Multifunctional 3d printing delta robot ZeGo launching on Monday. April 26, 2014 The ongoing race to build the cheapest, most versatile 3D printer continues with the impending launch of the ZeGo bot, an opensource multifunctional delta linear robot. ZeGo Robotics, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based startup, is set to launch ZeGo bot on crowdfunding website Indiegogo on Monday. The ZeGo bot is multifunction delta robot. And it is one of the fastest ways to get involved in DIY robotics and 3D printing. Plotter: A drawing device which can draw with a pen on paper or a LCD sketchpad.
The combination of the PCB mill and the pick and place machine allows you to do the electronic prototyping in house. The ZeGo bot was based on Rostock opensource design and co-developed with Billy Zelsnack. The ZeGo classic assembly kit, starting at $549, comes with all of the hardware, electronics, tools and software that you need, to assemble and operate your ZeGo bot, including one attachment of your choice to expand the functionality of this tool. Solar-Powered 3D Printer Turns Desert Sand Into Glass Bowls and Sculptures Markus Kayser Solar Sinter - Gallery Page 5.
MiniMetalMaker - A small 3D printer that fabricates with precious metal clay. Please stay tuned as we make progress in the development of the Mini Metal Maker-David Hartkop The Mini Metal Maker is very exciting to me because it is a unique combination of an artistic material with the field of 3D printing. The Mini Metal Maker prints 3D objects from digital files directly in 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. With your help Your contribution will help us turn our working prototype into a mass-produced product. Monies raised We aim to raise $10,000 for materials to refine and package our technology into a producible product.
If we do not reach the entire goal The impact What is the Mini Metal Maker for? No. No. Self Assembly of 3D objects. One of most exciting uses of 3D Printing is the ability to print an object (usually something quite flat) that then assembles into the final object. We have discussed this before. Here is another way of doing it: Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a way to make two-dimensional patterns self-assemble into three-dimensional objects by simply shining light on them.
Print some plastic – then shine light on it Researchers take a pre-scored plastic sheet — made out of the same polystyrene material used in popular 80s craft toy Shrinkies that shrinks uniformly when heated — and cut it into the relevant pattern. They run the sheet through an inkjet printer to add a grid of bold black lines to the material. It is then cut into the relevant pattern and placed under an infrared light, such as a heat lamp. Black lines adsorb more and then distort Different thicknesses give different fold properties So how does this apply to 3D Printing? Why not just print the whole shape? Fairphone | A seriously cool smartphone. Putting social values first.
3D-Printing Technology Produces Modern Exoskeletal Cast. With this new 3D-printed exoskeletal cast idea, the incredibly fun and funky looking design provides a bit of leeway when it comes to scratching that itch halfway down your arm or balancing one leg outside of the shower so as not to get the cast wet. Victoria University of Wellington Architecture and Design school graduate Jake Evill recently developed this concept, called Cortex. According to Evill, the exoskeletal cast provides a strong fractured-bone support system featuring lightweight protection that is ventilated, recyclable, and shower friendly. Evill says, "After many centuries of splints and cumbersome plaster casts that have been the itchy and smelly bane of millions of children, adults and the aged alike, the world over, we at last bring fracture support into the 21st century.
" To produce the cast, the patient receives an X-Ray scan during which the break is identified. That specific area is then 3D scanned and the data is fed into the computer to generate a 3D-printed cast. We’re on a journey towards a brighter future. 2012.oshwa.org/files/2012/07/Microeconomics-for-Makers.pdf. 2012.oshwa.org/files/2012/07/Microeconomics-for-Makers.pdf. The Buccaneer® - The 3D Printer that Everyone can use! by Pirate3D Inc. Manufacturing timeline and Stretch goals sections are at the very end for those who just want to go there. FAQ is also at the back, do check it out in case the questions you have are already answered there.
Hi everyone! We have had many requests to see the internals of our 3D printer while it is printing. We ripped out the mechanics from our final casing and placed them into our prototype casing (which is transparent) for all of you to see! You may notice the internals are slightly different from our main video and the reason for this is the progress we have made from the time we applied for Kickstarter until the day it is launched.
What you will see in this vid is exactly what we have today. It's a bit messy because our prototype box doesn't have the compartments for proper storage but it looks great either way. The item printed is the Cute Octopus from Makerbot, Created by Jason Bakutis and is a creative common. Here is what we offer: Here is our baby, The Buccaneer. For multiple units. Shapeways - Make, buy, and sell products with 3D Printing. Basic 3D Printer Prints Advanced 3D Printer, Humanity Threatened. 3D printing has been gaining a lot of popularity in the last couple of years.
There’s even a DIY 3D printer community at RepRap. Since most of the parts used in these 3D printers are fairly simple, it’s possible for a 3D printer to print the parts necessary to make new 3D printers — it’s even possible to print a new 3D printer more advanced than the one doing the printing! Skynet, take note: I, for one, welcome our new self-replicating printer overlords. In this video, we see a young man use a basic RepRap 3D printer (the “Darwin” model) to print the parts necessary to assemble a more advanced printer (the “Mendel” model). Thankfully, it still takes a human being to assemble the parts to construct the printer. Napster For Pirated 3D Printing Templates? Buy it in a store, laser-scan it at home, upload it to the web, print it anywhere. 3D printing is poised for the mainstream, but what happens when one person’s finely hand-crafted designs can be pirated and reproduced by anyone?
Will 3D-printing-piracy social networks arise? And how will manufacturers lobby to stop them? The ideas came out of my conversation at TechCrunch Disrupt NY with Alex Winter, director of the new documentary about Napster called “Downloaded”. While The Economist pondered these questions last year, and The Pirate Bay has coined the term “physibles” for 3D-printed objects, Winter takes the next step.
He suggests a Napster for 3D printing models is inevitable. I believe it. I imagine this situation will lead to the rise of a Napster for 3D printing models along with websites like The Pirate Bay’s physibles section. Eventually, the old manufacturing industry will wise up, and independent designers will band together to try to thwart physible piracy. Napster For Pirated 3D Printing Templates?
An Interview With Dr. Joshua Pearce Of Printers For Peace. Joshua Pearce, PhD , is a researcher at Michigan Tech who rearches open source and low-impact solutions to engineering problems. He is also the founder of the Printers For Peace contest , an effort to bring together clever 3D-printed ideas that have loftier aims. You can win one of two 3D printers if you submit a winning project. We asked Pearce a few questions about his goals for the project and about the future of 3D printing.
John Biggs: Why Printers For Peace? Michigan Tech and Type A Machines sponsored the contest to get the more positive truth about 3D printers into the conversation. JB: What do you think will happen now that the 3D printed gun is out of the bag? JB: What’s the coolest Printers for Peace project you’ve seen so far? JB: What’s next? TC Makers: 3D Printing Wizards At Shapeways Show Us Their Brand New Queens Factory. It’s rare to see a company that is so established yet as cutting-edge as Shapeways.
The company, founded in 2007 as a spin-off of Royal Philips Electronics, began as a one-off 3D printing service that offered basic plastic items for sale online. Over the years, however, the company has branched off into some amazing materials – steel, ceramic, and even sandstone – and they’ve already been able to support full color printing in 3D. Now the company is opening a series of facilities in the US and they invited us to their first print shop in Long Island City, New York. In this massive, warehouse-like space, the company has set up a number of acrylic printers as well as a small customer service team.
They plan on expanding further, adding more machines to an already impressive array. The goal is to offer 3D print shops close to major US metropolitan areas to reduce wait-times and to spread out the manufacturing process among different factories. Gigabot, by re3D.