| 3d Scanning, Metrology, Reverse Engineering
The FIA has issued new rules for the 2021 Formula 1 season which are intended to prevent teams ‘reverse engineering’ another teams designs. (Written by Metrology News) Early in the 2020 Formula 1 season the Racing Point team were penalized after it was determined they...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa. Unlike traditional devices, the artificial hand can be customised for children and youths, who...
| 3d Scanning, Metrology, Reverse Engineering
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 Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
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...
| 3d modeling, 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
USF Advanced Visualization Center Manager Howard Kaplan The 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...
| 3d modeling, 3d Scanning, Metrology
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...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
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...
| 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
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...
| 3d Scanning, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering
Before you can 3D print a part, you need a detailed 3D model of it. Army Material Command is figuring out how to scan tens of thousands of parts. One method: pull apart an entire helicopter. WASHINGTON: Wichita State University in Kansas is taking an Army Black Hawk...
| 3d Scanning, Additive Manufacturing, Metrology, Reverse Engineering
Every design and manufacturing business has the need to get existing parts into a Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems at some point. The frequency of this need really depends on the individual business needs. Companies that work with a lot of legacy parts...
