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The rise of manufacturing at The ‘desk: AU 2013 & CAM 360

Posted by Al Dean - December 19, 2013

Each year, the Autodesk faithful gather in Las Vegas to attend Autodesk University. This year saw nearly 7,000 folks fly…

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TechShop announces plans to bring open community workshop to the UK

Posted by Al Dean - January 22, 2014

Al works in a shed, but even he doesn’t have room for a waterjet. And he wants one. Badly. Last…

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Nokia want to get into your knickers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 18, 2014

It’s fashion week once more here in London, and the tech companies aren’t shy of hanging on its glamorous coattails…

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Product Design

3D printing: real tools please!

Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 24, 2014

“Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook” sang Arctic Monkeys. Their singer hit the headlines for his speech…

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3D Systems starts shipping ProJet 1200

Posted by Al Dean - March 24, 2014

3D Systems’ nifty wee ProJet 1200 – perfect for small scale, intricate casting patterns It was a few months ago…

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Prototype

FormLabs update 3D printer + Euro servicing

Posted by Al Dean - June 10, 2014

When FormLabs launched its Form1 3D printer on Kickstarter back in 2012, it took the crowd-funding game by storm. While…

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Future Tech – 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing International Conference 2014

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 30, 2014

The 2014 edition is sure to throw up some exciting developments in 3D printing Taking place on 8 – 9…

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Lotus F1 and Boeing team up for 3D printing & sintering magic

Posted by Al Dean - July 14, 2014

I think, by now, we’re used to snappy little videos about 3D printing. Whether it’s the patron saint of shitty…

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Got the horn – Swedish university 3D prints a nylon saxophone

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 8, 2014

Printed using an SLS 3D printer, this saxophone weighs only 25 per cent of a standard instrument Our favourite musically-tinged…

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168 Hours with a Formlabs Form 1+: Day 1

Posted by Al Dean - August 18, 2014

We’ve got our hands on a FormLabs Form 1+ 3D printer for some proper testing When you look at the…

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