Tag Archives: 3D printing

c) On-demand production The efficiency of the distribution chains coupled with the flexibility of production lines have made possible an amazing change in the production processes and in the relation with the market (and with the end customer). Just two decades ago when buying a car you would have been …

3D printing has been around for several years and is now a mature technology (which does not mean it will not improve any further, quite the opposite, the more is used and the more is like to progress). Markforged, it used to be a start up that sprung from research …

The dream to connect a brain with a computer has roots in the past, first part of science fiction and more recently morphing into real science and technology. There are many aspects involved in this connection from sensing to understanding (brain to computer) and from coding to reaching the right …

Sometimes technology goes beyond imagination and this is surely one of those cases. A team of researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia have managed to create a set of inks that can be used by a 3D printer to manufacture solar cells 1.7µm …

KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken for the few of you that may not recognise the brand, has announced a partnership with 3D Bioprinting Solutions, a Russian company, to create their chicken nuggets using an industrial 3D bioprinter able to produce mass quantity of chicken meat… without using a single chicken! The …

The early success of personal computers among hobbyists was driven by actuators that converted bits into sound or light. At industrial level the conversion of bits into printouts and into commands operating a lathe or other tools was the reason for their adoption. Actually, it is this conversion of bit/data …

In this blog I often discussed Cloud, Sensors, AI, VR, 5G, WLAN, 3D printing and the various use cases, may be never considering all of them together. Indeed, there are plenty of application areas for these technologies and the more they evolve the broader their application areas become. Having said …

Yesterday, December 21st, 2019, opened the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. It will remain open till March 2020. An area of the expo is Eyes of the City, curated by Carlo Ratti. It showcases a variety of technology applications to highlight the growing impact of Artificial …

Additive Manufacturing – Market Having considered the various technologies in the additive manufacturing -AM- landscape let’s take a quick look at how the market is expected to evolve in this area. I chose the market evolution forecast for AM in the automotive sector because I find this sector particularly interesting …

5. Material extrusion Material extrusion is probably the most known 3D printing technology by the mass market because it is the one used by small 3D printers that have reached an affordable price point for residential users. What we do not have is, generally, a captivating use case for keeping …