Tag Archives: 3D printing

The big pyramids standing on the Giza plateau involved a huge mass of workers that dedicated many years of hard labour to their construction. Herodotus wrote of 100,000 workers building the big pyramid (Khufu) but he estimated the number 2,700 years after the pyramid was built. Modern historians give a …

Earbuds have become so tiny and light that you can forget you are wearing them. For some, they have become an integral part of their “persona”. Let a few years go by and the broad adoption of aural augmented reality (getting augmented information through sound and voice, seamlessly, through earbuds) …

3D Printing is ideal for healthcare application. In this area you need highly customised products, you have a market of one! Look at the photo of the hip ball and socket implant. It has been shaped and sized to fit that particular patient. A different one will require different size …

I already posted news on artificial meat (both artificially grown and produced from plants) as well as news on robo-cooks preparing (simple) food in some restaurants around the world (with China, Japan and US having the lead). Now I see a news of a restaurant in Israel that just last week, …

As I had the opportunity to mention in previous posts the whole area of satellite communications is getting ready for a revolution. A number of companies are already launching low satellites in low orbits. This has the advantage of lowering the cost of launch and decreasing the power required to …

4. Healthcare The whole Healthcare system is on a journey of change learning to leverage on data. The Digital Transformation, DX, of healthcare started slow, in spite of the huge amount of data available, because of the sensitivity of the area where the wellbeing of a single individual may become …

Just two days ago I posted the news of 3D printed up-scale housing in Texas and now I stumbled onto the news of another, although quite different, use of 3D printing to build houses. In this case it is Mask Architects, a young architectural design firm based in Sardinia, Italy, …

Using 3D printed to “produce” meat is not new. We have seen several companies cultivating animals and plants cells and then printing them into what looks like meat. Usually what you get is meat that can be used for hamburgers or, in more advanced cases, as steaks. Now scientists at …

Four years ago, back in 2017, Michelin announced a prototype of 3D printed tyre (watch the clip) that was just awesome, promising to reinvent the whole business. The 3D printing made possible to create a structure that was as strong as today’s tyres but lighter. Additionally, such a tyre would …

As you grow older (I am an expert in this field!) you see an exponential increase in the number of pills your doctor wants you to swallow. It doesn’t help that as your age “improves” you are likely to become more confused and forgetful. Hence, getting at the right time …