Objet Connex Receives Honorable Mention Award

Material ConneXion has named their MEDIUM Award for Material winners and the Objet Connex systems have received the Material of the Year Award Honorable Mention along with 10 other ground breaking technologies and materials.

Get the full press release here.

3D Bio Printer Developed

After 8 months of development, collaborative partners Invetech and Organovo have announced they will be shipping 3D Bio Printers to research institutions globally in 2010 and 2011.  Utilizing 2 print heads, the printer has been used to grow arteries that could be utilized in surgery.  Head on over to Gizmag to read the full article on this exciting technology.

First Full-Scale Turbo-Prop Aircraft Engine Model with 3D Printing

Check out this video from Stratasys and Autodesk.  It features the first full scale turbo-prop engine to be built with 3D Printing.  The 10ft x 10ft concept model contains 188 components produced with FDM technology.

Laser Sintering and Materialise Showcased on Fast Company

Fast Company recently posted a blog article that included this nice video of setting up a Laser Sintered lamp designed by Studio Dror for Materialise's .MGX Design Collection.


Collapsing Volume.MGX from Studio Dror on Vimeo.

Source: Gizmodo

3D Systems News

3D Systems has made several announcements recently including a 5 Year Warranty for their ProJet(TM) 3000 Series 3D Printer Heads, the acquisition of AdvaTech Manufacturing and the availability of 3Dproparts in Europe.

Keep up to date on 3D Systems news by visiting their Blog.

Upcoming SME Webinars - Free Registration!

The RTAM Community has some upcoming Webinars we'd like you to know about:  

Nanotechnology Developments in the UK & China 

December 14, 2009, 10:00 a.m. EST
Hosted by: Nanomanufacturing Tech Group 


Social, Economic & Enviromental Benefits of Additive Manufacturing   
January 21, 2010, 11:00 a.m. EST
Hosted by: Direct Digital Manufacturing Tech Group

  

Material Interfaces within the human body (Working title)

February 10, 2010, 1:00 p.m. EST
Hosted by: Medical Applications Tech Group 

Head on over to the SME's Webinar Central to get your FREE registration started!