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Tess Boissonneault joins 3dpbm as International Editor in Chief, News and Editorial AM Industry

by Business

3dpbm – the media agency that owns and publishes 3D Printing Media Network and 3D Printing Business Directory – is growing and further expanding its reach. To best cater to the growing communication demands of all major players in the world of additive manufacturing, the company’s editorial division is happy to welcome Tess Boissonneault as International Editor in Chief Editor, for the News and Editorial division (3D Printing Media Network).

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Energica’s Ego Corsa electric motorbike gets updated 3D printed fairing from CRP Technology Additive Manufacturing

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Earlier this year we learned that Italian additive manufacturing company CRP Technology would play a critical role in the development of Ego Corsa, an electric racebike designed by Italian motorcycle manufacturer Energica. The motorbike, which is expected to compete in the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup, is moving ahead in its development with the help of 3D printed parts, CRP Technology tells us.

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CERN technology used to create first color X-ray 3D scan of a human 3D Scanning Sevices

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Besides colliding hadrons to unravel the misteries of the Universe, CERN technology is at the heart of many things that have become widespread today, from CD’s to the Internet to the Cloud. They of course use 3D printers at CERN (although not subatomic ones) ad this time New Zealand based MARS Bioimaging used a CERN technology to produce a machine capable of creating the first color X-ray 3D scan of a human.

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How reverse engineering and 3D printing helped Siemens restore a 100-year-old motor car Additive Manufacturing

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Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd in Lincoln, England recently turned to 3D scanning and additive manufacturing technologies to restore a hundred-year-old Ruston Hornsby motor car. The car, originally introduced in 1920, was one of the first products released by industrial equipment manufacturer Ruston & Hornsby Limited, now part of the Siemens Group.

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3D printed MAISSA accessories by up-and-coming designer Giulia Ber Tacchini put fun back into fashion Consumer Products

by Business

Italian accessories designer Giulia Ber Tacchini has worked in the luxury fashion world for years, designing accessories for a number of well known brands. Fortunately for us, she branched out in 2016 to found her own luxury accessories brand: MAISSA. Now, I say fortunately for us because with the freedom to design her own pieces, Ber Tacchini has created some truly unique handbags and jewelry which have leveraged the creative possibilities afforded by 3D design and printing.