3D (three dimensional) printing has been around since the early 1980s when boffins figured out how to do it. It became known as additive manufacturing as the process to make a product meant layering the materials to form the final unit. It didn’t really take off for about 20 years as the technology and materials evolved to make the process easier and cheaper to use. Last year I … [Read more...]
Airbus Invests in Local Motors
The auto industry has gone full circle - when it really got moving back in the early 20th century so did the aero industry, however unlike the industry on the ground, it was imperative that aeroplanes would stay up in the air so the technology rapidly improved and lessons learned were applied. Many pioneers in the auto industry took aircraft technology and added it to their … [Read more...]
Amazon, 3D Printers and a Truck?
Amazon, famous for selling books, CDs and anything else they can think of are really looking to the future of logistics. In March they filed several patents for an on-demand 3D printing service that would see them install a printer on a truck. The idea is to have the truck visit the customer and print the item on their doorstep. Clearly Amazon are looking at the lead time from … [Read more...]
