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3D Printers are going to change the world...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by TigerVols, Sep 7, 2012.

  1. Bradley Guire

    Bradley Guire Well-Known Member

    Word.
     
  2. Bradley Guire

    Bradley Guire Well-Known Member


    "I don't know if I oughta go sailin' down no hill with nothin' between the ground and my brains but a piece of government plastic."
     
  3. britwrit

    britwrit Well-Known Member

    An interesting question. You can print out your daily edition of the New York Times in the morning - with all of last night's scores and breaking news in - or you can go to the website. Same subscription plan cost for both. Which do you do?
     
  4. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Is it a three-dimensional version of The New York Times?
     
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    WSJ slide show, neat stuff:

    http://online.wSportsJournalists.com/article/SB10001424127887324582804578350273290886846.html?mod=e2tw#slide/1

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  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    How Ford is using 3-D printing to save millions of dollars:

    http://www.chicagogrid.com/news/ford-3-d-printing-makerbot-millions/

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  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Scientists have built a 3-D printer that creates material resembling human tissues. The novel substance, a deceptively simple network of water droplets coated in lipids, could one day be used to deliver drugs to the body -- or perhaps even to replace damaged tissue in living organs.

    The creation, described in the journal Science, consists of lipid bilayers separating droplets of water -- rather like cell membranes, whose double layers allow the body’s cells to mesh with their watery environments while still protecting their contents.

    “The great thing about these droplets is that they use pretty much exclusively biological materials,” said study co-author and University of Oxford researcher Gabriel Villar, making them ideal for medical uses.

    http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-faux-synthetic-tissue-3d-printer-self-assembling-20130404,0,6286611.story
     
  8. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    But what you're really saying YF, is we really are that much closer to being able to print a life like Mila Kunis.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Three-dimensional printing still largely feels like a novelty or hobbyist technology, best for creating quirky trinkets, fancy desk adornments and pieces of jewelry. The dream that the average person will be able to print out a steak knife, a replacement screw or a new chair at home, as easily as microwaving popcorn — still feels a bit far-fetched.

    But Peter Weijmarshausen, the chief executive of Shapeways, a company that lets people design and order objects that are printed on high-end 3-D printers, says that such a vision of the future is coming and he hopes his company will help usher it in.

    “We still have interesting technology challenges,” he said. “The key is really to let people manufacture whatever they want and have it be affordable. Then it will hit mainstream.”

    On Tuesday, the company, which is based in New York, announced that it raised $30 million in a Series C round of venture financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures participated in the round, among others. Chris Dixon, who recently joined Andreessen Horowitz as a partner, led the investment in the company. Previously, the company raised a little over $17 million in capital.

    Shapeways has a community of 300,000 members and three million products in its online catalog. “We also have 10,000 shops selling designs and items,” said Mr. Weijmarshausen. Each month, the company receives, prints and ships 60,000 orders to customers all over the world.

    nyti.ms/15EeD0K
     
  10. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    More brilliance...why ship bucket loads of tools you may never need to space...when you can ship a 3D printer instead?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24329296

    Fixed
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Sounds like a great idea, and a cool story, but you might want to check your link.
     
  12. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    I've seen a couple of applications recently. The concept is fascinating, so many ways to go.

    http://www.startribune.com/business/226547441.html

    GVL Poly makes crop-separating attachments for large harvesting machines made by John Deere, Case International, AGCO and others. But last year, the company launched an experiment, plunking down $1 million to install one of the largest 3-D rotational printers ever created by Stratasys in Eden Prairie. The equipment gives GVL a huge edge, as it allows the company to quickly make prototypes and custom parts for farming machines.

    Already, GVL has used the new 3-D printer to design, test and build a prototypical attachment for the Iowa-based combine maker DragoTec USA. The project went so well that GVL won a manufacturing contract to make the plastic corn-­separating attachments for Drago’s combines. The machine parts, known affectionately in the industry as corn snouts and corn heads, were a hit because they helped farmers in the field cleanly harvest up to 18 rows of corn at one time without snags or gaps.

    The plastic parts also saved farmers fuel and money because they are half the weight of metal components. “If farmers can lighten their weight and save even a gallon an hour, it’s pretty significant ... diesel is nearly $4 a gallon,” Cronen said.
     
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