Enterprise Resilience Management Blog: 3D Printing and the Supply Chain The editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest asks an interesting question: "How Soon will 'Printed' Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains - and the World?" [22 February 2011] I first posted a blog that mentioned 3D printers back in November 2006. I discussed the subject at more length the next year in a post entitled Where is My Replicator? Obviously, ball bearings made from a plastic powder have limited use. "Filton, just outside Bristol, is where Britain's fleet of Concorde supersonic airliners was built. Now there's a print job! "Engineers and designers have been using 3D printers for more than a decade, but mostly to make prototypes quickly and cheaply before they embark on the expensive business of tooling up a factory to produce the real thing. The staff at Supply Chain Digest refers to this process as "digital manufacturing" and it first discussed the topic back in January 2009 ["Will Digital Manufacturing Transform Production Processes and the Supply Chain?].
Turn Yourself into a 3D Printed Action Figure First off, let me start by saying that I know this isn't a real action figure. It has zero points of articulation, meaning that the "action" portion of the word is conspicuously absent. But I'll eat my hat before I admit that I play with dolls or figurines, so for the duration of this 'ible what I made is an action figure. Deal with it. Nostalgia. Boredom. Tools: Camera Computer Acrylic Paint 3D Printer OR the ability to place online orders.Software: 123D Catch This software from Autodesk takes a bunch of photos of a subject, from different angles, and uses a complicated algorithm to create a 3D model.
Human Doll Cloning is So Hot right now in Japan Who’d like to have all their friends and family made into dolls like these, lining the walls of their living room? Didn’t think so. Via Messy Messy : She has a few friends that may or may not haunt you in your dreams later on… The cloning service is popular among some Japanese women looking to preserve that special moment in life such as their wedding day, cloning hair & makeup and even the dress they wore. Whatever you do, don’t make eye contact… Oh you already did? Toodles! Like this: Like Loading... 3D printing provides a vision of manufacturing's future (w/ video) Dan Mishek, co-owner and head of VistaTek, with a prototype bust of Walt Disney. It was made using 3D printing technology at Mishek's company in Vadnais Heights. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall) Dan Mishek and his siblings operate VistaTek, a small manufacturing concern in Vadnais Heights started by his parents 15 years ago. To hear him tell it, they're running Santa's workshop. "My favorite story is that at one point, we were making children's toys, an assault rifle, a hearing aid and a horse manure pitchfork, all at the same time," Mishek said. VistaTek doesn't suffer from mission confusion. Something that might take weeks with traditional molds and methods can be done overnight by pushing a button. In the world of manufacturing, it's called rapid prototyping. "You don't have to have a lot of tooling or a lot of inventory on hand," he said. It's a factory in a box. Stratasys even created a side business it calls "Redeye" to handle quick turnaround jobs using its own machines. Yeah.
Precise offers a scaled likeness 3D model of the individual in Dubai Apr.9, 2012 Lothar Hohmann, Managing Director of Precise, announced worldwide launch of company's latest innovative product, TIM on Wednesday in its TIM Studio in Al Barsha, Dubai. TIM is an acronym for This Is Me, it is a scaled lifelike 3D model of an individual at roughly 10% of the person's original height, produced using a 360 degrees full colour 3D scanner and a 3D printer. "We have invested over Dhs1m(USD272,000) since late 2011 to realise this dream, and Precise is delighted to finally unveil the next step in immortalising personal memories," said Lothar Hohmann. Using the currently innovative 3D scanning and printing technology, Tim will be a powerful tool to capture people's precise moment to develop a fully realized likeness. TIM can be ordered by visiting any of the Precise retail locations at Mall of the Emirates, Deira City Centre, Atlantis or Dubai Duty Free. Precise Trading LLC was established in the UAE in 2002 providing sub surface laser etching of high quality crystals.
Exploded Flowers by Qi Wei Fong Older Exploded Flowers by Qi Wei Fong by Justine Hand Issue 16 · The Garden Path · May 21, 2013 Newer We tend to look at flowers as a whole, as polite singular blooms or quietly lovely clusters on a bush. But photographer Qi Wei Fong is interested in the individual components of each flower, which he disassembles in order to capture an entirely different side of these ephemeral beauties. "Flowers," notes artist Qi Wei Fong, "are indeed one of the most beautiful and complex structures found in Nature, designed specifically for the purpose of reproduction." Above: Limited edition prints of "Lotus" and select others of Fong's Exploded Flowers Series are available for purchase on the artist's site . Above: Disassembled, a simple "Cosmos" makes for a very expressive composition. Above: The starburst petals of a "Chysanthemum" resemble the rays of the sun. Above: Qi Wei's Exploded Flower Series are inspired by Todd McClellan's Disassembly Series , which reveals the inner workings of machinery. N.B.
3D Printing Feed a device with blueprints for a solid object of your choosing, then let the machine build it for you from plastic or other simple materials [1] Video illustration at "3D Printing” is an umbrella term that covers four distinct manufacturing technologies. "Three-dimensional printers, often called rapid prototypers, assemble objects out of an array of specks of material, just as traditional printers create images out of dots of ink or toner. "3D Printing is a technique that deposits material layer by layer using a head similar to that of a inkjet printer. Discussing the Definition "3D Printing is currently rather a hard term to define. Each one of these terms has a distinct meaning but they are all vying for your attention to become the official term to describe any process whereby the information in a digital file describing an object virtually(such as an STL or CAD file) is used to rapidly make a real object. Spare Parts. From the Wikipedia:
3D Printing Figurines Here's something I'm experimenting with a bit at the moment. Most of you probably already know about that fancy 3d printing tech that's getting more and more popular these days. So, I decided to do a bit of 3d modeling work and make my own figurine, yay! While 3d printing is generally somewhat expensive (3d printing is also referred to as rapid prototyping, fyi), it turns out that it's actually quite affordable, with prices going near those of commercial figurines (depending on your 3d print supplier, of course). Now, this figurine I printed in simple white, but since color printing is already available, my next 3d printed figurine will obviously be printed in color (with just as much detail in the color as I like). :) This was printed at Shapeways, by the way ( ).
Space zombies beware – hobbyist builds a real-life Plasma Cutter Laser weapons hobbyist Patrick Priebe has built a working replica of the Plasma Cutter from the Dead Space video games Image Gallery (2 images) Well, our cyberpunk-weapons-making friend Patrick Priebe has been at it again. Having previously built things like a gauss rifle, a rotary-blade-shooting crossbow and an Iron Man laser gauntlet, he recently let us know about his latest creation – the video game-based Plasma Cutter. First of all, no – the device doesn’t actually induce a plasma channel. It’s called the Plasma Cutter because it’s a replica of the tool/weapon of the same name used in the Dead Space games. It does, however, emit five laser beams. Priebe tells us that the Plasma Cutter is powered by one 18650 and three 14500 lithium-ion batteries. You can contact him via his website. About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles Just enter your friends and your email address into the form below For multiple addresses, separate each with a comma
The Pirate's Dilemma Here you can download an electronic copy of the book. The price is entirely up to you. To download, simply click on the link above or the book cover pictured on the left. You’ll be taken to a checkout page where you can set the price anywhere from $0.00 upwards. You’ll need to enter your email address, but I respect your online privacy and promise never to spam you. Why would an author give away a book for free? There are millions of books on amazon.com, and on average each will sell around 500 copies a year. By treating the electronic version of a book as information rather than property, and circulating it as widely as possible, many authors such as Paulo Coelho and Cory Doctorow actually end up selling more copies of the physical version.
Moritz Bächer Abstract Articulated deformable characters are widespread in computer animation. Unfortunately, we lack methods for their automatic fabrication using modern additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. We propose a method that takes a skinned mesh as input, then estimates a fabricatable single-material model that approximates the 3D kinematics of the corresponding virtual articulated character in a piecewise linear manner. We first extract a set of potential joint locations. Video Press See search results on Google July 31, 2012 Adding a '3D print' button to animation software (Press Release) by Caroline Perry, Harvard Aug 1, 2012 Animated characters printed in 3D by Christina Ortiz, Discovery News Adding a '3D Print' Button to Animation Software, ACM TechNews Aug 2, 2012 Software helps print video game characters in 3D by Katia Moskvitch, BBC Harvard creates software for 3D printing articulated action figures by Matthew Humphries, Geek Harvard software 3D prints articulated action figures, Slashdot
Handmade, preservative-free chocolate … in the shape of your bumhole We’ve all heard “don’t shit where you eat.” But what about eating where you shit? Like, literally? The Edible Anus gets to the bottom of that question. Handcrafted out of preservative-free, all-natural Belgian chocolate, this eco-treat comes from a mold of the company’s butt model’s chocolate starfish. And if you’re behind on birthday shopping for that special buttmunch in your life, a mere $397 will get you a limited-edition solid silver anus that will last forever. Whether you get it in dark, white, or milk chocolate, I’m pretty sure the Edible Anus will melt in your mouth or your hand.