3ders.org: Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a technology that makes it possible to turn digital 3D models into knitted objects. The technology, which consists of a software program and required a computer-controlled knitting machine, could be used to create all types of customized 3D printed stuffed toys.
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Although this new technology seems incredibly advanced, it really doesn’t feel like it should be. They mentioned in the article that computerized knitting machines are not that new, but I’m honestly unimpressed by the results of this machine. The 3D models have a lot more detail that the machine can’t seem to recreate. All of the images show that the knitting only consists of one color, and it seriously lacks detail. I opened this article hoping to find the possibility of recreating a toy that exists for a child that may have lost their toy, but that’s only possible if you get it knitted this way in the first place. It’s 2018, I feel as though this technology should be a lot more advanced than it is, and I’m glad that Carnegie Mellon is working to make that possible. 3D printing has come a long way, and this isn’t that different from that, so progress should be happening faster and at a higher quality. But then again, who am I to speak, I’m a freshman studying theater.
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