NEW YORK—Shapeways has building a new 3D printing facility in Long Island City. The facility will employ some 50 people and have the capacity to print 3 million to five million unique products annually.
MINNEAPOLIS—Stratasys has launched its ninth annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. The contest invites middle-school, high-school and college students worldwide to submit inventive new product designs, redesigns of existing products, or original or redesigned works of art or architecture, for a chance to win scholarships.
Acist (Advanced Contrast Imaging System Technology) is a medical device company that specializes in developing con-trast injection systems for use in cardiology and radiology.
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Researchers at MIT have developed a robot that can mimic silk worms and spiders and weave a cocoon-like structure with a little programming help from humans.
Recently, I joined nearly 100 other members of the manufacturing community at a 3D printing open house. Many manufacturers use 3D printing because it lets them revise a prototype many times before investing in mass production. I also learned about several other key benefits of 3D printing.
