3D printing has matured more than most people think, if they've even heard of it... Complex structures that can't be built by any other manufacturing process are quickly, easily (and, most importantly, cheaply) fabricated from CAD files out of metal powder (like titanium).
If you don't have the money for your own 3D printer, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) wants to help you out with that! We've just launched the DARPA DMACE Challenge. DMACE (pronounced "dee-mace") stands for 'Digital Manufacturing Analysis, Correlation and Estimation'.
DARPA is offering $50,000 to the individual or team who can most closely predict the structural properties of 3D printed structures.
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3D printing has matured more than most people think, if they've even heard of it... Complex structures that can't be built by any other manufacturing process are quickly, easily (and, most importantly, cheaply) fabricated from CAD files out of metal powder (like titanium).
If you don't have the money for your own 3D printer, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) wants to help you out with that! We've just launched the DARPA DMACE Challenge. DMACE (pronounced "dee-mace") stands for 'Digital Manufacturing Analysis, Correlation and Estimation'.
DARPA is offering $50,000 to the individual or team who can most closely predict the structural properties of 3D printed structures.
Join the competition at www.DMACE.net!
Good luck and hope to see you join up!
DARPA DMACE Webmaster