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Metron Additive Engineering and the outlook for titanium 3D printed bike parts Consumer Products

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Dimitris Katsanis’ passion for cycling cannot be denied. Once an elite cyclist (he was a member of the Greek National Cycling team in the 1980s), Katsanis is now an important figure in bicycle design and engineering, supporting bicycle production for top-tier sporting events like the Olympics and the Tour de France. Notably, Katsanis’ company Metron Additive Engineering has been a pioneer in the adoption of 3D printing technologies for bicycle design and production.

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NOW presents world’s first snowboard binding designed by AI Consumer Products

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NOW, an innovative Swiss snowboarding products company (part of the Nidecker Group), and Addit-ion, a Barcelona-based studio of Artificial Intelligence design specialists, have unveiled the first-ever 3D-printed A.I. BINDING, entirely designed by Artificial Intelligence. Part of Nidecker Group, NOW is a rider-owned company, with the goal of improving snowboarding through creating innovative, relevant technologies for snowboarders.

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Someone 3D printed a life-size teenage Drogon from Games of Thrones 3D Printing Processes

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Youtube channel 3D Maker Things, which specializes in very large format and life-size print jobs, just completed a life-size replica of Drogon, the largest of the three dragons from the Game of Thrones series. With an almost three and a half meter wingspan, the print replicates Drogon in his teenage years (you know, when he ran around burning up sheep and the occasional kid) but it is nonetheless an impressive feat. You can see the project taking shape in this video.

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AMAZEA is the first serially 3D printed underwater scooter Additive Manufacturing

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JAMADE Germany, a company focusing on the development and production of electrically powered sports equipment, developed and serially produced the AMAZEA underwater scooter using large format extrusion 3D printing technology. This marks a significant new era for digital mass production, as the AMAZEA will feature an impressive 75% 3D printed parts that actually make the device impossible (or very difficult) to produce by any other manufacturing method.