3D printing
L'impression 3D, c'est LE truc en vogue depuis plusieurs mois . Révolution des Makers oblige, les garages modernes appelé "Fab Lab" se multiplient un peu partout dans le monde, et les plus geeks travaillent sur les améliorations à apporter à cet outil encore un peu venu du futur que sont les imprimantes 3D. Oui mais voilà, ces imprimantes, pour imprimer, consomment du plastique . Et alors que je me demandais l'autre jour si ces outils ne permettraient pas de créer un univers d' économie circulaire à la maison, je suis tombée nez à nez avec Filabot . Magie ! Le concept est le même que si nous pouvions recycler le papier à la maison pour nos imprimantes traditionnelles.
Filabot, le robot ménager qui recycle vos plastiques pour l’impression 3D
Printrbot’s New Iphone App
Printrbot has released a new community iPhone app called MAKRZ , which, unsurprisingly, is aimed at makers for sharing open source files for 3D printing, laser cutting and machining. Through this app makers can access thousands of 3D models and 2D drawings to get started — or continue — your personal making journey, including 3D printed creations. The plentiful features of MAKRZ include the ability to link your Dropbox account for downloading items that you wish to save for later and a sleek visual interface for browsing design files in high resolution. MAKRZ can render all Sketchup files automatically in the same quality format and the Download Queue and Download history will keep you up to date with your recent actions.Printing Nano-Electronics on Everything: Phones, Planes, Fish Tanks
Imagine you could print a thin layer of micro-electronics on any surface. With 3D printing, this is now a reality – reports the Economist – and that makes any surface a smart surface. It’s not traditional copper, but rather micro-building blocks of silver.
L’imprimerie 3D ne peut que se développer durant les prochaines années, avec des possibilités immenses en création. Parfois utilisée pour produire des pièces en plastique plutôt banales, une imprimante 3D a pourtant créé une arme à feu totalement fonctionnelle ! C’est un amateur d’armes américain qui a réussi à construire une véritable arme à feu, en plastique mais tirant tout de même des cartouches de 22 long-rifle !
Les imprimantes 3D peuvent aussi créer des armes à feu… Totalement fonctionnelles
Dans un passé récent, on a réussi à créer des petits objets en 3D.
Urbee : la voiture imprimée en 3D
10 choses incroyables que peuvent faire les imprimantes 3D Dans 20 ans, il y a des chances que vous vous leviez pour télécharger les chaussures que vous comptez porter. Puis vous irez dans votre cuisine pour manger le burrito que votre robot vous aura tendrement préparé. En réalité, vous pouvez le faire dès maintenant, parce que la technologie nécessaire existe déjà. Voici une liste de 10 choses incroyables que les imprimantes 3D peuvent faire : [via The Daily Beast ]
10 choses incroyables que peuvent faire les imprimantes 3D
3D manufacturing: Print me a phone
OPEN up any electronic device and inside there are circuit boards, components and bundles of wire. Assembling these items into a product like a phone can be a tedious, labour-intensive process, and one that is often subcontracted to low-wage countries such as China. Now new ways of printing electronics in three dimensions are being developed. This makes it possible to incorporate circuitry and components into the material the product is made from, such as the phone’s case. It could revolutionise the way electronic goods are made.
Students at University of Washington have achieved two amazing feats: 1) 3D print a 7-foot boat, and 2) use recycled milk cartons as the raw materials for the print. The students are part of an organization called the University of Washington Fabbers , and used a large, custom-designed 3D printer in the UW’s Mechanical Engineering Building . The completed boat was raced at the annual Milk Carton Derby at Green Lake in Seattle. The new UW student club, Washington Open Object Fabricators (or WOOF), built the boat as its inaugural project. They spent the last two months researching, engineering, extruding, printing, and dumpster diving for the greater good, and eventually produced a 40 lbs (~250 1 gallon milk jugs) “canoeyak” capable of supporting 150lbs. The club aimed to be the first to print a seaworthy craft, but the judges of the Derby weren’t sure what to make of their creation.
University of Washington Club 3D Prints a Boat with Recycled Materials
Will 3D printing make a difference at the next Olympics? French designer Luc Fusaro has developed a new technique for custom-fitted track shoes using 3D printing. His project, called “Designed to Win” , produces the lightest sprint footwear ever made at just 96 grams and is fitted to match the physical properties of the runner’s foot.
Designed to Win: 3D Printing Could Help Athletes Break World Records
Man, a trip to the library really isn’t what it used to be. Now they have MakerBots and you can Make things with your library card . These spaces are going to quickly become the go-to’s for getting started in Making stuff; like, your librarian’s going to say things like “wow, sweet overhangs.” In other words, the future’s bright. During the holiday last week, a couple more libraries-with-MakerBots popped onto our radar. First was the W.M.
Libraries Of The Future
Tuer dans l'oeuf la nouvelle techno disruptive : c'est le risque qui vise les imprimantes 3D. Des machines connectées aux ordis permettant, à la maison, de fabriquer des objets réels en leur transmettant des plans. Les premières demandes de retrait de fichiers arrivent, au nom du droit d'auteur. Mais ses défenseurs prennent les devants et organisent leur lobbying.
L’impression 3D fabrique son lobbying
Le rôle des bibliothèques ne cesse d'évoluer : après nous avoir facilité l'utilisation des médias et d'Internet, voilà qu'elles se mettent à nous accompagner dans nos envies de création en abritant aussi des makerspaces, ces lieux dédiés à la fabrication d'objets. Deux établissements américains viennent de se lancer dans l'aventure. Entrailles de MakerBot par Bre Pettis -cc- Début juillet, la bibliothèque de la petite ville de Westport aux États-Unis a inauguré un nouvel espace. De nouveaux fauteuils plus confortables ?
Made in ma bibliothèque
Scientists Create Blood Vessels Using Sugar and 3D Printing
University researchers have discovered a way to 3D print blood vessels, using sugar as the “ink” and a RepRap 3D printer. UPenn and MIT researchers collaborated on the study. The research was conducted by a team led by postdoctoral fellow Jordan S. Miller and Christopher S. Chen , the Skirkanich Professor of Innovation in the Department of Bioengineering at Penn, along with Sangeeta N. Bhatia , Wilson Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and postdoctoral fellow Kelly R.In the past, scaling and reproducing fossils was cost prohibitive and was in the domain of artists. Now 3D printers and 3D scanners are affordable, which means that paleontologists can now recreate dinosaurs. In the video below, Professor Kenneth Lacovara says ”the best thing you could do in science is to falsify your hypothesis.” 3D digital technology allows scientists to “open-source” their empirical data, including original discoveries like fossils. Now, instead of asking colleagues to fly across the globe to help validate new findings, a scientist can just send a digital file and the finding can be 3D printed at the other end. Scanning fossils has further application with the use of the 3D printer, of course.
3D Scanning and Printing Dinosaurs, Open-Sourcing Scientific Data
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