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Melbourne Health Accelerator
Last week, on the 22nd of May 2017, Special Minister of State Gavin Jennings joined health professionals and researchers at the Royal Melbourne Hospital to launch the new Melbourne Health Accelerator (MHx) program. As an Australian first, MHx will work with clinicians and researchers as they develop new technologies to tackle some of the most pressing and emerging challenges facing our healthcare system today. The program will also cultivate commercially viable answers to complex healthcare challenges, by connecting health professionals and leading medical research experts with health technology start-ups.MHx will allow health professionals and researches access to a Maker Space...
The New Ultimaker 3
Ultimaker, the leading open source 3D printer manufacturer, announced today the global availability of the next generation of its 3D printing product line, the Ultimaker 3 and the Ultimaker 3 ExtendedWith Ultimaker 3’s advanced capability to print complex geometries using industrial-grade materials right from the desktop, users gain freedom of design never before accessible in the professional environment. Fully integrated hardware, software and materials configuration, as well as full settings alignment, ensures both efficient workflow and precision print results. Ultimaker 3 New Features With the Ultimaker 3, professional and reliable 3D printing is now available for multiple users across the...
Food Safe 3D Printing
Nothing captures the imagination like the idea of 3D Printed Food. The awe-inspiring idea of 3D printed food perhaps was best captured in the 80s by the classic cartoon The Jetsons. Who remembers how Poor ol' loving mum, Jane Jetson "slaving" away in the kitchen by simply pressing a few buttons to cook up instant dinner for the family? Jetsons by Hanna-Barbera / via Google Image We were inspired to write an article about food and 3D printing after coming across an Ultimaker user's new food startup called Dreampops in our previous post. Food safety in 3D printing is actually quite complicated...
Introducing Innofil3D Pro1 Filament
Innofil3D describes their new Pro1 filament as: A high-speed engineering thermoplastic that prints as easy as PLA at speeds previously considered unusable and yet it retains far better mechanical properties that exceed printed ABS objects, something that the most demanding users have always had to make a compromise on prior to PRO1. The special filament offers major advantages in speed, strength, versatility and consistency - the perfect combination for professionals. You can purchase this new filament from Imaginables. We printed out 2 vase designs, one with regular PLA and one with Innofil3D Pro1. We used a standard print speed setting of 50mm/s...
Designer 3D printed Popsicles
Dream Pops was founded by David Marx, David Greenfeld, and David Cohen. And having help from a three-star Michelin chef like Juan Amador, good friend to Marx, certainly helps. As the idea originally came to mind for Marx in an effort to bring joy to the world—and himself—Amador liked the idea too and helped him come up with some unique recipes that they consider to be avante-garde yet inviting. “Why settle for vanilla or chocolate?” asks Marx. “At the crossroads of avant-garde ingredients, new flavors, and cutting-edge design, our product becomes the ice cream of the future.” The...