industrial design
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Experimental 3D Printer Offers a Clever Way to Eliminate Waste
One of the unique challenges of 3D printing is that models that feature structures hanging in mid-air, like the spout of a teapot, also need temporary structures to support the soft extruded plastic until it hardens. This can result in a lot of wasted material, because those supports are just discarded afterwards. A new prototype 3D…
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Your Next Office Might Be a 3D-Printed Smurf House
This odd-looking structure might look vaguely like an alien seed pod, but it’s actually the latest in cubicle design from Dutch 3D-printing company Royal3D. The cubicle or workspace is fully customisable and modular and made of plastic waste from PET bottles.
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Markforged, a 3D Printing Startup, Will Go Public in a SPAC Merger
Industrial 3D printing pioneer Markforged is gearing up to go public after a newly-announced merger deal with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) one.
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New York Should Be Ashamed Of The Heinous Chair It Built For The Pope
Pope Francis is hip to social media and cares about the environment. His new cool Popemobile is a convertible Hyundai. But the throne that the poor pope has to sit in while he’s in Manhattan is freaking design blasphemy. It’s so ugly, it’s ungodly. How in heaven’s name did we get into this mess?