Lots of things can happen in 11 minutes. You can grill a nice steak, you can bake a pan of cookies, or you can raise over $400,000 to build an ultra-compact 3D printer that, for a brief period, cost a mere $199. Called the Micro, the printer smashed its Kickstarter goal of $50,000 and is now well on its way to becoming one of the most interesting projects on the site.

Los días 19 y 20 de noviembre se celebrará en Madrid la primera edición de “European 3D Printing Summit” con el fin de mostrar y debatir el futuro de la impresión 3D. Este evento, que contará con más de 20.000 metros cuadrados, se celebrará bajo el formato de 6 seis conferencias plenarias a cargo de expertos internacionales más doces sesiones temáticas paralelas, en formatos de mesa redonda, conferencias y talleres donde se podrán ver demostraciones de producto. Y además habrá una zona de exposición y un área para el networking.

3D printing or additive manufacturing[1] is a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved using an additive process, where successive layers of material are laid down in different shapes.[2] 3D printing is also considered distinct from traditional machining techniques, which mostly rely on the removal of material by methods such as cutting or drilling (subtractive processes).