Posts by Amandine_Sculpteo

Order Tracking: Detailed, Real-time, Made for Humans

Posted By Amandine Richardot on May 31, 2017

Hi, Alex here, Sculpteo’s UX designer, with another update, this time to order tracking. We pride ourselves on being the fastest online 3D printing service, but we know that even a few minutes of the unknown feels like forever. That’s why we’ve opened up our production line, letting you see an ultra-detailed, real-time and clear breakdown of your order at each step of its production from beginning to end. How we designed our order...

The State of 3D Printing 2017: The 4 main benefits of 3D Printing to boost your company

Posted By Amandine Richardot on May 31, 2017

Our third edition of The State of 3D Printing gives us once again key insights about the Additive Manufacturing industry. This technology clearly appears to be a true business partner for our respondents, helping them undertake the challenges they encounter. That’s why 90% of our respondents consider Additive Manufacturing as a competitive advantage. The benefits of 3D Printing to boost your company are numerous, but we decided to...

The 30 Words of 3D Printing

Posted By Amandine Richardot on May 17, 2017

3D printing is an always evolving technology, using multiple different materials and techniques in order to obtain the best results. With such ongoing innovations, the vocabulary of 3D printing can be quite difficult to master. That’s why we decided to elaborate this post on the main words of 3D printing, explaining to you what all of the most important terms mean.   If you wish to get more information, you can click on the...

Mat(t)isse: 3D Printing for Breast Reconstruction

Posted By Amandine Richardot on May 10, 2017

Mat(t)isse developed a new technique for breast reconstruction, which uses lace and a 3D printed shell. This very innovative technique allows to personalize the implant and to avoid undergoing multiple surgeries. We had a talk with Julien Payen, co-founder of the project, about their path, their uses of 3D printing, and the implications of this new method, which are numerous and offer many benefits for women in need of breast...

Our advice to choose between 3D printing services

Posted By Amandine Richardot on May 3, 2017

Choosing between 3D printing services is not always an easy decision to make. With many companies offering this kind of services, you might actually be quite confused. In this article, we want to help you understand better which criteria are the most important ones to decide which partner you want to work with.   First of all, let’s define quickly what 3D printing services are. When you wish to 3D print, you can either purchase a...

18 of the Best Hardware Accelerators to Launch Your Business

Posted By Amandine Richardot on May 3, 2017

Today we are going to focus on the 18 best accelerators for entrepreneurs interested in creating a physical product. Accelerators reached an amazing amount of publicity and fame after the success of Uber in 2011, but now we see that the tides have turned from software, services and app accelerators to hardware accelerators. Here is a list of the 18 best hardware accelerators around the world for 2017 to help you succeed with your...

Additive Manufacturing with Carbon and Sculpteo

Posted By Amandine Richardot on Apr 28, 2017

This news was originally published by Carbon. We’re very proud to be part of this project, helping produce board alignment brackets, delivered in days instead of months for other technologies.   Additive Manufacturing is no longer just for prototyping.   With Carbon, Oracle was able to design and print an extremely precise bracket hardly an inch in size, enabling a 3D-printed production volume solution for their new...

Glass printing the next big of 3D Printing trend ? MIT Media Lab & More!

Posted By Amandine Richardot on Apr 26, 2017

This month, glass 3D printing has been one important trend spotted at the Milan Design Week. Each year, the Lexus Design Award helps young designers turn their concepts into prototypes. For its tenth year of presence at this event, Lexus decided to work with Neri Oxman, architect, designer, and professor of the MIT Media Lab to create an installation for the opening space of the exhibition. Made of 3d printed glass, it opens new...

Regulation and Innovation The Challenge of 4th industrial revolution

Posted By Amandine Richardot on Apr 19, 2017

Innovation is a challenge for regulation, and, in many ways, regulation is a slowing factor for innovation. This can be explained in simple terms: innovation is fast, and, these days, it goes faster and faster, disrupting the way we communicate, create, consume, live; on the other hand, regulation is slow, and it needs to be: it takes into account the social impact of technology, its potential uses, abuses and complications. In the...