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3D printing?
What is a 3D printing?
How is it necessary? Where is it coming from? And what could we possibly use it for?
Aight. SLow down people. You’ve come to me for answers to cool stuff. Relax. I got this.
3D Printing is:
“A process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved using additive processes, where an object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printing is considered distinct from traditional machining techniques (subtractive processes) which mostly rely on the removal of material by drilling, cutting etc.”
All that plenty grammar means you can fire up your CAD software, create a 3D model of whatever it is you want to bring to reality, plug in your printer and BAM! There it is, right there in front of you.
You don’t understand.
You can print a box. A real life 3 dimensional box. A phone. A shoe. Anything. In 3D.
One word.
AWESOME!!!
Because of this tech, we’ve got cool stuff popping up all around us like these for example:
The 3D Doodler:
“A US startup firm has launched a 3D printing prototype on Kickstarter that allows you to draw 3D objects in the air with a pen.
Dubbed 3Doodler, the pen extrudes heated ABS plastic that quickly cools and solidifies into a stable structure in the air or on surfaces and requires no software or computers.
Manufactured by Wobbleworks, which claims to be the first to bring this technology to market in this form, as of today the project has 339 backers and has received $29,153 dollars of the $30,000 it needs to receive the funding. With 33 days still to go, it looks like it will have no problem hitting its target.
Initially, backers who pledged $50 or more for the project would receive a 3Doodler pen. However, this deal has now sold out. Right now, if you want the pen you’ll have to back the project and pledge $75 or more. You’ll receive the final version of the 3Doodler pen plus two bags of mixed colour plastic, with estimated delivery in September.
“3Doodler works on almost any surface, including plastic, allowing users to personalise items such as iPhone cases, or anything else they feel like 3Doodling on,” Wobbleworks said on its Kickstarter page. “3Doodler can even be used for minor repair work.”
The Inquirer
The 3D printed house. “Just last month, Dutch architects unveiled plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed house out of sand, with a construction time of 18 months. Now British architecture collective Softkill Designhas announced that it too is planning to build a 3D-printed house, but it can be printed in three weeks and built in one day.” Read more here.
3D Printed Jewelry on runways. “Sheer blouses and body-hugging sheath dresses weren’t the only things designer Kimberly Ovitz sent down the runway at her Fall/Winter 2013 collection show on Thursday. Clasped on the hands, ears and around the necks of models were pieces of 3D-printed jewelry, which Ovitz released on the website of 3D-printing firm Shapeways immediately after the show.” More here.
And
3D-fy your Facebook profile. “If your Facebook profile could look like an object, what would it be? The Creastors Project is launching a series of three new apps that transform your Facebook persona into 3D printable art.” More here.
There’s a lot of other cool stuff out there and one can’t fully grasp the extent to which 3D printing is going to change our lives and general production in the coming years.
but it’s clear to see that stuff just got real.
That’s right.
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