Idea 2 Product Lab

22/04/2025

TTI at the 2nd International Conference of Futuristic Materials for Sustainable Development Goals (FMSDG 2025), held in Emerald Resort and Casino, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa from 6th - 9th April 2025. Showcasing I2P and AM technology.

17/03/2025

VUT Idea to Product Laboratory conducting 3D Printing technology demonstration at Sicelo Community Hall in Meyerton, during Library Week Celebration today.

18/10/2022

14/01/2022

FSASEC 2022 intake

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21/11/2021

It can steer around objects and even lead you to your favourite cafe. Learn more about this amazing new invention: http://ow.ly/sf6v50GRFXE...

03/11/2021

INVITATION

The Vaal University of Technology will be hosting world-renowned Additive Manufacturing specialist, Prof Ian Campbell from Loughborough University, United Kingdom on Wednesday, 10 November 2021.
Professor Campbell has been a visiting Researcher at VUT, supporting students with international research collaboration through the DiCoMI Project, since 2019.
During this visit, Prof Campbell will present various lectures to introduce the DiCoMI project and to support interested students and researchers at VUT to participate in the 2022 programme.
You are cordially invited to attend this important event. For more information, please contact Mr Sarel Havenga at [email protected].

Date : Wednesday 10th of November 2021
Time : 09:00 – 12:00
(Please arrive at 08:45 for COVID-19 protocol adherence)

Venue : Iligwa Auditorium, VUT Southern Gauteng Science & Technology Park
5 Moshoeshoe Street, Sebokeng, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa
OR
Attend : ONLINE – ZOOM Platform (link will be available from 9th of November 2021)

RSVP : On / before Friday, 5th of November 2021 - CLICK HERE

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFhjuRcSeBbezqfnuq2Fg7W0MTUGBqMONaLFZxuajmQ31I_Q/viewform

03/11/2021

RAPDASA 2021 has commenced ...building up to the DiCoMI research lectures from our visiting Professor that will take place next week at VUT. We cannot wait for your visit Professor Ian Campbell

07/10/2021

Inspiring thought. Shaping talent.

18/08/2021

What a fabulous opportunity this is for BRIGHT SPARKS to get going!

It’s our 3rdAnnual 3D Design Competition in partnership with RAPDASA and III

Free entry for kids ages 4-16 to this competition who want to share their ideas that will improve people’s lives in our local communities.

Here’s a quick overview … and for more information go to www.whytoyz.com
Design a solution to improve lives for local communities … and there are many issues to choose from.
Two age groups 4-9 years-old and 10-16 years-old
Great prizes to be won!
Competition closes on the 31st of August 2021
A competition of note for KIDS.
We'll be thrilled to see your submissions!

Be creative! Think outside the box! Have fun!

What you need to do?
Solve a community problem either where you live or where others live … it’s your ideas that we are interested in. This could be solving the problem of access to technology, improving sanitation and water services, dealing with environmental issues or providing better, more accessible healthcare. These examples are meant to spark our young innovators, inventors and makers imaginations.

Who can participate? Applications are split into two age categories

4-9 year old category:
Entrants in this category are not required to use any specific 3D design skills; all they need to do is to make their designs from any types of materials, they can take a few photos and add a short description of their solution.

They are welcome to use any 3D skills they have and to show their thinking and methods used to get to their solution.

10-16 year old category:
Entrants here should try to use some 3D design skills but these are not compulsory as longs as the design is comprehensive and they give a good explanation as to how their design can solve a community problem.

Some of the 3D design skills they can use include:
3D design software like Happy3D
Drawing the design in 3D and then building it from whatever materials they have available
Building the design in 3D with whatever materials they have available.
The competition closes on 31st August:
any queries you have, send an email to [email protected]

Amazing prizes for each category!

The Top 3 winners in each age group will also receive one-on-one mentorship from an expert member of the Institute of Inventors and Innovators on how to turn their innovative ideas into reality.

The winner in the older age group can attend this year’s Annual RAPDASA Conference in Pretoria.
Rules of the competition:
No group work. This is an individual project.
You do not need to use any of the 3D modelling software, unless you have access. Happy3D is free to use and download and can be used on a tablet or smart phone, as well as a PC.
You will be contacted should you be one of the winners.
The Mentorship prize is provided free of charge, but if location of the winner lives far away, it may need to be done online.
You may be asked to have your photo taken and your project may be shared.
To submit go to https://www.whytoyz.com/3dcompetition/

R E M E M B E R!

Be creative, think outside the box and have fun!
No idea is too big or too small. There are no right answers.

Why? Toyz has developed a Mobile App with Children in mind. Along with our team of developers we wanted to develop an app that was not only exciting but easy to use. The App shares access to the Why Toyz Worlds, you have the ability to print different offered Words as complete sets or separate parts...

18/08/2021

The 3D Print Design Competition is a national competition which forms part of the annual Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA) conference. The competition is aimed at encouraging designers, entrepreneurs, engineers & artists to use the latest technology to promote awareness of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and attempts to gauge the country’s capability to design and engineer for AM.
With the industrialization of AM in mind, the 2021 design competition looks to break away from the norm by doing away with specific categories. Given that AM allows for the manufacture of greatly complex geometries, the challenge is to re-design one of the following components

Computer Mouse | Hydraulic Manifold | Vehicle Suspension Bracket
Files can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/193wefsPtD0qaP8ezmuwtOvmGjg6WcllP?usp=sharing

Judging Criteria:
All entries will be judged according to a score card MATRIX and points will be awarded against each of the following criteria:
Novelty
Inventiveness
Functionality
Aesthetic appeal
Engineering principles
3D Printing knowledge
3D Printability
Creativity
Designs may incorporate multiple components. Designs may also be made up of components which require post processing and assembly afterwards.
In the event of a draw, points will be awarded to the quality of the presentation and supportive documentation.

General Considerations:
When designing it is important to take into account the material which will used to print your design, as well as the limitations of the AM process. Factors such structural integrity and durability affect how well a design is able to function, while efficient use of material must be considered to reduce costs and to avoid over-designed components.

CLOSING DATE
Midnight 15 September 2021

11/07/2021

http://wohlersassociates.com/blog/2021/07/a-name-18-years-later/
by Terry Wohlers

In April 2003, this two-paragraph blog post discussed the name of the process used to produce parts additively. Back then, most people used the term “rapid prototyping” to describe this process. It was far from perfect, as stated in the blog post, but it worked reasonably well for many years.