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A Startup Uses i.materialise to Turn a Dream into Reality

Fabian Backer
March 23, 2015
A Startup Uses i.materialise to Turn a Dream into Reality

After several stolen and lost USB flash drives, startup “HelloWiKey” decided to build a device that will keep all your private files safe and secure and that will always be with you: the WiKey. With the help of 3D printing and crowdfunding, these creative entrepreneurs are turning their dream into reality.

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Using Topology Optimization for an Aircraft Engine Bracket

Kirsten Van Praet
March 16, 2015
Using Topology Optimization for an Aircraft Engine Bracket

 How can you reconstruct a topology-optimized object in CAD? And what is the most efficient way to do this? Max van der Kolk, a master’s student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, wrote his thesis answering these questions.

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Magics Helps Realize Gaudì’s Sagrada Familia Dream

Elizabeth Boorman
January 29, 2015
Magics Helps Realize Gaudì’s Sagrada Familia Dream

The great architect Antoni Gaudí knew the importance of moving from a 2D plane to a 3D one when he was designing his magnum opus, the Sagrada Familia. He knew that by holding something in your hand, you can instantly get a better idea of the way a decorative feature or intricate element would look on a building when compared with a static 2D drawing. That is why since the project’s official start in 1882, Gaudi and his predecessors would often handcraft models of the elaborate building to get a better understanding of the design.

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Flashback Friday: Materialise’s First Prototype

Elizabeth Boorman
November 14, 2014
Flashback Friday: Materialise’s First Prototype

Can you guess what this is?

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Congratulations to HP on their Newly Revealed 3D Printer - a First Reaction from Materialise's CEO

Vanessa Palsenbarg
October 29, 2014
Congratulations to HP on their Newly Revealed 3D Printer - a First Reaction from Materialise's CEO

All of us at Materialise would like to congratulate HP on their newly-revealed 3D printer! We look forward to collaborating with them to bring meaningful applications to users.

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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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Material Monday: The Fantastically Flexible TPU 92A-1

Vanessa Palsenbarg
March 03, 2014
Material Monday: The Fantastically Flexible TPU 92A-1

In March of last year, Materialise announced the official launch of a new, highly flexible and durable material for 3D Printing (Laser Sintering to be precise): TPU 92A-1, or Rubber-Like for our i.materialise users.

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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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