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Star Rapid’s blog aims to share our hard earned knowledge on manufacturing and product development. We hope these articles help you to optimize your product design and better understand the world of rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, 3D printing and low-volume manufacturing.

Star Rapid Plays Host To Shenzhen Accelerator HAX
For the third year in a row, Star Rapid played host to a group of young entrepreneurs and visionaries who were part of the “accelerator” program of HAX of Shenzhen, China. This year was the best yet, demonstrating Star’s commitment to reaching out to the larger prototyping community to encourage

Star Rapid Talks About Scale, Manufacturing And Measurement
We will assume that if you’re reading this then you fit the general profile of a creative, intelligent person of good taste and breeding. You’re also interested in engineering, science and technology, all of which we applaud. Well, prepare to have your mind blown. When working with product design and

Our Top 6 Picks For Movies With Machine Tools
We all know how much Hollywood loves to glamorize some lives over others. How many movies can you think of that tell us all about the fast-paced, exciting and sexy world of Wall Street bankers, slick big-city lawyers, Washington politicians and, of course, cops. Take almost any subset of a

Designing The Perfect Music System
There’s no more sure-fire way to kick up a cloud of dust among music lovers than to bring up the old digital-vs-analog argument. It’s almost as bad as asking who’s the greatest rock guitarist, or which Beatles album is the best (answer: all of them). No matter what you say,

Star Rapid Joins The 2015 “Sunshine Is Beside You” Charity Party
On June 28th, Star Rapid was happy to participate once again in the “Sunshine is Beside You” charity party. As loyal readers already know, this has been an especially memorable and auspicious year. Our own Jerry Grey has already been featured here, having completed his epic journey from Zhongshan to

Celebrating 5 Great Prototype Design Winners From China
The Red Dot awards are a prestigious, internationally recognized symbol of product and prototype design excellence. A panel of judges from a number of design disciplines is tasked with reviewing tens of thousands of product ideas relating to transportation, housing, energy, education, public spaces, lighting and many more. To receive