Ceramic 3D Printing at Unfold~fab clay goes digital It’s been just over a year since Belgian design studio Unfold 3D printed their first successful ceramic vessel on a RepRap. Since then, their blog Unfold~fab has chronicled their experiments with 3D printed ceramics including clay materials, printing methods, and a personal fabrication interface the studio developed for last year’s L’Artisan Electronique installation. Unfold~fab is a wealth of practical information and intriguing visual documentation of one of history’s oldest crafts meeting today’s technological potential. Below is a video of the Virtual Pottery Wheel interface which allows a user to virtually shape a virtual pot on a virtual wheel. Earlier this year, ceramic artist Jonathan Keep contributed an informative post on the qualities of various ceramic materials for 3D printing — extremely useful for anyone wanting to try ceramic 3D printing out for themselves. Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing
3D Printing You are in: Future Technologies : 3D Printing 3D Printing Imagine a future in which a device connected to a computer can print a solid object. A future in which we can have tangible goods as well as intangible services delivered to our desktops or highstreet shops over the Internet. And a future in which the everyday "atomization" of virtual objects into hard reality has turned the mass pre-production and stock-holding of a wide range of goods and spare parts into no more than an historical legacy. Such a future may sound like it is being plucked from the worlds of Star Trek. The following provides an overview of 3D printing technologies and their present and likely future application. Current Technologies 3D printing is an additive technology in which objects are built up in a great many very thin layers. Another 3D printing technology based on the selective solidification of a tank of liquid -- or 'vat polymerization' -- is DLP projection. Commercial 3D Printers and Online Services
Agile Contents entrará en América Latina con adquisiciones este año,Catalunya, expansion La tecnológica, especializada en la gestión de contenidos multimedia, se implantará en Colombia y Brasil con la compra de empresas. Estos países aportarán el 35% de las ventas en 2011. Agile Contents empieza a pensar en su internacionalización. La tecnológica catalana, especializada en gestionar la presencia digital de las marcas, quiere exportar su modelo de negocio a América Latina. Los planes de crecimiento de la compañía llegan después de la entrada en el accionariado de las firmas de capital riesgo Inveready Seed Capital y Fides Capital, el exconsejero delegado de Applus+ y director general de Tecnitoys, Sergio Pastor, y la exdirectora de comunicación de La Caixa y Agbar, Eulàlia Puig. El directivo justifica la elección de América Latina porque, al ofrecer servicios de comunicación, “el idioma pesa”. Proyectos La compañía ha empezado a abrirse camino en este continente con la adjudicación de algunos contratos. ¿Salida a bolsa?
3D Candy Printing: An Interview with Designer Marcelo Coelho - Food Three-dimensional printers are getting a lot of hype at the moment. In February, MakerBot Industries started shipping its Thing-o-Matic desktop 3D printer, which, at just $1,225, "democratizes" 3D printing, allowing you to "live in the cutting-edge personal manufacturing future of tomorrow!" The same month, the typically restrained Economist headlined a story "Print me a Stradivarius: How a New Manufacturing Technology Will Change the World." The idea, for those of you who aren't familiar with it, is pretty simple. And people are already using the technology to print all sorts of things—pesticide-free plastic bug repellents, new ears, and videogame cars. They're also printing food. For example, both the BBC and the CBC have recently reported on the 3D food printer being tested at Cornell University's Computational Synthesis Lab (CCSL). Meanwhile, across the pond, tech company Bits from Bytes are collaborating with the University of the West of England to try to print mashed potatoes.
3D printing and fabrication: Open source hardware 2009 – The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 Part of The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 3D printing – Open source hardware is now making things. Physical things you can print out, over the last few year 2-3 projects have really gained momentum and made some wonderful advances in low-cost desktop 3D printing. Contraptor Contraptor is a DIY open source construction set for experimental personal fabrication, desktop manufacturing, prototyping and bootstrapping.Price: See siteVisit project page Fab@Home Fab@Home is a project dedicated to making and using fabbers – machines that can make almost anything, right on your desktop. MakerBeam MakerBeam is a project to build a toy and tool for the open source imagination. MakerBot MakerBot is an affordable, open source 3D printer. RepRap RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper. Phillip Torrone Editor at large – Make magazine. Related
Inveready entra en Transbiomed mediante una ronda de financiación de 1,2 millones,Catalunya, expansion Inveready Seed Capital cierra su segunda operación desde comienzos de 2011. La sociedad de capital riesgo impulsada por el grupo Inveready ha tomado una participación minoritaria en la biotecnológica Transbiomed. Se trata de una spin-off del Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), que ha desarrollado un test de orina que permite el diagnóstico precoz del cáncer de próstata. La compañía fue constituida en diciembre de 2007 por los doctores Jaume Reventós, Andreas Doll y Miguel Abal, del Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón. También participa en la firma Raimon Forés, directivo de Amgen. La compañía ha cerrado su primera ronda de financiación, valorada en 1,2 millones de euros. La compañía quiere que su dispositivo sea una alternativa a las biopsias para determinar la existencia de este tipo de cáncer. Según Transbiomed, el cáncer de próstata es la segunda causa de muerte por cáncer en varones mayores de55añosenEstadosUnidos. Inveready gestiona dos fondos de capital riesgo.
Printer produces personalised 3D chocolate 5 July 2011Last updated at 15:08 By Katia Moskvitch Technology reporter, BBC News The printer uses chocolate instead of ink Chocolate lovers may soon be able to print their own 3D creations thanks to work by UK scientists. A 3D printer that uses chocolate has been developed by University of Exeter researchers - and it prints layers of chocolate instead of ink or plastic. Although still a prototype, several retailers have already expressed interest in taking on the device. 3D printing using plastic and metal is already widely used in industry to speed up design work. Lead scientist Dr Liang Hao told BBC News that chocolate printing, just like any other 3D printing technique, starts with a flat cross-section image - similar to that produced by ordinary printers turning out images. "Then you do a 3D shape - layer by layer, printing chocolate instead of ink, like if you were layering 2D paper to form a 3D shape," he said. Shape and taste The machine builds up objects layer by layer Social networks
Vueling empieza la venta a través de las redes sociales,Catalunya, expansion Todas las empresas quieren estar presentes en las redes sociales, pero son pocas las que ya han empezado a intentar sacar rendimiento económico a su presencia en portales como Facebook, Twitter o YouTube. Estas plataformas, que hasta ahora servían para difundir información, comunicarse con el cliente o potenciar la marca de la empresa, empiezan a desvelarse ahora como un canal más de ventas. Las compañías quieren sacar partido a la inversión que están haciendo en Internet. El director del departamento de márketing del IESE, Julián Villanueva, insiste en que las redes sociales no pueden ser consideradas como un nuevo canal de venta: su verdadera función es “monitorizar qué se dice de tu empresa y mejorar tu reputación entre los consumidores”. En cambio, el director de márketing de Vueling, Lluís Pons, defiende que “nuestros clientes pasan cada vez más rato en las redes sociales; tenemos que monetizar nuestra inversión en estas plataformas”.
The Buccaneer® Inveready entra en el accionariado del portal Yunait,Catalunya, expansion El grupo de capital riesgo Inveready se ha convertido en socio de Yunait.com, el portal que agrupa las ofertas de compras colectivas y de outlets privados, junto con varios business angels a través de una ronda de financiación por dos millones de euros. Ésta es la primera ampliación de capital de Yunait, firma con sede en Madrid creada por Pablo Elosúa y Santiago Pérez en 2009. Del importe de la ronda, un millón corresponde a capital y el resto a préstamos blandos de origen público destinados a la innovación y la emprendiduría. Tras la operación (en la que también invirtió el equipo directivo de la compañía), el accionariado de Yunait se divide entre el consejero delegado Pablo Elosúa, con el 70%; su socio, Santiago Pérez, que tiene alrededor del 8%; Inveready –las sociedades Inveready Seed Capital e Inveready First Capital I– controla el 16%; mientras que el 6% restante está en manos de business angels, como el editor de Loogic.com, Javier Martín. Consolidación empresarial
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.
Inveready entra en el capital de Adman,Catalunya, expansion El negocio de las redes sociales cada día cuenta con más adeptos. El último en incorporarse ha sido la sociedad de capital riesgo, Inveready First Capital I, que ha inyectado más de un millón de euros en Adman Media. Esta compañía, con sede en Barcelona, ha desarrollado un servicio en Internet que ayuda a los anunciantes a comunicarse con sus clientes en las redes sociales, gracias a la recomendación de los propios seguidores o usuarios de las distintas plataformas. Éstos, a su vez, se ven recompensados en el momento en el que sus recomendaciones resultan efectivas. Inveready First Capital I ha liderado la primera ronda de inversión de la startup catalana y su aportación le otorga una posición minoritaria en el capital de la compañía. Redes sociales El objetivo de Adman Media es convertir a los usuarios en prescriptores de sus clientes.
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. It’s possible that the pitch of “printing different shapes to encourage kids to eat healthy foods” needs some fine-tuning, especially in a world where people are clamoring for 3D-printed chocolate. Micro and Foodini aren’t the only popular 3D printers on Kickstarter, of course.
voxeljet Concept: The First Continuous 3D Printer If there ever was a major leap in the evolution of the 3D printer, the voxeljet Concept is the benchmark machine to follow. In the explosive arena of start-ups that produce innovative 3D-printers, voxeljet has decided to challenge and change the direction of how 3D printers work. Taking a look at three specific factors that set this process apart from others on the market, it becomes quite clear just how revolutionary this concept is. The ability to have a continuous supply of consumables delivered to the machines as it is making a model. At a layer thickness of 150 to 400 microns, the resolution is decent when compared to others 3D printers but it is worth noting that this is still in the concept phase so there is the possibility to improve the layer thickness. Continuous 3D-Printing Technology represents a new dimension in the manufacturing of moulds and models without tools. Check the promo vid after the jump...