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3D Scanning, Reverse Engineering, & Rapid PrototypingFabrication Company Install Advanced Automated 3D Inspection Cell
PLÅTSON in Sweden is a 70 employee business performing sheet metal fabrications with plants located in the coastal towns of Oskarshamn and Västervik. One of its innovative products, CIT I LÄ, is height-adjustable glazing for patio and decks that provides adjustable...
3D PRINTED CAR PARTS FOR SOLAR-ELECTRIC VEHICLES
3D printed car parts are helping engineers to rapidly prototype solar-powered cars, accelerating research into fossil fuel alternatives for consumer vehicles. The explosively growing trend of electric vehicles (EVs) is clearing the way for new methods of fuel-creation...
High-profile homicide trial showcases evidence recreated at USF
USF Advanced Visualization Center Manager Howard KaplanThe digital reconstructions of three human skulls created at the University of South Florida are being used as evidence in a high-profile murder trial in California. USF Advanced Visualization Center Manager...
Cosmosphere creating digitally interactive 3D model of Liberty Bell 7
Space students from ages 1 to 101 will be able to get close enough to see rivets on spacecrafts, all from their computers at home, thanks to a new 3D imaging project at the Cosmosphere. Last week, the Cosmosphere began creating high-resolution, full-color, digitally...
Worlds First 3D Printed Shuttle Bus – OLLI 2.0
Digital vehicle manufacturer and parent company of Local Motors, LM Industries, has raised $15 million from an investment fund managed by the Japanese SPARX Group. Local Motors is the developer of Olli, a 3D printed, electric, self-driving shuttle bus, and the...
CHEVROLET RACKS UP 80,000 RACE MILES IN VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3D PRINTED PARTS
U.S. car brand Chevrolet’s motorsports division has announced its teams have raced over 80,000 miles of competition this season in vehicles containing 3D printed parts. The brand’s Corvette, INDYCAR, NASCAR Camaro, and Silverado race teams have all contributed to the...