Posted on May 22, 2013 by INITIALS
By Craig Lawrie
It’s been a rather interesting 12 months in the world of brands. On the one hand, there they were, cheering with us as Jessica, Mo and Jonnie were claiming Gold and whilst her Majesty was getting a right royal drowning. Yet on the other, many weren’t with us at all. Multinationals found ever more devious ways to avoid paying tax on their UK earnings, banks were caught out manipulating market rates for their own gain, energy companies were raking it in as their customers shivered and your favourite beef lasagne wasn’t quite as delicious as first thought. After a crisis in trust in everything from politicians, the police, the press and even our childhood heroes, it felt incredibly inevitable that some of the country’s most cherished brands would be next to suffer. And yet, it all felt terribly unfair. The Establishment was getting away with behaviour little people couldn’t even dream of.
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Posted on May 21, 2013 by INITIALS
By Paul Mellor
3D printing hit the headlines again but this time with a rather worrying but expected article entitled “Working Gun made with 3D printer.” A simple Scaramanga-esque kit of parts was created by Defense Distributed, assembled and then fired in front of the world’s press, hailing the beginning of a new era of (public) weaponry. The plans to build the gun were promptly distributed online and downloaded by over 100,000 people before being quickly taken down.
So how could it change our industry?
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Posted in 3D Printer, Blog, Paul Mellor