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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
    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

  • 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

  • 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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