by Technologies

Optomec, a specialist in metal additive manufacturing, has announced the launch of two new Directed Energy Deposition systems, the LENS CS 600 and CS 800 Controlled Atmosphere (CA). The new systems, which expand upon Optomec’s LENS series, were developed with the aim of maximizing the process’ build envelope while reducing the machine’s chamber volume and overall footprint.

25812b39df60a68628670777f8575494.jpg

Janne Kyttanen: why going beyond the razor and blades business model will benefit 3D printing companies Editorials

by Business

Imagine you are a large 2D printer manufacturer and you wish to get into the 3D printing game. You will probably think that if you create a great machine, 20% of your revenue will come from the machine sales and the rest will come from the materials. When we are talking about ink for 2D printers, whether you print a Mona Lisa or your shopping list on a piece of paper, the value and cost of the application is the same. In that case, it doesn’t really seem to matter what your customers print.