by Bill Decker | Apr 8, 2015 | Manufacturing
Togo in West Africa is one of the last places you’d expect to find a maker space—a workshop where inventors and tinkerers can work on new projects to their heart’s content. But inside the capital city of Lome, there’s a maker space. Woelab bills...
by Bill Decker | Mar 27, 2015 | Industry Statistics
In what looks to be more good news for MakerBot, a partnership with Staples will bring their MakerBot 3D Printing Ecosystem, which includes their Replicator 3D Printers and Digitizer 3D Scanners, to 50 select Staples retail locations in 18 different states...
by Bill Decker | Mar 17, 2015 | Legal
by Bill Decker I admit it. I watch The Good Wife. But this last episode was about my industry- 3D Printing. In the episode a designer puts an open source CAD drawing of a plastic gun on line. The file is downloaded, the gun goes off, their is an accident and a...
by Rich Benvin | Mar 11, 2015 | Media
Bill Decker, chairman of the Association of 3D Printing, observed that 3D printing will “democratize manufacturing,” but wondered whether “people really want these machines in their home for one-off projects.” Decker said consumers may balk at...
by Rich Benvin | Mar 3, 2015 | Education
Miguel Almena talks about how 3D printers will revolutionize learning and education… 3D Printing MBA – This course is designed for firms and entrepreneurs that are more interested in the business aspect of 3D Printing… Where are the opportunities?...
by Bill Decker | Feb 26, 2015 | Announcements
Canon announced today that they are entering the 3D Printing market….though the way they are doing it seems unusual. Canon has reached a deal with 3D Systems to distribute their 3D Printers in select countries in Europe as well as Japan. Today’s is that...
by Bill Decker | Feb 25, 2015 | Bioprinting
Now, medicine is exploring how 3-D printing can help doctors learn and do their jobs. Doctors at the University of Michigan, for example, used devices made with 3-D printing to install in a baby’s heart. Some researchers are working on printers that create human...
by Bill Decker | Feb 20, 2015 | Business
Global Business slide show: Top 10 "Ain'ts" of International Business from Bill Decker So what this means is simple…look at the international business lessons. We are clearly in an industry that defies borders. But does it defy culture, customs...
by Bill Decker | Feb 8, 2015 | Finance, Industry Stats
What is happening to the 3D Printing Stock Market? Is the honeymoon over? Is 3d Printing dead? Is this another dotcom bust? Is the fun over? Well, the industry is hardly “over.” But back in the internet days, there was an expression: B2C – which...
by Bill Decker | Feb 5, 2015 | Industry Statistics
10 Trends in 3D Printing For 2015 from Bill Decker Here is a quick slide show about 3D Printing trends for the coming year. We predict more of the same, and a lot of different things to happen in 3D...
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