Startups can reveal where an industry is headed and what areas hold the most promise. Two key directions were highlighted in the recent Formnext Start-up Challenge: additive manufacturing in health care and leveraging AM for highly targeted applications.
What could the future of additive manufacturing look like? It promises to be efficient, local, automated, and immediate. In fact, it could look exactly like the jaw-dropping convergent manufacturing platform featured in AMT’s ETC at IMTS 2024.
New technologies don’t appear with the speed and certainty of throwing a switch. They grow, evolve, and then seem to emerge.
Why you need a testbed. ORNL went chasing rabbits. A Japanese boardroom thriller. The modular lathe at home. The Tesla lidar mystery.
Check and MFG. Micron's coming to Manassas. Start them while they're young. 3D scanning a physical original... Diamonds (batteries) are (almost) forever.
A hyperfast jack-o'-lantern. A digital thread can give you wings. 2,000 to 1. Burning out the fuse. AI in manufacturing, according to Google.
The organizations behind Formnext Chicago formally announce the postponement of the show, which was due to launch April 8-10, 2025, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
Just in time for Halloween! Lockheed's rocket lab. Gridlocked: Additive in industry. The founding fathers of modern AI. Pioneering 3D printed tissue.
The 21C is fast... "Sustainable" Invar Alloys. Biting the dust. "We Own the Night".
A ban-aid for U.S. automakers. AM and the EAR. Boar's Head gets carved. Computed tomography, private eye. 3D printed cans.