Thursday, November 29, 2007
3-D Printers Redefine Industrial Design
Wired: "When it came time for Joe Hebenstreit to buy a wedding ring for his wife-to-be, he stuck with what he knew. That didn't involve going to the neighborhood jewelry store or venturing into a Tiffany's. Instead, Hebenstreit simply designed the ring in CAD by himself and then printed out a three-dimensional prototype using a 3-D printer."
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Very cool, we were lucky enough to see one when in metals stagecraft last year. Brian will tell you about hoe they are using printers now to make organs and blood vessals. I believe it is a teacher on campus who is developing it.
This is really cool technology that will eventually be in everyone's home. The use of these printers could be limitless, but there are some things that need to be made by hand. It would be handy to have these producing parts for lighting instruments in a rental company, like parts on demand.
Rapid prototyping machines are cool technology. I predict that in 3-5 years plastic machines will be cheap enough that they are realistic for small organizations to purchase. They could make model building a bit different.
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