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    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      Special Report
      Future of Industry

      The ‘factory of the future’ offers a new manufacturing blueprint; 3D printing and ‘reshoring’ counter supply chain risks; industry steels itself for the ‘net zero’ emissions challenge; and investors jumpstart battery funding

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      Special ReportFuture of Industry
      ‘Factory of the future’ offers new blueprint for manufacturers

      Robotics and data analytics can make processes more efficient, less energy-intensive, and less expensive

    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      Architecture
      A licence to print houses

      3D-printing technology is being used to build homes faster and more cheaply than is possible with traditional methods

    • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
      FT Magazine: Special editions
      Design special

      From furniture designer Ini Archibong to future fabrics, via department stores and Covid-era design

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Sapphires and steel: industrial materials show their mettle

      From carbon fibre to aluminium, alternatives to precious metals are making their mark in high jewellery

    • Friday, 2 October, 2020
      House & Home
      Bowls, vases and lamps: how 3D printing came home

      Designers are moving from the industrial to the domestic front

    • Sunday, 14 June, 2020
      Wolfgang Münchau
      3D printing can be a real source for optimism

      The Covid-19 lockdown could provide the boost the technology needs

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      3D-printed houses could become concrete reality

      The technology has significant potential to shake up the construction sector

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      Special ReportFT Health: Regenerative Medicine
      3D printing offers hope of building human organs from scratch

      Replacement skin, livers and bladders on horizon

    • Monday, 7 October, 2019
      Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
      How 3D printing will transform mass production

      The technology helps manufacturers customise items but economies of scale are hard to overcome

    • Monday, 7 October, 2019
      Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
      Future factories: smart, connected but still with a human touch

      Equipment will be run by AI and machine learning, increasing the need for data scientists and engineers

    • Friday, 30 August, 2019
      Visual Arts
      How digital scanning can help save art works and buildings

      If displaying objects shortens their life, do we have an obligation to future generations to display copies instead?

    • Monday, 29 July, 2019
      Tech Tonic podcast28 min listen
      Carbon’s digital manufacturing revolution

      Richard Waters talks to Joseph DeSimone about a technology that crafts objects in seconds using the power of light

    • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
      Anjana Ahuja
      Mini 3D-printed heart offers hope for transplants

      An Israeli experiment holds promise for a solution to organ shortages

    • Friday, 19 April, 2019
      Style
      3D scanning — why fashion is entering a new dimension

      Could a new innovation allow a brand to boost sales while cutting its carbon footprint?

    • Friday, 21 December, 2018
      Architecture
      How to build a better future: high-tech Jenga at the Soane Museum

      Mamou-Mani’s robotic installation offers a radical vision of tomorrow’s cities

    • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
      Special ReportEurope’s Road to Growth
      Luxury goods companies learn to mix craft and tech

      Across Europe, artisan-based businesses are asking themselves whether digital production is friend or foe

    • Sunday, 14 October, 2018
      Aerospace & Defence
      Sheffield research labs look to power UK manufacturing after Brexit

      New facilities are at heart of Britain’s industrial strategy but risk falling victim to EU departure

    • Friday, 7 September, 2018
      FT MagazineLondon Design Special 2018
      How Neri Oxman reimagined design

      An interview with the biodesign guru whose stunning innovations fuse science and art

    • Tuesday, 4 September, 2018
      Special ReportFT Guide: The Energy Transition
      Passenger growth drives efficiency efforts by airline operators

      Despite progress, more must be done to reduce greenhouse emissions of modern aircraft

    • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
      UK companies
      Xaar shares plunge after second profit warning of the summer

      Printing group plans eyes ‘cost actions’ to restructure business as demand falls

    • Thursday, 16 August, 2018
      Linda Yueh
      The good, the bad and the ugly of 3D printing technology   

      Printable guns, food and organs will revolutionise our lives but scope for abuse is huge 

    • Monday, 13 August, 2018
      News in-depthUS politics & policy
      3D-printed guns are latest battleground in US gun rights debate

      Lawmakers struggle with rise of untraceable ‘ghost’ weapons

    • Saturday, 11 August, 2018
      FT AlphavilleAlexandra Scaggs
      Thoughts for the weekend
    • Monday, 18 June, 2018
      UK politics & policy
      UK opens new national treatment centre for wounded soldiers

      £300m Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre has lab to 3D print new limbs

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