Donal Reddington on mass customization, crowdsourcing and digital manufacturing

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3D Scanning Developments

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Textile.2456.com recently covered the IMB 2006 Show in Cologne, Germany, which featured some interesting developments in 3D scanning .

Geomagic Listed in Red Herring Top 100

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

I see that Geomagic, the three dimensional modelling software company, has been included in this year’s Red Herring Top 100. Geomagic CEO Ping Fu was previously named as Inc. magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year for 2005.

Rapid prototyping market worth $808M in 2005 – Report

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Product development and rapid prototyping consultancy Wohlers Associates, Inc. recently published its most recent findings in Wohlers Report 2006, an in-depth global study on the rapid prototyping and manufacturing state of the industry. The market for additive fabrication (also known as rapid prototyping) grew 14.6% to an estimated $808.5 million in 2005, up from $705.2 [...]