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The Launch of a 3D-Printed Rocket

Sarah Verhaeghe
October 21, 2014
The Launch of a 3D-Printed Rocket

BOLDROCKET has an ambitious plan: to deliver aspiring business and technology solutions to the finance services industry that changes the traditional way that people think. Set out with a mission to foster a creative environment in the office, D+DS architecture designed the office and approached Materialise to print a 3.7-meter-long orange 3D Printed rocket for BOLDROCKET’s new office in London.

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Change the Focus with Panasonic

Pieter Vos
October 02, 2014
Change the Focus with Panasonic

Like any other art form, photography is a way to express yourself. Imagine not only doing so through the pictures you take, but also through the device you take them with. This idea triggered Panasonic to explore 3D printing as a way to personalize its products.

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Wearable Tech Just Got Smarter: Anouk Wipprecht's Intel-Edison-powered, 3D-printed “Synapse Dress” Logs Your Mood

Elizabeth Boorman
September 16, 2014
Wearable Tech Just Got Smarter: Anouk Wipprecht's Intel-Edison-powered, 3D-printed “Synapse Dress” Logs Your Mood

Changing your appearance with your mood is a topic that's no longer reserved for New Age followers or sci-fi fans. By embedding Intel’s super versatile, small-in-size-but-large-in-processing-capacity microcontroller called “Intel Edison”, Anouk Wipprecht created "Synapse", a smart dress based on biosensors that takes user experience to the next level, as it acts on the wearer’s behalf!

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Benin Summer School Week 1, Part 2: Get to Know Some Projects

Elizabeth Boorman
September 04, 2014
Benin Summer School Week 1, Part 2: Get to Know Some Projects

Now that you've read our previous blog post and learned about the Benin Summer School and how the 8 students in the summer school were selected, here’s a bit more information on some of the projects a few of the students are working on.

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3D Print Start-Up Toyze Secures a Major Backer and Explains Its Ambitious Growth Plan

Elizabeth Boorman
August 01, 2014
3D Print Start-Up Toyze Secures a Major Backer and Explains Its Ambitious Growth Plan

Om Nom, Toss, Roto, Boo, Blue and Lick are mobile game characters with millions of fans around the world — and the start of an adventure for one 3D print business. Toyze is an app where users can create, customize, and order 3D printed figurines of popular mobile game characters (including the cast of Zeptolab's beloved Cut the Rope series.) The app has already garnered praise by major publications such as VentureBeat, 3Dprint.com, and Yahoo Finance. How'd they do all that in under a year?

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5 Parameters That Decide the Success of Your 3D Printing Project

Pieter Vos
July 11, 2014
5 Parameters That Decide the Success of Your 3D Printing Project

Up to how many parts is 3D Printing the most cost-efficient manufacturing technique? It’s one of the most frequently asked questions in the 3D Printing business and at the same time the most difficult one to answer. After all, series size is far from the only parameter that decides the success of your Additive Manufacturing project. With the 3D Print Barometer, Materialise developed a free tool that goes beyond replying, “It depends,” and provides tangible insights in the feasibility of 3D Printing your product.

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A Spotlight on a 3D Printing Factory: 10 Years in the Czech Republic

Charlotte Delaere
June 02, 2014
A Spotlight on a 3D Printing Factory: 10 Years in the Czech Republic

Materialise in the Czech Republic celebrated its 10 year anniversary since it first opened its doors in 2004 as a 3D Printing factory.  

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3D Printing and Iris van Herpen for the Biopiracy Fashion Show in Paris

Vanessa Palsenbarg
March 07, 2014
3D Printing and Iris van Herpen for the Biopiracy Fashion Show in Paris

Everything about it was impressive, the setting, the music, the shrink-wrapped models, and of course, the 3D-printed, flexible dress!

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Materialise’s Mammoth Stereolithography – 3D Printing on a Grand Scale!

Vanessa Palsenbarg
February 28, 2014
Materialise’s Mammoth Stereolithography – 3D Printing on a Grand Scale!

Back in the 90s, a team from Materialise set out to achieve quite a large goal – a mammoth goal one might say (if they were drawn to puns).

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