Dr Anthony Ruto, our Chief Technology Officer, spoke at a recent TEDx event in Bermuda where he discussed the design freedoms offered by additive layer manufacturing or 3D printing.
Dr. Siavash Mahdavi presented the case for nature inspired design at this year’s TEDx event in Salzburg. Â Stay tuned for the video of the talk once its uploaded.
3D Printing & Lattice Structures - Within Technologies
Wednesday 5th September 2011
Dr Siavash Mahdavi
During this lecture, Siavash covers the state of the art in additive manufacturing whilst diving into some exciting applications of this revolutionary design and manufacturing technique such as medical, aerospace and tooling.
The Hewlett-Packard Science Lectures were instituted in 1996 as a forum for improving the public understanding of science. Held at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, they provide an opportunity for the public to hear distinguished lecturers discuss a broad range of scientific topics, from current research to the interaction between science, technology, art and society.
Within is a new design consultancy, based in London, that has created tools which constantly push at the boundaries of the possible in the world of additive layer manufacturing. At the core of our technology, lies a powerful optimisation engine, which takes as its inputs parameters such as desired weight requirements, maximum displacement, and stiffness. It is then able to custom design an optimised lattice structure to meet your exact specifications. Your product is then manufactured using one of many additive layer manufacturing machines (plastics or metals) with the optimised lattice within.