Make Parts Fast“Drawing on a napkin” reaches the 3rd dimension
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Now I’ve seen it all. Who would have thought about using a pen as a 3D printer to develop 3 dimensional objects? Or, for the engineer, taking drawing…
Material Matters: Aluminum
Monday, July 23, 2012
Aluminum is one of the most useful and widely used industrial metals. It is light and resistant to corrosion. It is relatively soft, ductile, and malleable and can…
Scale model tunneling machine wins Grand Prize at Roland DG’s 30th Anniversary Global Event
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Roland DG employees, affiliates, customers and friends from all over the world gathered last week at the company’s headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan to celebrate three decades of Roland…
Use a smart phone to share digital microscope images
Monday, January 2, 2012
This is an innovative design—a plastic mount that connects smart phones to microscopes to digitally capture and share scientific images. This is such an innovative idea, that Proto…
CNC machining speeds the development of custom gearwheels
Monday, December 5, 2011
Michal Zalewski is a multitalented guy – a successful software engineer by day, and robotics hobbyist in the evening and on weekends. He became serious about robotics almost…
Proto Labs’ latest Cool Idea! is a Rice University robotics project
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Proto Labs announced the second recipient of its Cool Idea! Award Program. Rice University has been awarded prototyping and production services to help launch a group of robots…
Reviving model making for architects and other GEO professionals
Thursday, October 6, 2011
By: John Ahladis, 2BOT physical Modeling Technologies 3D printing is quickly gaining ground in the personal, professional, and education markets. According to Janne Kyttanen, founder of 3D manufacturing…
What you need to know about Subtractive Prototyping
Monday, October 3, 2011
Not everyone thinks that subtractive prototyping has a place in the Additive Manufacturing arena. After all, subtractive is really CNC machining—a process that removes material from a larger…
Roland DG Celebrates 30th Anniversary with the Roland Creative Awards
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
To celebrate the company’s worldwide 30th anniversary, Roland customers everywhere are invited to enter the company’s first ever global design contest. The ROLAND CREATIVE AWARDS are open from…
New materials for subtractive prototyping
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) released additional materials and secondary finishing capabilities through QuickCutCNC™. The rapid CNC machining service, launched by Quickparts®, has added brass and aluminum to…
Managing Editor, Leslie Langnau
Leslie Langnau is the Managing Editor of the Design World Network. She also has more than 20 years experience as a technology editor, covering such areas as controls, mechanics, mechatronics, couplings, industrial networks, and the field now known as additive manufacturing (formerly rapid prototyping).
