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Yeah, and most of them were directed at the sound quality.
And for only $250,000 you too can own an Object Connex 500 which was used to print that record.
That printer is awesome, though. Check out some of the models it can produce:
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20120...ziest-3d-prints-come-off-objet-connex500.html
Because it can print up to 14 different materials you can print, for instance, a toddler size human with visible bones and transparent skin/organs. The halo figurine is nice too.
That printer is awesome, though. Check out some of the models it can produce:
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20120...ziest-3d-prints-come-off-objet-connex500.html
Because it can print up to 14 different materials you can print, for instance, a toddler size human with visible bones and transparent skin/organs. The halo figurine is nice too.
Oh, I'm not saying the RIAA has anything to worry about right now, but the fact that this can be done at all portends great things. After all, this isn't just a demonstration of a 3D printer's resolution, but also the fact that someone took the time to write a D/A converter program that actually renders its output in meatspace.
--Patrick
--Patrick
Ok, now things are climbing the next level of seriousness.
All-in-one 3D printers and scanners.
--Patrick
All-in-one 3D printers and scanners.
--Patrick
GasBandit
Staff member
How long before somebody sticks his wang in the box, I wonder.
I took a tour of a private science foundation nearly 10 years ago, and they had a lab that specialized in 3D printing. They used it for surgeons to have a model of organs or tumors that they were going to operate on. There were loads of plastic brains and tumors displayed in the lab. I remember thinking that the tech was super cool, but never even considered it for private use. Now, it seems like there are a bazillion uses.
I wouldn't mind getting one for doing furniture mock-ups before building the real deal.
I wouldn't mind getting one for doing furniture mock-ups before building the real deal.
Now that's a good idea! Imagine going to Ikea.com, downloading miniature 3D model files for their furniture, and then printing an office and placing all the furniture. You could readily see how things will look and fit in the room before buying anything. Sure beats 2D layout and design.
Or you could use their new Augmented Reality feature to place furniture in your existing rooms.
Kati has been doing this for designing her "dream house" since it was a downloadable Windows-only app. The new in-browser method is more convenient, if slow.
The idea of emailing actual objects is appealing.
--Patrick
British police have seized a 3D printer and components "suspected to be a 3D plastic magazine and trigger."
except that they probably didn't really...
Update: In what could turn out to be a major embarrassment for the Greater Manchester Police force, the "3D-printed gun parts" could well be spare parts for a printer.
(via The Verge)
except that they probably didn't really...
Update: In what could turn out to be a major embarrassment for the Greater Manchester Police force, the "3D-printed gun parts" could well be spare parts for a printer.
(via The Verge)
GasBandit
Staff member
Yeah, but there's kind of a big price-related barrier to entry for metal "printing," isn't there? That gun probably cost tens of thousands of dollars. Easier to just buy a regular gun.
(also I notice the slide has a bit of a sticking problem)
That's what people used to say about transistors and integrated circuits, too.
--Patrick
GasBandit
Staff member
So 20 to 30 years and we'll all be CNCing/Lasermetalprinting our own plasma rifles, I suppose.
http://imgur.com/a/wPbfI
Just click through the album. It's quite a story.
It says a lot about what you can do with a printer. And patience.
--Patrick
Just click through the album. It's quite a story.
It says a lot about what you can do with a printer. And patience.
--Patrick
Some MIT students are researching printing in an important new medium: ice cream!
(via TechCrunch)
Apparently, they aren't the first ones to think of the idea...
(via TechCrunch)
Apparently, they aren't the first ones to think of the idea...
I saw this on Reddit the other day, and everyone was amazed at the innovation and awesomeness of the idea. Being a big ren-faire geek, I realized that I'd already been using this tool for years:
http://www.amazon.com/Tandy-3784-00-Replacement-Blades-3002-00/dp/B00IVSE25C
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Hasbro has partnered with Shapeways to allow fans to produce and sell custom, 3-d printed My Little Pony merchandise. They have started the website SuperFanArt as a gateway for this project. If it is successful, Hasbro will expand the program to include other properties.
Although the official debut is at Comic-Con, there are already designs from 5 artists on the site.
(via Make, the Shapeways blog, and the New York Times)
Although the official debut is at Comic-Con, there are already designs from 5 artists on the site.
(via Make, the Shapeways blog, and the New York Times)
NASA has started making 3-D model files of spacecraft and planetary bodies available to the public. These include Voyager, the dwarf planet Vesta, and the Gale crater. Both Blender and .stl formats are available. Not all models may be practical to print, but they are refining them as they get feedback. The repository is here. (via io9)
Visualizations of some of the objects:
Visualizations of some of the objects: