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Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes

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Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , which is on a quest to build homes using 3D printing, robotics and automation, has raised a $22 million extension to its Series B round of funding. The company claims to be able to 3D print structures “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction.

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AM Ventures extrudes $100M to support industrial 3D printing

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Munich-based AM Ventures just closed a $100 million fund focusing specifically on the early growth stages of industrial and commercial 3D printing applications. The picture at the top of this article is the cleanroom at Scrona. Scrona has big manufacturing plans for its tiny 3D printing. The firm led the $9.5

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Strava acquires Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors

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Strava , the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has acquired Fatmap , a European company that’s building a high-resolution 3D global map platform for the great outdoors. An earlier version of this article stated that Fatmap had raised around $8 million in funding so far.

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History of Computer Graphics – 1950s to 2010s

The Crazy Programmer

In this article, we will study how the present graphics have evolved over time, thus helping us interact with such great interfaces and enriching our user experience. In 1966, Ivan Sutherland invented the first head-mounted display which contained two separate wireframe images and gave a 3D effect.

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3D Graphics: A WebGL Tutorial

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Whether you just want to create an interactive 3D logo, on the screen or design a fully fledged game, knowing the principles of 3D graphics rendering will help you achieve your goal.

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8 Different Types of Programmers

The Crazy Programmer

Moreover, there can also be a 3d programmer who can manage and render the 3D elements of the game. Thus, in this article, we learned about the nine different types of programmers you could become as per your suitability. Also Read: 5 Different Types of Programming Languages. Software Developer. Conclusion.

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3D Printing: The Next Big Thing in the Internet of Things

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Read Swamini Kulkarni’s article about how the Internet of Things can help in 3D printing on RFID Journal : Since the beginning of time, mankind has been focused on how to reduce human labor and how to upgrade life activities by developing survival tools.

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