How 3D Printing Will Impact Our Future by Rudy De Waele

Today TNW run a story by Rudy de Waele (Nyota Media), the technology innovation strategist and author/curator of Shift 2020

How 3D printing will impact our future:
A rundown of companies to keep your eyes on

showing the areas which will probably be most affected and disrupted by 3D printing technology and companies who might shape the (near) future of 3D in our live.

Recommended read

If you want to spend more time, here are the slides from his presentation at the 3D Printshow in London on September 5, 2014 [and/or check our other postings on the fascination world of 3D printing]

by Rudy De Waele

Four selected TED Video on 3D-Printing

Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals 3D-Printing

Forgacs and his father, Gabor, co-founded Organovo, which 3D-prints human tissue. And as people found out what the company did, they would often ask: If you can grow human body parts, can you also grow animal products like meat and leather? He thought they were crazy. Soon, however, he came around to it.  More

Will the collaborative economy advance (and how) in 2014?

NBC asked Jeremiah Owyang and he highlights three areas for the near future

1) Uber will start to threaten Amazon
2) A major hotel chain will launch their own branded version of Airbnb
3) Scanning and printing of 3D objects will cause manufactures to turn their heads



Read more on ....

What Uber Will Do With All That Money From Google

Why Hotel Brands Should Care About Airbnb’s Disruption

CES 2014: The State of 3D Printing

Some recent 3D printing applications @Dezeen

3D Printing Technology (II.): An Emerging Ecosystem

Am 28 November 2013 hatten wir aus Anlass der Eröffnung von Botspot 3D erstmals ausführlicher zum Thema 3D Printing gepostet. Auch wenn die Medien diese Technologie noch, eher als "außerhalb ihres Dunstkreises" wahrnehmen, hat dieses Posting doch zahlreiche Nachfragen und Erwähnungen gefunden - und mich hat diese Technologie eh' schon lange "erregt".

Hier also ein kleine Fortsetzung zu den Hinweisen und Links des ersten 3D Printing Postings:

McKinsey Global Institute report on how 3D printing is changing manufacturing as we know it

 “YOU can carry your own head in your hand,” enthuses Bre Pettis, inviting customers to try out a three-dimensional photo booth that will scan their head and then print a miniature plastic version of it as a solid object. This is useful, no doubt, for those about to audition for the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.

IBM Research Preview: 3D Printing Goes Exponential

The software defined supply chain from Paul Brody

more articles on ... 3D printing is an emerging ecosystem

3D Bio Printing

3D Bio-Printing; Becoming Economically Feasible from Jeffrey Funk: Creating New Industries

e-Manufacturing in Medical Device Industry using additive Manufacturing

e.g. EOS

eos eManufacturing Solution Case Studies 
EOS Additive Manufacturing in the Medical Field (PDF)

e.g. First 510(k) Clearance for Customized 3D-Printed Polymeric Cranial Implants

e.g. Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time 


Gartner: Worldwide Shipments of 3D Printers to Grow 49 Percent in 2013

Worldwide shipments of 3D printers (3DPs) priced less than $100,000 will grow 49 percent in 2013 to reach a total of 56,507 units, according to Gartner, Inc.'s first forecast of the less than $100,000 consumer and enterprise 3D printer market. Rapid quality and performance innovations across all 3DP technologies will drive enterprise and consumer demand. Gartner said that shipments will increase further in 2014, growing 75 percent to 98,065 units, followed by a near doubling of unit shipments in 2015.
In 2013, combined end-user spending on 3DPs will reach $412 million, up 43 percent from spending of $288 million in 2012. Enterprise spending will total more than $325 million in 2013, while the consumer segment will reach nearly $87 million. In 2014, spending will increase 62 percent, reaching $669 million, with enterprise spending of $536 million and consumer spending of $133 million. 

3D Printing Make Gartner's 2014 Key Technologies List

3-D PrintingWorldwide shipments of 3D printers are expected to grow 75 percent in 2014 followed by a near doubling of unit shipments in 2015. While very expensive “additive manufacturing” devices have been around for 20 years, the market for devices ranging from $50,000 to $500, and with commensurate material and build capabilities, is nascent yet growing rapidly. The consumer market hype has made organizations aware of the fact 3D printing is a real, viable and cost-effective means to reduce costs through improved designs, streamlined prototyping and short-run manufacturing.

Review: 3D Printing: Social and Cultural Trajectories Symposium

On Friday, Swinburne Institute for Social Research presented the first symposium of its kind in Australia – ‘3D Printing: Social and Cultural Trajectories’. A wide variety of researchers from humanities to social sciences came together for a captivating conversation on all things 3D printing. This event is the first of its kind in Australia (possibly worldwide) that had a specific focus on the social, cultural and legal aspects of 3D printing. While technical discussions are the norm, it is quite clear these complementary forces present a significant barrier in the diffusion of 3D printing technology.

The full day of presentations centred around three themes that culminated in a keynote speech by Dr Matthew Rimmer. The sessions – applications of 3D printing, site studies of 3D printing and social theory and cultural studies of 3D printing – encompassed a fantastic diversity of themes and speakers. The mix of presenters, discussants and attendees are a tribute to the wide-reaching nature of 3D printing, and provided some comfort that others are thinking about similar issues in their own research.

3D-Printing Hubs Initative

Glocal 3D-Printing



2014 Events 

10. - 11. March 2014: 3D Inside Printing Conference & Expo, Berlin, DE

03. - 04. April 2014:    3D Inside Printing Conference & Expo, New York, N.Y., USA

Neueröffnung: Erster Fullservice 3D Printing Shop 'Botspot 3D' in Berlin-Kreuzberg

oder / und: 3D-Printing in Deutschland noch in den Kinderschuhen, vielleicht ein Anfang!

Verglichen mit dem, was sich in den Staaten bereits tut - mit viel Geld von Militär, Luft- und Raumfahrt, Medizin, usw. - wird als die "Zukunft der Industrie", Industrie 3.0 gepriesen und, wie der BBC Clip 'Inside the world's largest 3D Printing Factory' (in Eden Prairie, MN) zeigt, schon umfänglich genutzt.

Doch nach meiner Einschätzung hat 3D Printing nicht nur im industriellen, professionellen Einsatz ein riesiges Potenzial, sondern auch im semi-professionellem Bereich und irgendwann im Haushalt.

Gestern (28. November) war ich bei der Eröffnung des (nach Eigen-PR) ersten Full Service 3D-Shops Botspot in Berlin - Kreuzberg, den Manfred Ostermeier, Thomas Strenger und Team in Eigenleistung und ohne Fremdmittel auf die Beine gestellt haben.

Botspot GmbH, Prinzenstraße 85D,
10969 Berlin (im Kreativkaufhaus Modulor)
http://www.botspot.de/

Foto: botspot

Herzstück der Unternehmung ist (so habe ich das jedenfalls empfunden) ist der große Scanner (Scanner-Studio) mit herkömmlichen 60 Kameras (Eigenentwicklung), die Software die aus den Einzelaufnahmen das 3D-Objekt zusammensetzt und das Modell berechnet sowie die (artistische) Nachbearbeitung mit der große Objekte oder auch Personen schnell, präzise und (wo gewünscht auch) künstlerisch in Modelle / Druckdateien umgewandelt und gedruckt werden können.



Foto: botspot

Was den besonderen Charme bzw. die Einzigkeit ausmacht ist der angebotene Allround-Service von botspot vom Workshop zum Club für Interessierte, Lernwillige, Bastler und Enthusiasten, der Beratungs- und Scan-Service und auf Wunsch die Programmentwicklung- und -anpassung, bis hin zur mathematischen und artistischen Nachbearbeitung. Und natürlich kann man in dem Shop auch 3D-Drucker, Ersatzteile und Zubehör unter fachlicher Beratung kaufen. Zur Zeit u.a. von Delta Tower, I3-Berlin (Open Source), Makerbot, Solidoodle und Ultimaker.

Beispiele aus der botspot Produktion:

Weiterführende Links:

Stratasys (Hersteller 3D Printer)

RedEye On Demand (3D Service)

NAMII National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institut [USA]

3DSystems (3D Printer) im  BBC Report

in Deutschland

Nächster Workshop  'Build your own 3D printer' von Open 3D Engineeering, Berlin

Wir wollen ja nicht einseitig sein
iGo3D IGO 3D-Drucker Store, Oldenburg

3D: Activation, Wiesbaden

3D Magazin

3D Print Online - Das 3D Druck Magazin

3D Printing Magazine

3D Printer World Expo  31.01. - 1.02. 2014

3D Marktplatz

(kein Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit)