This start-up combines 3D printing with NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have seen a lot of hype in recent years. But despite high-priced monkeys in pixel form or fragmented works of art, the connection to the analogue world was often still missing. With a new solution from the house BIONIC however, that is likely to change now.

BIONIC combines NFTs with 3D printing

As part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), the start-up BIONIC Production develops decentralized manufacturing solutions in the area of ​​hardware and blockchain-based software. In concrete terms, this means: BIONIC produces creative bionic objects from the metal 3D printer, maps them as NFT and offers them OpenSea for purchase.

So who is up OpenSea embarks initially has the choice of some creative objects. If you choose one of the NFTs pictured, this is what you get physical 3D printed part delivered directly to your home. In this way, BIONIC creates what many NFT projects have so far lacked: the connection to the analogue world. The proof of ownership remains digital as an NFT, but the object shown is delivered directly to the front door. To do this, you verify yourself directly on the official product homepage after purchasing the NFT at this point with the wallet with which you bought the NFT. Each 3D-printed object made of titanium contains a so-called NFC chip, which you can use with the Scan phone can. The NFC chip underlines the uniqueness and provides further information about the object. BIONIC is currently planning to constantly expand the collection and target other platforms. The start of NFT sales on OpenSea is 08/27/2022.

A start-up with strong partners

BIONIC is not a blank slate when it comes to blockchain solutions. The core business consists of blockchain solutions in the field of decentralized manufacturing. An example of this is about dematoken.com (DeMa). In cooperation with IBM, the DeMA Industrial was created as a blockchain-based platform for tokenizing industrial spare parts and components to enable decentralized production at the point of need.

DeMa is one of the first NFT blockchain applications in the industrial environment and enables participants to build new business models. This will massively drive decentralized global manufacturing, helping to save resources and strengthen regional production.

Daniel Beck, Managing Director of BIONIC.

In doing so, the companies create a solution that has positive effects on a global level. The new method enables OEM parts manufacturers to make the production data sets of their components available worldwide for decentralized production at the point of use in the form of NFTs, so that they can be manufactured on site by local manufacturers. And this is where the blockchain solution shows its significant advantages. In this way, you can avoid long production downtimes, reduce global logistics costs and also improve sustainability. This saves efficiency and time at all levels.

The transparency of the blockchain, however, enables 100% control over the quantity printed or conventionally manufactured on site. By using the DeMa token, all units of the real supply chain can be paid directly after the relevant NFT token has been burned. In this way, all efforts in the process from the point of view of intellectual property, law, physical production, customs clearance or data preparation can be compensated. The start-up won a blockchain competition for their solution and took first place.

The current foray into the world of NFTs impressively shows how the system works. Whoever buys one of the NFTs gets the analogue product delivered to their home – with full transparency and the possibility of control via the publicly visible blockchain.