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New Designers 2011 – Our best finds – part one

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 14, 2011

Easily the most eyecatching was this Triumph Twin Speed redux by Thomas Kasher and Roy Norton of Northumbria University Graduate…

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New Designers 2011 – Our best finds – part two

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 14, 2011

After a brief pause for some caffeine intake, we continue with the rest of our gems from the four-day New…

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Prime Cuts: Living well with dementia

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 25, 2012

The Buddiband, designed to help its user stay active and safe Winning ideas from a competition to help care for…

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Customisation key in 3D Systems’ latest acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2012

The arrival of summer has not seen 3D Systems let up in its spending spree – having announced its latest…

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New Designers 2012 – Top Five – No.4: Nick Chubb, Sheffield Hallam

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 19, 2012

Nearly 2,000 babies are born in the UK every day; that’s a lot of women undergoing – even in an…

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Affordable custom prosthetic hand design enabled – over 10,000 miles – using desktop 3D printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 9, 2013

3D printing not only helped the collaboration of this design over 10,000 miles, but proved a cheap production method A…

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Simulation: DS Simulia Conference, Vienna – as it happened

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 22, 2013

We’re in the city of prancing horses, good cake and schnitzel to learn more about simulation. It makes sense on…

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New knees – using a 3D printer to create bespoke ‘living’ joint cartilage

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 15, 2014

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is developing organic 3D printed cartilage using an EnvisionTEC Perfactory machine That collective…

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Delcam’s dancing feet: express custom orthotics, 3D scanned and milled in minutes

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 26, 2014

Delcam’s iQube scanner feeds the 3D model of the foot directly into the software and on to the CNC milling…

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Lithoz ceramic 3D printers gets a boost from EOS investment

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 1, 2014

Lithoz ceramic 3D printers have received investment from EOS’ founder and CEO, boosting the chances of scaling this technology Lithoz,…

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