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explique que les premiers à adopter la technologie d'impression 3D pourrait avoir un avantage sur ses rivaux de l'innovation STAMFORD, Conn., March 26, 2013 View All Press Releases By 2016, Enterprise-Class 3D Printers Will Be Available for Under $2,000 3D printing is disrupting the design, prototyping and manufacturing processes in a wide range of industries, according to Gartner, Inc. “3D printing is a technology accelerating to mainstream adoption,” said Pete Basiliere, research director at Gartner. The material science behind 3D printing processes and materials will continue to progress, and affordable 3D printers are lowering the cost of entry into manufacturing in the same way that e-commerce lowered the barriers to the sale of goods and services. “Businesses must continuously monitor advances to identify where improvements can be leveraged,” said Mr. 3D printing is already established in industries ranging from automotive manufacturing to consumer goods to the military, as well as the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Another possibility is for roving display vans to visit the retailer's stores.

Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects The Anatomy of the Turntable For DJs this feature is a necessity, the pitch fader is used to adjust the speed of the spinning platter within a specified range (-/+) measured in percentage. Different turntables offer altering pitch settings, ranging from +/-8% to +/-16% and even going as high as +/-50%. The control is primarily adjusted in order to match the beat of another record thus creating a seamless mix. Records are delicate and so is your precious stylus, so a perfectly calibrated counterweight is essential if you want to ensure listening longevity. Perfect anti-skate calibration maximises the longevity of your records. The cue lever allows you to gently raise and lower the tone arm. Pretty self-explanatory, not only is the tone arm supposed to rest on this plastic protrusion whilst idle, but it is usually accompanied by a retractable clip that holds the tone arm in place, preventing it from wandering and swivelling mindlessly. These determine the amount of rotations per minute that the platter will spin at.

Dreambox: Une machine d'impression 3D distributeurs While some researchers are looking to bring 3D printing to the masses with milk jugs, one company is looking to another common fixture in our everyday lives: vending machines. That's right, 3D printing on demand. Dreambox, the company behind the product (of the same name), says it came up with the product idea while at the University of California-Berkeley where they were running into problems with inaccessible 3D printing and slow turnaround time from online 3D printing services. The hope with the vending machine model is that everyone has convenient, affordable access to 3D printing. "Having an item 3D printed with a Dreambox is as simple as uploading or choosing a design online, clicking the “Print” button and retrieving the item once it’s ready," the company says. Ordering your printed designs can be done online or designs can be unloaded using a USB stick at the machine. And here you can watch the Dreambox printing its orders. Related on SmartPlanet:

3D scanner 3D scanner used to create the 3D animation A 3D scanner is a device that analyzes a real-world object or environment to collect data on its shape and possibly its appearance (i.e. color). The collected data can then be used to construct digital three-dimensional models. Many different technologies can be used to build these 3D-scanning devices; each technology comes with its own limitations, advantages and costs. Many limitations in the kind of objects that can be digitized are still present, for example, optical technologies encounter many difficulties with shiny, mirroring or transparent objects. For example, industrial computed tomography scanning can be used to construct digital 3D models, applying non-destructive testing. Collected 3D data is useful for a wide variety of applications. Functionality[edit] The purpose of a 3D scanner is usually to create a point cloud of geometric samples on the surface of the subject. 3D scanners share several traits with cameras. Technology[edit] .

Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software Pourquoi les entreprises devraient adopter impression 3D Three-dimensional printing is moving from niche to mainstream. And companies that don't start looking into how the technology could improve business will be at an innovative disadvantage to rivals who are taking the technology seriously. That's the main message in a new report from Gartner, a leading IT research and advisory company. The report says that while 3D printing is gaining broader acceptance, now is a good time to experiment with the technology -- looking for ways to be more efficient, save money, and improve products -- because the prices for 3D printers are falling and will continue to decline. "Early adopters can experiment with 3D printers with minimal risk of capital or time, possibly gaining an advantage in product design and time to market over their competition, as well as understanding the realistic material costs and time to build parts," the report said. For major multinational corporations, Gartner sees a market for selling 3D printing supplies.

Data center An operation engineer overseeing a network operations control room of a data center A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town[1] and sometimes are a significant source of air pollution in the form of diesel exhaust.[2] History[edit] Data centers have their roots in the huge computer rooms of the early ages of the computing industry. The boom of data centers came during the dot-com bubble. With an increase in the uptake of cloud computing, business and government organizations are scrutinizing data centers to a higher degree in areas such as security, availability, environmental impact and adherence to standards.

Tridentine Liturgical Calendar – Joe Antognini If you use any electronic calendar application (Google Calendar, iCalendar, Yahoo Calendar, etc.), you can subscribe to the public calendar below to add feast dates to your calendar. This calendar was marked using the 1962 Roman Catholic rubrics. There are two versions of the calendar: one for web-based calendar users like Google Calendar and Yahoo Calendar, and one for native apps like iCalendar. The web-based version uses HTML to format the links whereas the native version will simply present the raw URLs. Each feast comes with links to additional information about the feast, saint (if applicable), and season. When two feasts conflict, the lower-ranking feast is prepended with a ‘›’ so you know which takes precedence. Here is a preview of the calendar: The code that was used to generate this calendar can be found at this link.

Projet de création d'imprimés 3D-moonbase dévoilé We've put man on the moon. Perhaps setting up a 3D moonbase will be the next step. There is some unusual uses for 3D printing. Everything from the revamp of food design to meat, printable robots or purchasing 3D replicas of yourself in place of taking photos. Janjaap Ruijssenaars from Amsterdam-based Universe Architecture has created the concept of an "endless" 3D printed house, created from slot-in components that can be printed and then reinforced at otherwise-weak joints. The European Space Agency (ESA) and architecture firm Foster + Partners have decided to jump on the 3D printing bandwagon, and are exploring the idea of using three-dimensional printing to create buildings -- but not on Earth. Instead, engineering teams from both parties are investigating the properties of lunar soil, known as regolith, to see if this material could be used in order to print "bricks" for a moonbase -- solving the sticky issue of transporting construction materials from our planet. Related:

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