Do you remember in Star Trek Voyager when they gave the ship replicators? The premise was that if you are able to break down any element into atoms, then you could rearrange them again to make anything. It was based on their transporter technology, and both technologies are thought to be very close to impossible… Continue reading 3D Printing – Recreating the Boundaries of Computer Aided Design
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Operation Kill Internet Explorer – and Why most Web Developers Hate It
It`s either that we are afraid to talk about it, or simply not interested to mention it, but it’s a real happening in a real world where once the leading browser, with the biggest market share, Internet Explorer, is now one of the least respected and used browsers in the world. It is a wide-known… Continue reading Operation Kill Internet Explorer – and Why most Web Developers Hate It
How Does 3D Printing Actually Work?
Image by Creative Tools Many believe that we are in a preliminary stage of an industrial revolution. 3D printing is predicted to radically change the way we live as the costs of the technology are falling to make it affordable to the mass market. 3D printing is not a completely new technology and has surprisingly… Continue reading How Does 3D Printing Actually Work?
10 Interesting and Futuristic 3D Printing Applications
3D printing is a revolutionary new way to manufacture almost anything imaginable. The possibilities are nearly limitless, and many diverse, new and interesting applications of this technology are being implemented every day. 3D printing is unique because of how it constructs things. Instead of carving things out like a CNC machine does, a 3D printer… Continue reading 10 Interesting and Futuristic 3D Printing Applications
3D Modelling – Not Just For Computer Games
In 1984, the space trading game Elite was released for the BBC Micro and the Acorn Electron. It was an enormous success and even though it wasn’t the first 3D game, it did bring 3D graphics to a much wider audience. The visuals didn’t particularly catch on, however. It would be many years before technology… Continue reading 3D Modelling – Not Just For Computer Games
Will 3D Printing Change The World? 6 Possible Reasons Why It Might
Have you ever wondered what the world is going to look like in the next hundred years? Maybe we’ll live in floating cities and fly our cars to work. You just don’t know what’s going to be possible because technology is moving so fast. Take printing as an example. Up until a few years ago… Continue reading Will 3D Printing Change The World? 6 Possible Reasons Why It Might
3D Printing – Bringing The Past To The Future
3D printing is picking up momentum in almost every tech space on the internet right now. Although for now it remains a development hobby for home enthusiasts and an expensive method of production on a professional level, 3D printing has been potentially tipped as the next next World Wide Web-sized revolution. It’s not just the… Continue reading 3D Printing – Bringing The Past To The Future
Is 3D Printing the Next Big Step?
Image by: Creative Tools It is the stuff of the most grandiose science fiction; being able to tap the buttons of a futuristic console and have a 3D object materialise in front of you. For many years the idea of 3D printing, or ‘additive manufacturing’ to give it a slightly more technical name, seemed destined… Continue reading Is 3D Printing the Next Big Step?
The Pros And Cons Of 3D Printing
At the moment, 3D printing is one of the fastest moving and, to my mind, most exciting technologies in existence. Its applications are almost limitless. At the moment it’s being used by businesses to rapidly prototype automotive parts, and by teenage girls to turn their jewellery designs into reality. Soon, it may become a part… Continue reading The Pros And Cons Of 3D Printing
Why Use 3D Printing
Why Use 3D Printing image source With so much hype at the moment about 3D printing technology, you would imagine it is a cutting edge technology which has only just invented. Well, you’d be wrong in thinking that. In fact, 3D printing actually came about in the 90s – and has been used in different… Continue reading Why Use 3D Printing