3D Printed Speaker Cabinet Delivers Big Sound in a Small Footprint
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Node Audio’s Hylixa high-fidelity speaker takes advantage of selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing to achieve a compact construction with an uncompromised sound range.
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Hi-Fi 3D Printed Speaker Cabinet: The Cool Parts Show #29
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The Hylixa high-fidelity speaker has an internal geometry and footprint designed for optimal sound that could only be realized through 3D printing. How Node Audio developed and produces this product.
#video #composites #coolparts
More Than Meets the Eye to Cobra’s 3D Printed Putter
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Cobra Golf drew attention in November 2020 with the launch of a limited-edition putter with metal 3D printed head. What this club says about product development, reshoring manufacturing and the future of consumer goods.
#metal
Angled Makes It Possible for Anyone to Launch a 3D Printed Product
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The online store utilizes open capacity at its sister 3D printer farms for on-demand production with no startup costs, allowing designers to sell physical products as easily as digital ones.
#supplychain #polymer
Gantri’s 3D Printed Luxury Lighting Brings Designers Closer to Consumers
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The San Francisco startup is changing designer lighting with a designer-forward online marketplace and just-in-time delivery enabled by 3D printing.
#polymer
What Do These Flip Flops Say About Manufacturing's Future?: The Cool Parts Show S3E5
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
These 3D printed flip-flops are an example of mass customization, but they also hint at manufacturing's more sustainable, circular future. Find out why in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
#coolparts #polymer #sustainability
How 3D Printing Changes Products in the Circular Economy (Video #4)
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
3D printing makes possible new and different consumer goods, but also changes the buyer's relationship to those goods. More in this video, part of our series on 3D Printing and the Circular Economy.
#sustainability #video
Retraction Footwear Is the Sustainable Manufacturing Business of the Future
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Retraction Footwear offers a new way of buying flip-flops that are made to suit each customer. But the company also represents a new way of thinking about production, in a circular economy loop that encompasses material, design, manufacturing, product and end-of-life.
#sustainability #polymer
Parametric Design and 3D Printing Deliver Custom, Sustainably Manufactured Furniture
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Model No. operates at the intersection of technology and design. Its custom furniture is made on demand through a combination of proprietary large-format 3D printers, sustainable materials and a sleek online storefront.
#polymer #sustainability
Shoe Manufacturing at Flowbuilt Is Reshored and Reimagined
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The shoe store of the future is more like a digitized tailor’s shop than a warehouse. Flowbuilt Manufacturing is the flexible contract manufacturer that can serve this vision, using both 3D printing and injection molding.
#polymer #moldmaking