SOLAR SINTER (2MIN EDIT) SunCutter : markus kayser. Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing. Uld the house of the future look like a spider's web? Out-there architects issue plan for 3D-printed home. Concept put together by London-based architecture collective Softkill DesignThey are the latest entrants to the race to put together the first 3D-printable homeComponents would be manufactured off-site then stuck together like velcro By Damien Gayle Published: 18:43 GMT, 14 February 2013 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 16 February 2013 The house of the future could be built from plastic and look like a spider's web, if one group of conceptual architects have their way. London-based architecture collective Softkill Design have created this concept for the first 3D printed house, and say the first prototype could be built by this summer.
They are the latest entrants to a race to construct the first 3D printed home, which could revolutionise house building and even potentially solve the UK's housing crisis. Scroll down for video The house of the future? 'It would take up to three weeks to have all the pieces fabricated,' said Gilles Retsin, a member of the collective, to Dezeen.com. Will 3D-printed houses stand up as architecture? | Art and design. 'Enter a new architecture' ... 3D-printed house by Janjaap Ruijssenaars. Photograph: Universe Architecture 3D-printing may have been used for a long time in the world of architecture, allowing visionaries to conjure ever more elaborate and unbuildable forms from the ether. But the technology has never been used to build anything bigger than a prototype model. This could all be set to change, now that Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has unveiled designs for the world's first 3D-printed house.
The Landscape House takes the form of a continuous looping Möbius strip, rising out of the ground before folding back on itself in a seamless undulating band. Working with mathematician and artist Rinus Roelofs, Ruijssenaars plans to create the building in sections of up to 6x9m, printed using the D-Shape printer. His vision is to cut out the expensive, cumbersome manual processes of conventional construction and give the designer absolute freedom. 3D printed car is strong as steel, half the weight and nearing production. Picture an assembly line that isn't made up of robotic arms spewing sparks to weld heavy steel, but a warehouse of plastic-spraying printers producing light, cheap and highly efficient automobiles.
If Jim Kor's dream is realised, that's exactly how the next generation of urban runabouts will be produced. His creation is called the Urbee 2 and it could revolutionise parts manufacturing while creating a cottage industry of small-batch automakers intent on challenging the status quo. Urbee's approach to maximum miles per gallon starts with lightweight construction -- something that 3D printing is particularly well suited for. The designers were able to focus more on the optimal automobile physics, rather than working to install a hyper efficient motor in a heavy steel-body automobile. As the Urbee shows, making a car with this technology has a slew of beneficial side effects. Jim Kor is the engineering brains behind the Urbee. But how safe is a 50-piece plastic body on a highway? 3-D Printing Will Change the World.
To anyone who hasn’t seen it demonstrated, 3-D printing sounds futuristic—like the meals that materialized in the Jetsons’ oven at the touch of a keypad. But the technology is quite straightforward: It is a small evolutionary step from spraying toner on paper to putting down layers of something more substantial (such as plastic resin) until the layers add up to an object. And yet, by enabling a machine to produce objects of any shape, on the spot and as needed, 3-D printing really is ushering in a new era.
As applications of the technology expand and prices drop, the first big implication is that more goods will be manufactured at or close to their point of purchase or consumption. This might even mean household-level production of some things. (You’ll pay for raw materials and the IP—the software files for any designs you can’t find free on the web.) Short of that, many goods that have relied on the scale efficiencies of large, centralized plants will be produced locally. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical - A miniature flow sensor fabricated by micro-stereolithography employing a magnetite/acrylic nanocomposite resin.
Abstract Micro-stereolithography (MSL) is an important technique for fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) structures and micro-devices. With the recent developments to the MSL process such as the use of multiple resins in single components, the number of applications for devices produced with this process has expanded greatly. MSL technology is also opening up new paradigms in the area of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) research and applications, with fabrication of custom, precise and low-cost devices a reality. MSL resins that provide functionality beyond the purely structural are required to meet the ever increasing demand for more complex sensors and devices that can be used in custom applications. Functionality can be introduced into MSL polymer resins through addition of particulate fillers into the resin matrix. Keywords Micro-stereolithography; Micro-fabrication; Direct manufacture; Resin; Magnetic; Sensor; Nanoparticles Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Self-healing electronic chip tests may aid space travel. 21 December 2011Last updated at 19:07 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Tests showed small microcapsules filled with liquid metal healed fractures in a gold circuit restoring conductivity Self-repairing electronic chips are one step closer, according to a team of US researchers. The group has created a circuit that heals itself when cracked thanks to the release of liquid metal which restores conductivity. The process takes less than an eye blink to bring the circuit back to use. The researchers said that their work could eventually lead to longer-lasting gadgets as well as solving one of the big problems of interplanetary travel. The work was carried out by a team of scientists and engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is published in the journal Advanced Materials.
The process works by exploiting the stress that causes the initial damage in the chips to break open tiny reservoirs of a healing material that fills in the resulting gaps, restoring electrical flow. Unfold. Future Tech: How 3D Printing Will Change the World. Photo Credit: Mary MacTavish May 9, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. 3D printing is a hot topic right now, especially with reports of this incredible technology entering the consumer marketplace. While the technology isn’t nearly as versatile or as user-friendly as the science fiction dream, the implications include the potential to provide the things we need in much greener, less-centralized, less resource-intensive way.
In short: as with so many human inventions, the future of 3D printing includes the good, the bad and the grotesque. The Good 3D printing actually refers to a range of different technologies for making a three-dimensional object from a digital file. The first rapid prototyping machine using 3D printing technology went into commercial use in 1986.
Thanks to the ability to build a product from the bottom up, 3D printers can print shapes that cannot be viably manufactured any other way. U.S. Army Embraces 3D Printers: “It’s Kind of a Magical Thing” Rapid Technologies Branch Chief Rick Moore explains the many ways 3D printing is being used at the Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. The following article was written by Singularity Hub Member David McNally from the U.S. Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command, and appeared on www.army.mil. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 3, 2012) — When you walk into this research lab you hear the overpowering hum of massive machines with robotic parts swinging past viewing windows as technicians spray objects with lasers attached to limber metallic arms.
Fifty years ago what goes on in this lab would have been considered science fiction, but what these Army researchers do is scientific fact. These artisan engineers create three-dimensional objects out of plastic and metal in printers that seem like Star Trek replicators. “It’s allowed us to develop items for the warfighter quicker,” said Rapid Technologies Branch Chief Rick Moore, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. The 'chemputer' that could print out any drug | Science | The Observer. Professor Lee Cronin is a likably impatient presence, a one-man catalyst. "I just want to get stuff done fast," he says.
And: "I am a control freak in rehab. " Cronin, 39, is the leader of a world-class team of 45 researchers at Glasgow University, primarily making complex molecules. But that is not the extent of his ambition. A couple of years ago, at a TED conference, he described one goal as the creation of "inorganic life", and went on to detail his efforts to generate "evolutionary algorithms" in inert matter. He still hopes to "create life" in the next year or two. At the same time, one branch of that thinking has itself evolved into a new project: the notion of creating downloadable chemistry, with the ultimate aim of allowing people to "print" their own pharmaceuticals at home. The idea is very much at the conception stage, but as he walks me around his labs Cronin begins to outline how that "paradigm-changing" project might progress.
What would this mean? Second industrial revolution is under way. Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively. To continue using our website and consent to the use of cookies, click away from this box or click 'Close' Find out about our cookies and how to change them Log in Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password close My New Scientist Look for Science Jobs 3D printing: Second industrial revolution is under way In this special report New Scientist finds out what’s next, from printed robots to plans to bring the technology to the masses 3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology The combination of CT scanning and 3D printing is taking the discovery and recreation of ancient fossils into the 21st centuryRead more The sceptic's guide to 3D printing 3D printing is a revolutionary technology, but never mind the hype, says MacGregor Campbell – it will make its impact in unexpected waysRead more The world's first printed plane Death.
Global Innovation Barometer 2013 | Ideas Lab. Could 3D printing be a climate revolution? Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. By Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia Humanity has lived through many ages and transformations. But as we stare at our computer screens, a new age is sneaking up on us quite unexpectedly - one that combines the durability and strength of the industrial age with the flexibility and adaptability of the virtual age. It is an age that will be built not with hammers, but with printers - 3D printers. And these 3D printers could play a role in addressing complex 21st century challenges such as climate change. 3D printing, also known as “additive manufacturing” is the printing of physical 3D objects from a digital plan. Additive manufacturing allows designers to create intricate structures that in some instances would be impossible to construct otherwise. A notable use of the technology is by the U.S. military’s new Expeditionary Lab - Mobile. 1. 2) Enabling rapid prototyping. 3. 5.
Caitlin E. Rise of 3DPrinting. Currently several universities and researching institutes are working on the research and devleopment of bio-manufacturing, ceramic forming, laser sintering machines and materials. Although China has become the unchallenged global manufacturing centre, China's manufacturing industry has a lot of pressure from high labour costs and low efficiency of economic growth. Su thinks the development and broader use of 3Dprinting technology could improve China's productivity and ease China's pressure on energy and resources. Peigen Li, president of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology said that China was on par with western countries in development and application of the 3Dprinting technology. Academician Bingheng Lu from Chinese Academy of Engineering added that the ratio of 3Dprinters being developed indicate a country's economic vitality and innovation capability.
Currently the U.S.A. has 38.5 percent of the world's total 3Dprinters, and China has only 8.6 percent. Organovo Partners With Autodesk Research to Develop 3D Bioprinting Software. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 18, 2012 — (PRNewswire) — Organovo Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: ONVO) ("Organovo"), a creator and manufacturer of functional, three-dimensional human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications, is working together with researchers at Autodesk, Inc., the leader in cloud-based design and engineering software, to create the first 3D design software for bioprinting.
The software, which will be used to control Organovo's NovoGen MMX bioprinter, will represent a major step forward in usability and functionality for designing three-dimensional human tissues, and has the potential to open up bioprinting to a broader group of users. "Autodesk is an excellent partner for Organovo in developing new software for 3D bioprinters," said Keith Murphy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Organovo.
"Bioprinting has the potential to change the world," said Jeff Kowalski, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Autodesk. About Organovo Holdings, Inc. 3D printing: A third-world dimension. A 3-D Printed House That Grows Like Human Bone. Though scientists like USC’s Behrokh Khoshnevis and Enrico Dini are edging ever closer to developing a 3-D printer large enough to print houses, the technology is still a long way from being widely implementable. That hasn’t stopped architects from designing for it, though--after all, plenty of great architecture is unbuildable. A London design studio called Softkill is leading the way, painting a far-out picture of what 3-D printed architecture could eventually look like. At last week’s 3D Printshow, the team of Architectural Association grads presented a concept called ProtoHome, which imagines a radical new mode of construction based on the strengths of 3-D printing.
Their design is in stark contrast to other 3-D printed home schemes, which are either markedly utilitarian or oddly traditional. The spindly, web-like structure is based on an algorithm that mimics the way bones grow in human bodies. [via Dezeen] Creation and copyright law: the case of 3D printing. The Australian Law Reform Commission is conducting an inquiry into copyright law and the digital economy in 2012 and 2013.The President, Rosalind Croucher, stated: “While the Copyright Act has been amended on occasion over the past 12 years to account for digital developments, these changes occurred before the digital economy took off.
The Australian Law Reform Commission will need to find reforms that are responsive to this new environment, and to future scenarios that are still in the realm of the imagination. It is a complex and important area of law and we are looking forward to some robust debate and discussion during the course of this very important Inquiry.” In August 2012, the Commission published its issues paper, Copyright and the Digital Economy. The Commission has posed the question: “Should the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) be amended to include a broad, flexible exception?” 3D Printing Solidoodle is another leader in 3D printing. Copyright Law Copyright Law Reform. Creating A Whole Other Dimension – Enabled by 3D Printing. Shape-shifting robot made by MIT scientists. Researchers Build a 3D-Printed Transform Robot.
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