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!

Magics 14 - Lastest Software Released

The folks at Materialise have announced the latest version of their Magics pre-processing software.  Magics 14 boasts several new features including the availability of 24 hour customer service.  Visit their site to learn more by clicking the link above.

 

Source: Time Compression

MakerBot Video Via Business Insider

Speaking of the MakerBot, we came across this nice little video that gives some insight to the Do-It-Yourself 3D Printer and the folks behind it.

Makerbot2 from Preethi Dumpala on Vimeo.

Source: Business Insider

Bright Minds Program Inspires Programs Abroad

RP Industry consultant and promoter, Terry Wohlers recently blogged about a trip to South Africa that included a program he attended with high school students to promote awareness of Additive Manufacturing.  Influenced by SME's Bright Minds Mentor Program, the one day event included 160 students and sounds like it was a great event.  

Head on over to Terry's Blog to get the whole story.

Desktop Manufacturing of Tomorrow - Apple iMake Concept

Make editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder recently came up with a cool concept for an Apple branded desktop 3D printer while working on a Mac|Life Magazine project.  Based on the MakerBot, the 3D printer would be open source based and could be fed files purchased and downloaded from the iTunes store.  Are personal RP machines closer than we think?

Source: BoingoBoingo

Dimension uPrint 3D Printer Recieves SEMA Awards

Stratasys recently received two awards at the SEMA Show for it's uPrint 3D Printer line.  uPrint was awarded the Global Media Award in addition to the Popular Mechanics Award during the annual automotive aftermarket tradeshow. 

The $15,000 desktop machine also won a Golden Mousetrap Award from Design News earlier this year and has been on the market for 9 months.

Source: Business Wire

Do-It-Yourself 3D Printer Makes the List of GeekDad Holday Gifts

Wired Magazine recently released it's GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide for 2009 online.  Included on the list were the digital design sharing site Thingiverse and the MakerBot do-it-yourself open source 3D Printer.  Yet another example of Rapid Technologies making their way into the mainstream. 
Source: Wired.com