3D Printing is not disruptive. I’ll admit I see how the term came about. Subverting the status quo, hacking our minds and disrupting stagnant industries have become battlecries–and for good reason. Those can all be important topics and help us keep thinking of fresh ways to approach problems. But personally, I don’t think we have to be so obnoxious or contentious about it. We don’t have to go into companies, slam the big red button, [...]
3D Printing: Revolutionizing Surgery and Improving Outcomes If 3D Printing has only one advantage it is the ability to produce complex, organic shapes. However usually one material is used and as you may have noticed, we don't exactly feel like Lego's, the stuff of most printers. Imagine being able to replicate the exact procedure of transplanting a Kidney or of knowing EXACTLY how a face transplant will be connected because you already tried it out [...]
Working at Cimquest you have a few advantages. A distinct one is having over a dozen top of the line 3D Printers at your disposal. Occasionally that means you get a few slightly unnecessary toys sitting around the office… However, our primary goal is in using the printers to educate. And that leads me to my topic today… uPrint / Dimension vs Fortus This entry concerns the FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) line [...]
