News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
After extensive research on 3D printed footwear and 3D printed footwear tooling on Stratasys Origin systems, ECCO is now ready to offer 3D printed tooling for product development and commercial samples to the wider footwear market.
The upcoming Apple TV series Severance, which deals with a high-tech way to achieve a work-life balance, features a room with hundreds of Stratasys F123 3D printers.
German design company DQBD is leveraging the Stratasys H350 3D printer to produce personalized cycling saddles that offer a higher level of comfort and performance efficiency compared to regular versions. DQBD is additively manufacturing several of the saddle’s load-bearing parts at scale, saving thousands of euros in costs and cutting lead times from months to just several days compared to traditional molding methods.
The Thalassic Masks project focuses on re-thinking the protective mask, transforming a medical product, born in a state of emergency, into a design statement expressing contemporary identities. The latest creation by designer Filippo Nassetti uses PolyJet technology to create a series of wearable masks that define and represent the times we are living in.
And that’s why you really should never say never in 3D printing. When Sarco was introduced a couple of years ago as a 3D printed assisted suicide pod to simplify euthanasia we wrote that off as a publicity—or at most an artistic—stunt (so much so that we did not even cover the story). But we should not have written it off. Now the Sarco pod has been OK’d by the Swiss authorities (one of the first nations to legalize euthanasia).
Over three billion people are expected to need affordable housing by 2030. This issue is most acute in Africa, with countries like Kenya already facing an estimated shortage of two million houses. With 3D printing, constructions giant Holcim wants to be part of the solution via the joint venture 14Trees.
The Mission R is the latest vision from Porsche. With this study of a fully electric GT racing car, the pioneer for sustainable mobility shows what customer motorsport could look like in the future. And the 3D printed lattice seats ensure maximum comfort.
Materialise released new research which shows UK hospitality and retail sectors are not just suffering from finding staff, but their workers are suffering from physical pain. The large amounts of time staff spend on their feet is impacting their quality of work and mental wellbeing, with nearly one in five, 19%, having considered their future in the sector to avoid on-the-job pain.
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