A critical phase during product design and development is verification of your design. Design verification can be attained either by simulation or prototyping. Prototyping is usually the preferred ...

The ZBuilder Ultra makes high-end functional plastic prototypes. The unit is said to rival injection molding’s accuracy, material properties, detail, and surface finish. The machine lets users verify ...

Since its founding in 2013, The Ocean Cleanup has carried out extensive research and simulations, embarked on several large-scale plastic-reconnaissance expeditions, and learned from prototype-testing ...

A design aid from Proto Labs called the “Protogami” consists of six tetrahedra, each of which holds four flat black triangles made from a particular resin. Balancing the conflicting demands of design ...

These prototypes serve as invaluable assets for design verification and testing before full-scale production. Industries like aerospace, automotive, and medical, among others, leverage CNC machining ...

Technology in the display market is evolving all the time. One of the most interesting technologies in the market are flexible displays that allow the creation of curved signage. Those flexible ...

Melker of Sweden's new Värmdö kayak. Prototypes are how companies measure if a new product will sink or swim. At Melker of Sweden, a sport kayak maker, they take this product development stage quite ...

"So essentially what we're trying to do now is really combine science, technology, innovation, and business." Researchers ...

The Lego Group is one step closer to reaching its goal of making all its products from sustainable material by 2030. A one-liter plastic PET bottle provides enough raw material for 10 2 x 4 LEGO ...

The advent of 3D printing completely revolutionized the prototyping stage of designing a new product. But while turnaround times for revisions or changes are now much faster with a 3D printer, they ...