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Formnext: The Real World of 3D Printing

Post author:Pete Basiliere
Post published:November 26, 2019
Post category:Insights

Formnext attendees looking only for familiar vendors wasted their time. Formnext was not just evolutionary improvements but – more importantly – it also featured revolutionary 3D printing advances. And therein…

Why ship atoms when you can transmit bits?

Post author:Pete Basiliere
Post published:November 10, 2019
Post category:Insights

Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab founder and WIRED magazine co-founder, asked this in his seminal book, Being Digital. Today, the answer is local production for local consumption with 3D printing. …

Manufacturing the Ideal Design

Post author:Pete Basiliere
Post published:November 1, 2019
Post category:Insights

Mobile phones with identical features are made by the millions. Same case, same glass, same antennas, same – well, you get the idea. But what was the first thing that…