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3DPOD: Insight from 3D Printing Pros

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Found in 3D printers, busses, airplanes, cars and a lot of electronics worldwide, wire harnesses are often made by hand, a country or two over from where the end system is ultimately assembled. This arrangement not only makes their implementation slow and inefficient, but also leads to product delays. British startup Q5D has developed a manufacturing cell that uses 3D printing, pick and place, and more to manufacture these complex structures. In this episode of 3DPOD, co-host Max Bogue and I learn just how much potential there is for Q5D’s technology. For instance, did you know that every wire harness in every Toyota Camry includes the wiring for an electric sunroof, even though only very few of the vehicles actually include that option. Clearly, wire harnesses can be made more flexibly and efficiently.

<p>Found in 3D printers, busses, airplanes, cars and a lot of electronics worldwide, wire harnesses are often made by hand, a country or two over from where the end system is ultimately assembled. This arrangement not only makes their implementation slow and inefficient, but also leads to product delays. British startup <a href="https://q5d.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Q5D</a> has developed a manufacturing cell that uses 3D printing, pick and place, and more to manufacture these complex structures. In this episode of 3DPOD, co-host Max Bogue and I learn just how much potential there is for Q5D’s technology. For instance, did you know that every wire harness in every Toyota Camry includes the wiring for an electric sunroof, even though only very few of the vehicles actually include that option. Clearly, wire harnesses can be made more flexibly and efficiently.</p>

3DPOD Episode 161: Automated Wire Harness Manufacturing with Stephen Bennington, CEO of Q5D

Hollywood doesn't do science many favours, playing fast and loose with the facts, letting the imagination run wild, or - worse - reinforcing stereotypes about the lone genius in the lab. The reality is rather different and the journey to successfully commercialisation of a new idea or concept is often not about the idea at all - in fact it can be about anything but.Professor Stephen Bennington went from one of the world's biggest research facilities to the world of science and tech spin-outs. In 2011 he founded hydrogen storage company Cella Energy, and his experiences of the highs and lows on the cutting edge of science commercialisation makes him a compelling - and candid - guide in answering the billion dollar question: how do you make money from science?

Hollywood doesn't do science many favours, playing fast and loose with the facts, letting the imagination run wild, or - worse - reinforcing stereotypes about the lone genius in the lab. The reality is rather different and the journey to successfully commercialisation of a new idea or concept is often not about the idea at all - in fact it can be about anything but.<br><br>Professor Stephen Bennington went from one of the world's biggest research facilities to the world of science and tech spin-outs. In 2011 he founded hydrogen storage company Cella Energy, and his experiences of the highs and lows on the cutting edge of science commercialisation makes him a compelling - and candid - guide in answering the billion dollar question: how do you make money from science?