Category: 3-D printing
The Geography of Manufacturing’s Digital Revolution: Are the Jobs Coming Back?
We’ve been following the rise of 3-D printing and how it will revolutionize manufacturing. The Economist has some more thoughts on the subject, particularly how it will affect the location of manufacturing jobs: The revolution will affect not only how things are made, but where. Factories used to move to low-wage countries to curb labour [...]
FabCafe: Have a part made while waiting for your coffee
Springwise has a post on FabCafe, a Japanese establishment that offers 3D printing along with coffee: FabCafein Shibuya is now offering the use of a laser-cutting machine along with its range of hot drinks. The coffee shop, designed by Naruse-Inokuma Architects, is equipped with power outlets and wifi for laptops, as well as a Universal [...]
3-D Printing & “Organic” Manufacturing
The Economist had a correspondent at the recent Euromold conference in Frankfurt. They filed an interesting report on how 3-D printing (aka “additive manufacturing”) is not only changing the manufacturing process, but also how products are designed. The process enables fabricators to closely copy design solutions found in nature: An excellent example of deliberately copying [...]
Shapeways: Bringing 3D Printing to the Masses?
I know, we’re getting a little obsessive about 3-D printing. But TechCrunch recently reported that 3-D printer Shapeways just raised $5.1 million and is preparing to expand its presence into the New York metro area: Historically goods ordered (and then printed) through Shapeways have been manufactured either through contracted third-parties, or through the company’s own [...]
Coming Soon: Industrial Revolution 2.0 or Manufacturing’s Big Bang
The “Dispruptions” blog in the New York Times reports on the eminent arrival of 3-D printing and how it will change the world: It won’t be long before people have a 3-D printer sitting at home alongside its old inkjet counterpart. These 3-D printers, some already costing less than a computer did in 1999, can [...]
How DigiFab will Change Manufacturing Strategy
That is the focus of a post over at strategy + business: The rapidly evolving field of digital fabrication, which was barely known to most business strategists as recently as early 2010, is beginning to do to manufacturing what the Internet has done to information-based goods and services. [Check out the time lapse film above.] [...]
