Micro 3D printer Kickstarter funding: $1 million in just one day. Micro, an unusually sleek 3D printer, is about to hit $1 million in funding on Kickstarter just a day after it started raising funds.
The project hits the sweet spot for anyone interested in 3D printing as it might be the first commercially viable $300 3D printer the world has ever seen. The Micro printer is notably light, weighing just 2.2 pounds. Micro is also doing far better on Kickstarter than Foodini, the nearly equally slick-looking food-printer that created a pretty respectable media splash, but has raised just under $60,000 so far. China’s Huge 3D Printers, Soon Able to Print Automobile Sized Metal Objects. One of the biggest possible economic impacts of 3D printing to the U.S. economy is the fact that it may eventually allow corporations to bring jobs back onshore from China.
The United States outsources a large number of jobs over to Asia as a way to cut labor costs. 3D printing and robotics promises to change some of this, as companies can utilize industrial scale 3D printers and automation to manufacture parts for their products, cheaper than even the labor force in China can produce them. That’s if, of course China lags behind in their adoption of these technologies. It appears, however that China is investing heavily in 3D printing, just like those in the U.S. and Europe. Their corporate and government leaders clearly can identify an emerging technology and its possible economic impact on the future of China. In fact, back in June, China announced a gigantic 3D printer, which they claimed was the world’s largest at the time, with a 1.8 m build diameter. Selective laser sintering. An SLS machine being used at the Centro Renato Archer in Brazil.
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing technique used for the low volume production of prototype models and functional components. Selective laser sintering uses lasers as its power source to sinter powdered material, binding it together to create a solid structure. It is often confused with another similar process called selective laser melting (SLM), the difference being that it only sinters the powders together as opposed to achieving a full melt. [1] History[edit] Selective laser sintering (SLS) was developed and patented by Dr. 4D printing: Making things that make themselves. While some of us have only just got our heads round 3D printing and its potential, you might shudder at the thought of 4D printing but it’s already here.
The concept: 3D printed objects that seamlessly expand, fold and harden into different forms. The cynic’s first reaction is to label 4D a gimmick, pointing out that the fourth dimension is in fact time, however at the TED conference in Los Angeles, architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits showed us just how it works and it’s ingeniously simple: 4D allows objects to self-assemble and adapt.
Markus Kayser - Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser. 3D printer by Sask. man gets record crowdsourced cash - Saskatchewan. 3D Metal printer for $1000. The Mini Metal Maker prints 3D objects from digital files directly in precious metal clay, rather than in plastic.
Once these clay objects air-dry, they are fired in a kiln to produce beautiful solid metal objects of high purity and precision. Using metal clay essentially replaces the entire wax-casting or lost-wax process ordinarily needed to do this. The Mini Metal Maker will add new capability for the DIY inventor or artist by making fabrication in metal easy and direct. It will be a boon for anyone interested in creating their own gears, miniature mechanisms, or printing detailed jewelry or metal ornaments. The Mini Metal Maker is built around the concept of using the minimum number of parts, reducing the cost to produce and also eliminating many chances for error during assembly. They have raised about $7500 out of $10,000 to improve the precision from 500 microns to 200 microns.
The Printer That Can Print A 2,500 Square Foot House In 20 Hours. We have seen huge advancements in 3D printing.
We’ve even seen oversized wrenches printed that measure 1.2 meters in length. Now, we can print an entire 2,500 sqft house in 20 hours. In the TED Talk video below, Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), demonstrates automated construction, using 3D printers to build an entire house in 20 hours. Amaze project aims to take 3D printing 'into metal age' 15 October 2013Last updated at 06:22 ET By James Morgan Science reporter, BBC News This concept Mars probe features 3D printed components The European Space Agency has unveiled plans to "take 3D printing into the metal age" by building parts for jets, spacecraft and fusion projects.
The Amaze project brings together 28 institutions to develop new metal components which are lighter, stronger and cheaper than conventional parts. Additive manufacturing (or "3D printing") has already revolutionised the design of plastic products. Printing metal parts for rockets and planes would cut waste and save money. Continue reading the main story. 3D Printing Breakthrough Yields Organic and Inorganic Multimaterial Vista Printhead. Nanoscribe Will Sell a Micro 3-D Printer That Creates Tiny Structures in Seconds. Nanoscribe, a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, has developed a tabletop 3-D microprinter that can create complicated microstructures 100 times faster than is possible today.
“If something took one hour to make, it now takes less than one minute,” says Michael Thiel, chief scientific officer at Nanoscribe. Staples announces in-store 3-D printing service. The move by Staples, an established corporation, to offer 3-D printing further legitimizes a rapidly growing field.
A new service will allow customers to print 3-D objects at Staples office-supply storesThe printers generate objects using reams of paper that are cut, stacked and glued togetherStaples Easy 3D will launch in the Netherlands and Belgium in the first quarter of 2013 (CNN) -- Pretty soon you'll be able to print your 3-D projects at the local Staples. A new service called "Staples Easy 3D" will allow customers to upload their designs to Staples' website, then pick up the printed objects at their local office supply megastore, or have them shipped to their home or business — not unlike the photo- and document-printing service the company already offers.
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** (posted Dec. 1) World's first 3D printing pen smashes Kickstarter goal in a few hours. 3D printers are getting smaller and cheaper all the time, but they're still not exactly mainstream. The 3Doodler is an attempt to change that — it's a small pen-style device that its creators call both a "world's first" and "the most affordable way to 3D print. " It won't be able to print pre-rolled objects such as Nokia phone cases, of course, but instead lets you draw your designs into existence by moving it through the air. Like many 3D printers, the 3Doodler uses ABS plastic that is heated and instantly cooled. WobbleWorks launched the project earlier today on Kickstarter, and shot past its $30,000 funding goal within a few hours; at the time of writing, it's raised close to ten times that amount. The first orders are scheduled to ship in September, though there only looks to be enough stock for around 5,000 Kickstarter backers in total.
Makerbot announces new desktop 3D scanner—you know, to go with your 3D printer.
Formlabs Starts to Ship Its Professional 3-D Printer. Shipping: The Form 1 3-D printer is now coming off a factory production line. Desktop 3-D printers are about to become available with higher-definition capabilities, with a new startup shipping its first model this month. At $3,299, the Form 1 could expand the market for 3-D printing technology. It can produce much higher-fidelity plastic objects than the consumer desktop printers available today.
But it is still cheap enough to be affordable to a wide swath of professional designers, engineers, and dedicated tinkerers. The Form 1 can, for example, create detailed functioning prototypes with mechanical parts, such as precise screw threads. “We wanted a product with a discretionary price point,” says Formlabs cofounder Natan Linder , a PhD student at MIT’s Media Lab. The process the Form 1 printer uses—stereolithography—is not new. The Form 1, an attractive desktop cube, has been available on preorder since November. “It’s like a DSLR camera. With plenty of work to do, Formlabs is busy. Peachy Printer's sub-$100 3D printer smashes fundraising goal (video)