Sculptors and 3d printing

On friday I had a trip to London, talking finance, equity shares, next steps for a major project all very heavy stuff. On the way back from the meeting one of my good friend and business partners and I stopped by at The Royal British Society of Sculptors on Old Brompton road.
The outside of the building [...]

January 23rd, 2010 | Tags: | Category: metaverse | 2 comments

Just in Time and Just in Place manufacture

I was just typing an explanation of 3d Printing in one of the networks I frequent to help some people get a handle on 3d Printing.
It struck that the “just in” prefix worked quite well. We are all used to the notion of Just In Time when talking about stock levels in a shop or factory, [...]

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: | Category: future, metaverse | Leave a comment

3d Printing multiple materials with Objet

I just received a sample from Objet of the results of their new PolyJet Matrix(tm) 3d printing technology. Why is this important? This particular technology means that in one pass an object can be constructed of several types and forms of material. In the example sent through, a rendering of Zebedee from the magic roundabout [...]

June 26th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: business, future, metaverse | 2 comments