3D Systems Attending Inside 3D printing NYC Conference
Company CEO delivers opening keynote on Manufacturing the Future
Showcases most advanced manufacturing 3D printers and materials
Features multi-materials, full-colour, ceramic, metal and edible 3D printing
3D Systems has announced that it is brining its 3D PRINTING 2.0 to the second annual Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in New York City. 3DS is planning to demonstrate its powerful 3D design-to-manufacturing products that are designed specifically for the production floor and the engineer’s desktop. “The company invites attendees to experience the first and only professional full-color plastic 3D printer, try its fab-grade multi-materials 3D printer, and see the output of its latest direct metal 3D printers, all capable of printing fully functional parts and assemblies and available for immediate purchase.” Inside 3D printing NYC conference takes place April 2-4, 2014, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, NY.
3D Systems Presiedent and Ceo, Avi Reichental will deliver the opening keynote on the morning of April 3, 2014. He will discuss how 3D printing is transforming and localizing manufacturing, highlighting key trends and sharing advanced manufacturing initiatives.
“We brought to Inside 3D Printing NYC the most powerful set of 3D professional design, manufacturing and consumer products available today, to help attendees understand, embrace, and most importantly, position themselves to take advantage of the abundant opportunities ahead,” said Cathy Lewis, CMO, 3DS. ”The exponential performance gains we are delivering, together with new categories such as metals, edibles and ceramics, coupled with performance materials, full-color plastic printing and new physical photography devices, positions our 3DPRINTING 2.0 offering at the heart of the 3D printing growth opportunity.”
3DS is showcasing its new 2014 product line. The following will be on display:
Industrial-grade direct metal printing – The ProX™ 300
High Performance simultaneous multi-materials composite printing – The Projet® 5500X
First and only full-colour plastic 3D printer – The Projet® 4500
Smalled, most exonomical, precision 3D parts – The Projet® 1200
Integrated scan-to-design and inspection tools and print drivers- Geomagic Capture®
First-ever edible sugar and chocolate 3D printer – The ChefJet™
Stunning ceramic 3D printer – The CeraJet™
Vibrant, affordable full-colour desktop 3D printer – The CubeJet™
Professional-quality consumer 3D printing – The CubePro™
First sub – $1000 consumer, plug & play 3D printer for everyday use- The third generation Cube® 3D
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The use of physical models in court is not a new concept. For decades now, small-scaled models of crime scenes and other pieces of evidence have been entered into court to show jurors where and how a crime may have been committed. However, the use of 3D printing in investigation and court purposes is still new. This may be due to a lack of knowledge of complex technology, cost, and what can be done with 3D printing. It makes you question why people haven’t seen the benefit of 3D printing for use in court.
One reason why 3D printing for forensic use is not such a common practice is the fact that close range scanners that accurately record smaller pieces of evidence like skulls, bones, and shoes are not commonly owned or used by police departments. Fortunately, a local 3D printing and 3D scanning service provider with equipment capable of digitizing a particular piece of evidence should be in close proximity.
The first step to creating a 3D printing object is to be able to digitize the object into a 3D model. The second step after an object has been documented in 3D is to ensure that the model is made into a continuous volume without any “missing pieces”. The final step is the actually printing process itself.
Now that the 3D printed model is made. It can be used in many application which include training aids, investigative tools, test pieces, or as evidence submitted in court so that jurors may physically hold a replica of an important object in their hands.
Below are some further examples of practical applications for 3D printing in the forensics field.
Footprints
Creating replicas of pieces of evidence is not a new practice in forensics. Investigators and scientists have used materials such as dental stone to create casts of footprints, Mikrosil for tool mark impressions, and other materials that can replicate the surface of an objet either by impression transfer or curing, for years now. Although, footprint casting with dental stone is a common technique, it is not always practical when the substrate material is prone to deformation or when the substrate is rapidly deteriorating.
On a crime scene time can often be a factor and in many remote areas where resources and equipment may not be readily available, first responders have an opportunity to capture photographs of evidence using nothing more than a digital camera. By utilizing advanced photogrammetry software such as PhotoModeller Scanner or 3DReality, a dense and accurate surface model can be created. It is important to note that the 3D model is a replica of the footprint and not a surface that is cast as a “negative”.
The created digital model can be easily converted into a readily acceptable format for 3D printing and in the absence of more adequate casting materials, time, or resources, laser scanning or photogrammetry can prove to be beneficial.
Facial Reconstruction and Identification
When skeletal remains are found at a crime scene and the skull it intact, it is possible to utilize the skull to obtain information about the type of person who was found. Gender and race can be determined from various landmarks on the skull to assist with identification of the individual. At the Central Identification laboratory of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JAPC), they have a mission to identify the remains of American soldiers from past military conflicts. Among the lab’s tool for forensic identification are multicolour 3D printers. “For example, JPAC prints a model of a skull using digital information from CT scans of the remains. The 3D printed skull is then photographed from multiple angles and superimposed with photographs of known soldiers to gauge potential matches, a process called “skull photographic superimposition”.”
It should be mentioned that these techniques need not to be obtained from a CT scanner since photogrammetry or other 3D scanning systems are capable of capturing the data at different levels of detail depending on the need. “ Figure 2 shoes a skull model created solely using photogrammetry. Photographs were taken from around the skull in small increments and, once processed, a highly detailed 3D model is created. This can subsequently be converted to a STL file format that is universally accepted across almost all 3D printing systems.”
Fingerprint Examination
Another area in forensic science where 3D printing may prove to be useful is fingerprint examination. Small scanning systems allow for a suspect’s fingerprints to be captured fully in 3D. Traditionally fingerprints at crime scenes are captured through the use of powder and tape, they are eventually scanned or photographed as a high-resolution image. “The source of the prints are all curved and contain highly detailed ridges and pores.” The resulting 3D model is able to capture all the ridge detail and can be used for investigative comparison purposes.
In court jurors can benefit from large-scale 3D replica of a suspect’s fingerprint by being able to easily visualize the 3D replica and they also have the benefit of haptic perception. Fingerprints are a good example of how we can take something small and create it at a much larger scale to bring out specific details, which would normally not be easily visible by the naked eye. Fingerprint examiners in training benefit from the having the ability to visualize and feel what an enlarged 3D replica of a person’s finger looks like before making a flat print comparison.
Accident Reconstruction
Vehicle accidents represent an area where much is disputed and litigated on a regular basis. In many instances it takes more than just photographs to do a proper investigation. It is possible to scan vehicles just as they are found at an accident scene to give a more accurate account of how vehicles may have been found in their final rest positions, as more police agencies adopt laser scanners.
In the courtroom, a witness can physically hold a model of a crushed car and point out areas that were of importance. Physical 3D replicas can preserve some evidence for future viewing by juror and lead to more accurate decisions. Using physical 3D replicas crush and extent of damage can also be shown to jurors.
Structural and Industrial Accidents
There is often attention and investigation into the cause and origin of large scale and structural industrial accidents. Haag 3D has used laser scanners to document crane disasters where a large structural member has failed.
“In a recent case, Haag 3D was involved in a project involving the failure of a crane where the combination of wind plus other man-made effects caused a massive failure of the forward portion of the lattice boom. The crane and building were recreated using 3D printing and then subsequently placed in a wind tunnel to simulate the conditions and effects of wind.”
“Other forensic uses of 3D printing are extensive and are open to creativity. Some of these might include:
Printing a scale model of the first floor in a home where a crime was committed.
Recreating a physical copy of a weapon found at a crime scene.
Displaying bullet trajectories through 3D scanned article of clothing.
Creating a model of a suspect’s dentition and showing how well a bite mark aligns.”
Printing a scaled model of a collapsed building due to a bombing.
Creating test pieces of a piece of evidence that might be used in an experiment.”
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Combination creates the largest 3D printing personalized surgery and medical device service and product capability
Delivers the only integrated 3D modelling-to-printing capability available in both direct metals and biocompatible plastics, a system producing many FDA-cleared devices today
Release Date:
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 – 08:00
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – April 2, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced that it acquired Medical Modeling Inc., a leading provider of personalized surgical treatments and patient specific medical devices, including virtual surgical planning and clinical transfer tools, using 3D modelling and printing that is rapidly changing how reconstructive surgery is done today. The company expects this acquisition to be immediately accretive to its net income.
Based in Golden, Colorado, Medical Modelling pioneered the field of 3D printing-centric personalized surgery and patient-specific medical device solutions with FDA-cleared manufacturing processes and world-class expertise, providing help on tens of thousands of patient cases for surgical planning tools, implants and other design services. 3DS also announced today that it plans to consolidate all of its healthcare activities into a single unit under the leadership of former Medical Modelling President, Andy Christensen, who was named 3DS’ Vice President, Personalized Surgery and Medical Devices.
“We are thrilled to become part of 3DS,” said Andy Christensen, President, Medical Modelling. “We already use most of 3DS’ leading professional design-to-manufacturing tools including its Geomagic® Freeform® modelling software and haptic tools and advanced manufacturing Stereolithography and ColourJet Printing professional-grade 3D printers,” continued Christensen. “Working with surgeons around the world on tens of thousands of patient cases gives us a unique perspective on surgical planning opportunities that, together with 3DS technology platform and resources, could accelerate our global growth and enhance overall patient outcomes.”
Medical Modelling delivers Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP®), a service-based approach to personalized surgery that combines expertise in medical imaging, surgical simulation and additive manufacturing. This allows surgeons access to the most up-to-date toolbox for today’s most challenging head and neck surgical procedures. VSP combines a detailed virtual surgical plan with custom-engineered instrumentation to ensure surgical success. Patented and clinically tested technology is available to aid surgeries ranging from trauma reconstruction of the facial skeleton to guidance of fibula-free grafts to more routine orthognathic surgeries.
Dr. Oren Tepper, at the Montefiore Medical Center, used Medical Modelling’s VSP to perform a surgery on a small child who would normally have to wait 6 years until she was big enough for the operation. When she was born, Jayla Varga’s jaw was no bigger than her mother’s thumb, so small it pushed her tongue against her throat, preventing her from breathing or swallowing properly.
“The combination of our rapidly growing healthcare business with Medical Modelling’s expanding range of products and services creates the largest 3D printing based personalized surgery and patient specific medical device service capabilities available today,” said Avi Reichental, 3DS President and CEO. “By leveraging our collective expertise, technologies and channels under the capable leadership of Andy Christensen, we plan to deliver an expanding range of direct metal and plastic medical devices designed to address this rapidly expanding opportunity.”
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After a skiing accident, Amanda Boxtel was left with no sensation or movement below her pelvis, and for the past 22 years, she has been wheelchair-bound. Recently, however, Amanda has (quite literally) taken steps to improve her mobility. Through close work with two technology companies, Amanda has become the inadvertent spokesperson for a new era of bionic technology. 3D Systems and Ekso-Bionics teamed up to help Amanda get a 3D printed and articulating exo-suit custom fitted to her own body, that enables Amanda to stand and walk unassisted.
In a newly released video, Amanda shares her personal views of the meaning of the neuro-prosthetic suit. “For the first time I feel as if the exoskeleton is truly one with me,” she says on the video. “It’s as if it was an extension of my body.”
In her view, bionic exo-suits will not only give paralyzed individuals the opportunity to reclaim freedom of movement, but will evolve into an art form that is built from each individual’s personal blueprint.
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3D Systems Names Special 3D Design Challenge Winners
Students challenged to express their bold ideas through 3D printing within the Future New category
3DS rewards 3 students with $1,000 scholarship or Cube® 3D printer
Release Date:
Monday, March 31, 2014 – 08:31
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – March 31, 2014 –3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced the three winners of the 3D Design Award for the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The 3D Design Award, which exemplifies the Scholastic Award’s “Future New” category, inspires students to use 3D design and printing tools to create innovative art. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative students in grades 7–12, and this year received more then 255,000 submissions for the program’s 28 categories, which include everything from Future New, comic art, video game design and flash fiction to the more traditional mediums of poetry and sculpture.
The “Future New” category evaluates the originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice through the 3D printed designs. The winners are offered a choice between a $1,000 scholarship or their own Cube® home 3D printer.
The winners of the 2014 Future New 3D Design Award are:
TJ Gascho, 10th Grade, California
TJ Gascho submitted “Egg-scape” using the 3D animation program Blender. Egg-scape portrays an egg yolk as a creature trying to escape from the egg whites representing a “human, born into this word in a bad environment, and though it tries to escape, it never can…”
Eric Voorhis, 12th Grade, Florida
Eric Voorhis created “Visual Representations of Audio Files” by various musical artists using 3D printing software. He converted mp3 music into a visual 2D plane, presenting a final image containing millions of pixels composed into static white noise. His three 3D static blocks represent the complexity of sound as an image.
Elbert Han, 12th Grade, Michigan
Elbert Han designed “Metamorphosis,” a multipurpose accessory that converts from a set of two cufflinks to a cuff bracelet via a system of hinging magnets. The goal of this piece is to create a versatile accessory that could transition from a formal to casual setting, giving the wearer the freedom to sport this accessory regardless of the situation in which they find themselves.
“This year’s award winners are a testament to the art of the possible, with 3D design and printing tools. Together with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers we are nurturing a new kind of digital literacy with real world implications,” said Leanne Gluck, Director of Social Impact, 3DS. “Scholastic Art & Writing Award winners give teachers, students and parents reason to be optimistic that these skills are relatively quick to learn and even quicker to implement.”
3DS has partnered with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit presenter of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, since 2012 with a joint mission to provide 21st century tools of expression and to challenge today’s students and tomorrow’s artists, designers, entrepreneurs and leaders to think and create in new, bold directions. 3DS provides free access to its consumer design tools for students to create their work in 3D.
“The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were created with a mission to recognize creative teens and show their work to the world, proving they are sophisticated young artists in their own right,” noted Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. “The works that students share with us in the Future New category that are designed with free resources provided by 3D Systems are wonderful examples of the innovative thinking that our country needs in future leaders of all industries.”
To learn more about 3DS’ commitment to education and providing today’s students with tomorrow’s technology, visitwww.cubify.com/education.
Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto. We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.
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3D Systems Delivers 3D PRINTING 2.0 to Baselworld 2014
Discover digital jewelry design and manufacturing at key trade event
See the new ProJet® 1200 micro-SLA printer for jewelry casting patterns
Learn how to accelerate your business with 3D Systems’ range of 3D printers
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced it will be exhibiting at Baselworld 2014, the world’s most important watch and jewelry show, from March 27–April 3, 2014 in Basel, Switzerland. In partnership with resellers from around the world, 3D Systems will be showing the 150,000 attendees how digital design and 3D printing can accelerate jewelers’ production processes and business models.
3D Systems will be located in Hall 4U, Stand A01, at the Messe Basel, with six of its resellers in attendance to demonstrate a range of 3D-printed jewelry and watchmaking technologies: Almera from Turkey, Prototek/Selitek from Italy, Miradurfrom China, Steiner from Switzerland, Shree Rapid Technologies from India, and Westcam from Austria. Together these companies will explain and demonstrate how 3D PRINTING 2.0 allows jewelry designers and manufacturers to improve product quality, shorten product time-to-market, and reduce costs.
“Our 3D printing technologies allow very fast but very accurate production of jewelry casting patterns and end-use metal parts direct from digital designs,” said Cathy Lewis, Chief Marketing Officer, 3DS. “These technologies are allowing rapid evolution of workflows for jewelry design-to-production processes into the digital 3D printing age.”
Visitors to BaselWorld will be able to get an up-close look at the new ProJet 1200 micro-SLA printer, ideal for fast, accurate creation of small but very detailed 3D-printed jewelry casting patterns. In addition, visitors can see the ProJet 3500 3Dprinter range for creation of RealWax and ProCast casting patterns, micro and specialty investment casting. For larger-scale casting the ProJet 6000 SLA printer will be on hand to show mass-production of the most complex, high-precision casting patterns for industrial uses. 3D Systems’ Geomagic Freeform organic sculpting and design tools will be on display for attendees to experience, as well as direct metal sintered parts.
Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto. We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.
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3D Systems Showcases 3DPRINTING 2.0 to Inside 3D printing NYC Conference
3D Systems Attending Inside 3D printing NYC Conference
3D Systems has announced that it is brining its 3D PRINTING 2.0 to the second annual Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in New York City. 3DS is planning to demonstrate its powerful 3D design-to-manufacturing products that are designed specifically for the production floor and the engineer’s desktop. “The company invites attendees to experience the first and only professional full-color plastic 3D printer, try its fab-grade multi-materials 3D printer, and see the output of its latest direct metal 3D printers, all capable of printing fully functional parts and assemblies and available for immediate purchase.” Inside 3D printing NYC conference takes place April 2-4, 2014, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, NY.
3D Systems Presiedent and Ceo, Avi Reichental will deliver the opening keynote on the morning of April 3, 2014. He will discuss how 3D printing is transforming and localizing manufacturing, highlighting key trends and sharing advanced manufacturing initiatives.
“We brought to Inside 3D Printing NYC the most powerful set of 3D professional design, manufacturing and consumer products available today, to help attendees understand, embrace, and most importantly, position themselves to take advantage of the abundant opportunities ahead,” said Cathy Lewis, CMO, 3DS. ”The exponential performance gains we are delivering, together with new categories such as metals, edibles and ceramics, coupled with performance materials, full-color plastic printing and new physical photography devices, positions our 3DPRINTING 2.0 offering at the heart of the 3D printing growth opportunity.”
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Forensic Uses of 3D Printing
Forensic Uses of 3D Printing
The use of physical models in court is not a new concept. For decades now, small-scaled models of crime scenes and other pieces of evidence have been entered into court to show jurors where and how a crime may have been committed. However, the use of 3D printing in investigation and court purposes is still new. This may be due to a lack of knowledge of complex technology, cost, and what can be done with 3D printing. It makes you question why people haven’t seen the benefit of 3D printing for use in court.
One reason why 3D printing for forensic use is not such a common practice is the fact that close range scanners that accurately record smaller pieces of evidence like skulls, bones, and shoes are not commonly owned or used by police departments. Fortunately, a local 3D printing and 3D scanning service provider with equipment capable of digitizing a particular piece of evidence should be in close proximity.
The first step to creating a 3D printing object is to be able to digitize the object into a 3D model. The second step after an object has been documented in 3D is to ensure that the model is made into a continuous volume without any “missing pieces”. The final step is the actually printing process itself.
Now that the 3D printed model is made. It can be used in many application which include training aids, investigative tools, test pieces, or as evidence submitted in court so that jurors may physically hold a replica of an important object in their hands.
Below are some further examples of practical applications for 3D printing in the forensics field.
Footprints
Creating replicas of pieces of evidence is not a new practice in forensics. Investigators and scientists have used materials such as dental stone to create casts of footprints, Mikrosil for tool mark impressions, and other materials that can replicate the surface of an objet either by impression transfer or curing, for years now. Although, footprint casting with dental stone is a common technique, it is not always practical when the substrate material is prone to deformation or when the substrate is rapidly deteriorating.
On a crime scene time can often be a factor and in many remote areas where resources and equipment may not be readily available, first responders have an opportunity to capture photographs of evidence using nothing more than a digital camera. By utilizing advanced photogrammetry software such as PhotoModeller Scanner or 3DReality, a dense and accurate surface model can be created. It is important to note that the 3D model is a replica of the footprint and not a surface that is cast as a “negative”.
The created digital model can be easily converted into a readily acceptable format for 3D printing and in the absence of more adequate casting materials, time, or resources, laser scanning or photogrammetry can prove to be beneficial.
Facial Reconstruction and Identification
When skeletal remains are found at a crime scene and the skull it intact, it is possible to utilize the skull to obtain information about the type of person who was found. Gender and race can be determined from various landmarks on the skull to assist with identification of the individual. At the Central Identification laboratory of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JAPC), they have a mission to identify the remains of American soldiers from past military conflicts. Among the lab’s tool for forensic identification are multicolour 3D printers. “For example, JPAC prints a model of a skull using digital information from CT scans of the remains. The 3D printed skull is then photographed from multiple angles and superimposed with photographs of known soldiers to gauge potential matches, a process called “skull photographic superimposition”.”
It should be mentioned that these techniques need not to be obtained from a CT scanner since photogrammetry or other 3D scanning systems are capable of capturing the data at different levels of detail depending on the need. “ Figure 2 shoes a skull model created solely using photogrammetry. Photographs were taken from around the skull in small increments and, once processed, a highly detailed 3D model is created. This can subsequently be converted to a STL file format that is universally accepted across almost all 3D printing systems.”
Fingerprint Examination
Another area in forensic science where 3D printing may prove to be useful is fingerprint examination. Small scanning systems allow for a suspect’s fingerprints to be captured fully in 3D. Traditionally fingerprints at crime scenes are captured through the use of powder and tape, they are eventually scanned or photographed as a high-resolution image. “The source of the prints are all curved and contain highly detailed ridges and pores.” The resulting 3D model is able to capture all the ridge detail and can be used for investigative comparison purposes.
In court jurors can benefit from large-scale 3D replica of a suspect’s fingerprint by being able to easily visualize the 3D replica and they also have the benefit of haptic perception. Fingerprints are a good example of how we can take something small and create it at a much larger scale to bring out specific details, which would normally not be easily visible by the naked eye. Fingerprint examiners in training benefit from the having the ability to visualize and feel what an enlarged 3D replica of a person’s finger looks like before making a flat print comparison.
Accident Reconstruction
Vehicle accidents represent an area where much is disputed and litigated on a regular basis. In many instances it takes more than just photographs to do a proper investigation. It is possible to scan vehicles just as they are found at an accident scene to give a more accurate account of how vehicles may have been found in their final rest positions, as more police agencies adopt laser scanners.
In the courtroom, a witness can physically hold a model of a crushed car and point out areas that were of importance. Physical 3D replicas can preserve some evidence for future viewing by juror and lead to more accurate decisions. Using physical 3D replicas crush and extent of damage can also be shown to jurors.
Structural and Industrial Accidents
There is often attention and investigation into the cause and origin of large scale and structural industrial accidents. Haag 3D has used laser scanners to document crane disasters where a large structural member has failed.
“In a recent case, Haag 3D was involved in a project involving the failure of a crane where the combination of wind plus other man-made effects caused a massive failure of the forward portion of the lattice boom. The crane and building were recreated using 3D printing and then subsequently placed in a wind tunnel to simulate the conditions and effects of wind.”
“Other forensic uses of 3D printing are extensive and are open to creativity. Some of these might include:
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3D Systems Acquires Medical Modelling
3D Systems Acquires Medical Modelling
Release Date:
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 – 08:00
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – April 2, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced that it acquired Medical Modeling Inc., a leading provider of personalized surgical treatments and patient specific medical devices, including virtual surgical planning and clinical transfer tools, using 3D modelling and printing that is rapidly changing how reconstructive surgery is done today. The company expects this acquisition to be immediately accretive to its net income.
Based in Golden, Colorado, Medical Modelling pioneered the field of 3D printing-centric personalized surgery and patient-specific medical device solutions with FDA-cleared manufacturing processes and world-class expertise, providing help on tens of thousands of patient cases for surgical planning tools, implants and other design services. 3DS also announced today that it plans to consolidate all of its healthcare activities into a single unit under the leadership of former Medical Modelling President, Andy Christensen, who was named 3DS’ Vice President, Personalized Surgery and Medical Devices.
“We are thrilled to become part of 3DS,” said Andy Christensen, President, Medical Modelling. “We already use most of 3DS’ leading professional design-to-manufacturing tools including its Geomagic® Freeform® modelling software and haptic tools and advanced manufacturing Stereolithography and ColourJet Printing professional-grade 3D printers,” continued Christensen. “Working with surgeons around the world on tens of thousands of patient cases gives us a unique perspective on surgical planning opportunities that, together with 3DS technology platform and resources, could accelerate our global growth and enhance overall patient outcomes.”
Medical Modelling delivers Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP®), a service-based approach to personalized surgery that combines expertise in medical imaging, surgical simulation and additive manufacturing. This allows surgeons access to the most up-to-date toolbox for today’s most challenging head and neck surgical procedures. VSP combines a detailed virtual surgical plan with custom-engineered instrumentation to ensure surgical success. Patented and clinically tested technology is available to aid surgeries ranging from trauma reconstruction of the facial skeleton to guidance of fibula-free grafts to more routine orthognathic surgeries.
Dr. Oren Tepper, at the Montefiore Medical Center, used Medical Modelling’s VSP to perform a surgery on a small child who would normally have to wait 6 years until she was big enough for the operation. When she was born, Jayla Varga’s jaw was no bigger than her mother’s thumb, so small it pushed her tongue against her throat, preventing her from breathing or swallowing properly.
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“The combination of our rapidly growing healthcare business with Medical Modelling’s expanding range of products and services creates the largest 3D printing based personalized surgery and patient specific medical device service capabilities available today,” said Avi Reichental, 3DS President and CEO. “By leveraging our collective expertise, technologies and channels under the capable leadership of Andy Christensen, we plan to deliver an expanding range of direct metal and plastic medical devices designed to address this rapidly expanding opportunity.”
Watch Avi Reichental and Andy Christensen discussing personalized surgery and patient specific medical devices and the acquisition here.
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Objex Unlimited
36 Fieldway Road,
Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2
Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto. We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.
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Phone: 416-233-7165
Email: sales@objexunlimited.com
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST
Amanda Boxtel’s 3D printed exoskeleton in her own words.
Standing Tall
After a skiing accident, Amanda Boxtel was left with no sensation or movement below her pelvis, and for the past 22 years, she has been wheelchair-bound. Recently, however, Amanda has (quite literally) taken steps to improve her mobility. Through close work with two technology companies, Amanda has become the inadvertent spokesperson for a new era of bionic technology. 3D Systems and Ekso-Bionics teamed up to help Amanda get a 3D printed and articulating exo-suit custom fitted to her own body, that enables Amanda to stand and walk unassisted.
In a newly released video, Amanda shares her personal views of the meaning of the neuro-prosthetic suit. “For the first time I feel as if the exoskeleton is truly one with me,” she says on the video. “It’s as if it was an extension of my body.”
In her view, bionic exo-suits will not only give paralyzed individuals the opportunity to reclaim freedom of movement, but will evolve into an art form that is built from each individual’s personal blueprint.
Watch Amanda’s journey by clicking here !
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Objex Unlimited
36 Fieldway Road,
Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2
Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto. We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.
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Phone: 416-233-7165
Email: sales@objexunlimited.com
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST
3D Systems Names Special 3D Design Challenge Winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
3D Systems Names Special 3D Design Challenge Winners
Release Date:
Monday, March 31, 2014 – 08:31
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – March 31, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced the three winners of the 3D Design Award for the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The 3D Design Award, which exemplifies the Scholastic Award’s “Future New” category, inspires students to use 3D design and printing tools to create innovative art. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative students in grades 7–12, and this year received more then 255,000 submissions for the program’s 28 categories, which include everything from Future New, comic art, video game design and flash fiction to the more traditional mediums of poetry and sculpture.
The “Future New” category evaluates the originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice through the 3D printed designs. The winners are offered a choice between a $1,000 scholarship or their own Cube® home 3D printer.
The winners of the 2014 Future New 3D Design Award are:
TJ Gascho, 10th Grade, California
TJ Gascho submitted “Egg-scape” using the 3D animation program Blender. Egg-scape portrays an egg yolk as a creature trying to escape from the egg whites representing a “human, born into this word in a bad environment, and though it tries to escape, it never can…”
Eric Voorhis, 12th Grade, Florida
Eric Voorhis created “Visual Representations of Audio Files” by various musical artists using 3D printing software. He converted mp3 music into a visual 2D plane, presenting a final image containing millions of pixels composed into static white noise. His three 3D static blocks represent the complexity of sound as an image.
Elbert Han, 12th Grade, Michigan
Elbert Han designed “Metamorphosis,” a multipurpose accessory that converts from a set of two cufflinks to a cuff bracelet via a system of hinging magnets. The goal of this piece is to create a versatile accessory that could transition from a formal to casual setting, giving the wearer the freedom to sport this accessory regardless of the situation in which they find themselves.
“This year’s award winners are a testament to the art of the possible, with 3D design and printing tools. Together with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers we are nurturing a new kind of digital literacy with real world implications,” said Leanne Gluck, Director of Social Impact, 3DS. “Scholastic Art & Writing Award winners give teachers, students and parents reason to be optimistic that these skills are relatively quick to learn and even quicker to implement.”
3DS has partnered with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit presenter of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, since 2012 with a joint mission to provide 21st century tools of expression and to challenge today’s students and tomorrow’s artists, designers, entrepreneurs and leaders to think and create in new, bold directions. 3DS provides free access to its consumer design tools for students to create their work in 3D.
“The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were created with a mission to recognize creative teens and show their work to the world, proving they are sophisticated young artists in their own right,” noted Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. “The works that students share with us in the Future New category that are designed with free resources provided by 3D Systems are wonderful examples of the innovative thinking that our country needs in future leaders of all industries.”
To learn more about 3DS’ commitment to education and providing today’s students with tomorrow’s technology, visitwww.cubify.com/education.
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Objex Unlimited
36 Fieldway Road,
Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2
Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto. We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.
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Phone: 416-233-7165
Email: sales@objexunlimited.com
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST
3D Systems Delivers 3D PRINTING 2.0 to Baselworld 2014
3D Systems Delivers 3D PRINTING 2.0 to Baselworld 2014
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced it will be exhibiting at Baselworld 2014, the world’s most important watch and jewelry show, from March 27–April 3, 2014 in Basel, Switzerland. In partnership with resellers from around the world, 3D Systems will be showing the 150,000 attendees how digital design and 3D printing can accelerate jewelers’ production processes and business models.
3D Systems will be located in Hall 4U, Stand A01, at the Messe Basel, with six of its resellers in attendance to demonstrate a range of 3D-printed jewelry and watchmaking technologies: Almera from Turkey, Prototek/Selitek from Italy, Miradurfrom China, Steiner from Switzerland, Shree Rapid Technologies from India, and Westcam from Austria. Together these companies will explain and demonstrate how 3D PRINTING 2.0 allows jewelry designers and manufacturers to improve product quality, shorten product time-to-market, and reduce costs.
“Our 3D printing technologies allow very fast but very accurate production of jewelry casting patterns and end-use metal parts direct from digital designs,” said Cathy Lewis, Chief Marketing Officer, 3DS. “These technologies are allowing rapid evolution of workflows for jewelry design-to-production processes into the digital 3D printing age.”
Visitors to BaselWorld will be able to get an up-close look at the new ProJet 1200 micro-SLA printer, ideal for fast, accurate creation of small but very detailed 3D-printed jewelry casting patterns. In addition, visitors can see the ProJet 3500 3Dprinter range for creation of RealWax and ProCast casting patterns, micro and specialty investment casting. For larger-scale casting the ProJet 6000 SLA printer will be on hand to show mass-production of the most complex, high-precision casting patterns for industrial uses. 3D Systems’ Geomagic Freeform organic sculpting and design tools will be on display for attendees to experience, as well as direct metal sintered parts.
Find out more about 3D Systems at http://www.3dsystems.com
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Objex Unlimited
36 Fieldway Road,
Toronto, Ontario M8Z 3L2
Objex Unlimited is a 3D printing studio located in Toronto. We take pride in all of our products and services, offering the newest, and highest quality methods of production. With a highly skilled team of trained individuals we have no doubt that we can offer your business alternatives, which will save you work, time, and money. We use advanced 3D Printing Technology to produce Rapid Prototypes and highly detailed Concept Models directly from CAD Drawings. We can bring your CAD designs to life by creating real parts you can use and models that you can hold in your hand. Our commitment to you is to deliver in DAYS. Don’t let prototype production hold up your design cycle. Objex Unlimited is an Authorized Distributor of Artec 3D Scanners and 3D Systems Professional 3D Printers.
Contact Information
Phone: 416-233-7165
Email: sales@objexunlimited.com
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm EST