Collaborate Disseminate
With the proliferation of digital fabrication tools, many feel the future of manufacturing is distributed. It would certainly be welcome after the pandemic-induced supply chain kerfuffles from toilet paper to …read more Continue reading Internet of Production Alliance Wants You to Think Globally, Make Locally
Producing music these days can be something of a flat experience, undertaken using powerful software running on a computer. With the sales launch of the Apple Vision Pro, DAW maker Hit’n’Mix is planning to immerse musicians in their creations.Continue … Continue reading Apple Vision Pro is about to enable fully immersive 3D music production
Art is a funny thing. Sometimes, it’s best done in a one-off fashion and sold for a hugely inflated price. Othertimes, it’s more accessible, and it becomes desirable to sell …read more Continue reading Tricks For Mass-Producing Laser-Etched Art
The problem with building automated systems is that it’s hard to look at any problem and not see it in terms of possible automation solutions. Come to think of it, …read more Continue reading Adding Two Axes Makes CNC Router More Than the Sum of Its Parts
A new paper published in the journal Oceanography speculates future global food production problems could be solved by growing protein-dense microalgae in coastal aquaculture farms. The modeling boldly projects 100% of global protein demands could be p… Continue reading Coastal algae farms proposed as solution to future food crisis
Though dedicated music streamers might not have even noticed, sales of vinyl records have been on the rise over the last few years, prompting pressing plants to fire up again and start churning out albums. Currently in stealth mode, the UK’s elasticSta… Continue reading Vinyl production platform aims to treat listeners to master-quality records
Before it was transformed into an ephemeral stream of ones and zeroes, music used to have a physical form of some kind. From wax cylinders to vinyl discs to tapes …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: 1990s CD Mastering Fit for a King
Before it was transformed into an ephemeral stream of ones and zeroes, music used to have a physical form of some kind. From wax cylinders to vinyl discs to tapes …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: 1990s CD Mastering Fit for a King
[JohnSL] and his friend both have injection molding machines. They decided to compare the aluminum molds they usually use with some 3D printed molds created with a resin printer. They …read more Continue reading Injection Molds: Aluminum or Resin?
To the extent that we think of 3D printers as production machines, we tend to imagine huge banks of FDM machines slowly but surely cranking out parts. These printer farms …read more Continue reading Making the Most of Your Resin Printer Investment