3D systems enter Heineken’s innovation challenge

The Heineken Innovation challenge is a $10,000 competition to find solutions for sustainable packaging and distribution solutions, although the true prize of a really great solution which can be patented could be much more if you could create the next ‘Tetrapak’. The Heineken Innovation challenge is suitably cutting edge and uses a lot of technology … Read more

3D systems expand range of Zoom materials

Speed is one of the qualities that made 3D printing for rapid prototyping services such a success to begin with. By having a 3D printer a company were able to get accurate prototypes and models in hours rather than using traditional rapid prototyping services techniques that often took days and which often gave models that … Read more

3D printer used in research at Seattle Children’s Hospital

In medicine some of the best results in research come when research centers and practicing hospitals and health centers work together: this is the case at Seattle Children’s hospital, one of the countries top pediatric hospitals and pediatric research centers. Both parts of the hospital though benefit from the 3D printer that the research department … Read more

3D systems boost customer service with new Italian Facilities

3D systems, the company behind some of the world’s most advanced 3D printers for rapid prototyping services and other 3D printing applications, has announced that its move to expanded facilities in Pinerolo Italy is complete. The multinational company has used the opportunity to consolidate the operations over several sites in the country and upgrade their … Read more

Paleontologists to use 3D printer to recreate dinosaurs

Robot or animatronic dinosaurs aren’t a new thing: they have been used in films, museums and traveling exhibitions for years but how accurate are any of them. Certainly most including even those used in films such as Jurassic Park are based on science, at least to a reasonable extent. While there are some things about … Read more