Kino Guérin – an Inspiring Designer and Product Developer

Look at this furniture designed by Kino Guérin. They really bend the limitations of what you can or not can do.    Kino Guérin takes formable pieces of wood and turns them pieces of furnitures, that gives the furniture an unique design and experience. But how do he do? The trick is to use multiple thin …

Print a Car – that’s Product Development!

When Henry Ford used the assembly line production in the automotive industry, we were “light years” from printing a car. But now we are there, both scary and fantastic! What comes next in the future of product development? The Local Motors had made a car using 3D-printing that will speed-up and …

Real Product Development: Cheaper and Faster 3D Printing

Researchers from University of Sheffield has discovered a new approach to make 3D printed parts lighter and stronger, and that also will make 3D printing faster and more economical. The automotive and aerospace industries are the first to  benefit from this innovation together with the sports footwear …

Produktutveckling – 3D-skrivare för metall

3D-skrivaren har funnits på marknaden i över tjugo år. Men först nu tycks både företag och konsumenter upptäckt dens potentiella kapacitet både för produktion samt produktutveckling. En vanlig skrivare skriver ut text och bilder med bläck på papper. Med en 3D-skrivare byggs det utskrivna objektet upp, …

New adaptive material inspired by tears

Tunable material system is easily adaptable for diverse applications in fuel transport, textiles, and optical systems Cambridge, Mass. – April 8, 2013 – Imagine a tent that blocks light on a dry and sunny day, and becomes transparent and water-repellent on a dim, rainy day. Or highly precise, …