Andrew Chary knew a 3D printer was in his future the minute he saw the intricately detailed models at an ArchiCAD seminar in 2007. The principal of Andrew Chary Architect, a high-end custom residential home designer in upstate New York, recalled how the 3D-printed models conveyed every aspect of the home design, down to the [...]
Objet Geometries indulged visitors to its ‘À vitesse grand V’ event at Le Mans last week with a demonstration of its latest 3D printer, the Connex350. The event was designed to give attendees a taste of the unique benefits of the PolyJet Matrix technology for rapid prototyping. The Connex350 allows two polymers to be printed [...]
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (February 3, 2010) – Instituto Tecnologico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey (ITESM), one of the largest and most respected universities in Mexico, today announced its purchase of the world’s most robust and qualitative 3D printer: the Connex500™ by Objet Geometries. ITESM is the first academic organization in Latin America to [...]
Three-dimensional printing may sound like stuff from a sci-fi movie, but so did airplanes and cars when they were first mentioned in history. Today, 3D printers are as widespread as those cars (with bicycle wheels) of old, but they are, in fact, real and are not mere specks from a Harry Potter world.
Hammered by the economic crisis that began in 2008, the printer and printer ink cartridge industries suffered a first-ever year-on-year drop in profits in 2009. Market research firms have released data showing the sectors’ profits fell by at least 2% from the previous year’s figures.
No wonder some industry executives are often pictured with some unprintable [...]