Rapid Ready Roundup: KamerMaker, Organovo, Custom Speakers and Tonearms
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s begin today’s Roundup by building on past work. The era of 3D printed homes may soon be upon us. Innovators have taken a number of different approaches to the idea, and Netherlands-based KamerMaker is another process looking to provide you with shelter. Continue reading
Leonar3Do Brings Virtual Reality to 3D Design
Designers and engineers have a number of different options when it comes to developing a product. Commonly employed methods include creating a CAD file or scanning an existing object with a 3D scanner to compile a CAD file. Both of these options take a three dimensional object and render it in two dimensions, operating within the limits of standard technology.
Leonar3Do, a Hungarian startup, is ready to offer a different approach to 3D design by allowing people to actually design in 3D. The company’s proprietary technology uses imaging glasses and a stylus called the “Bird” as part of a virtual reality (VR) design space that creates objects in 3D. Continue reading
Rapid Ready Roundup: NAMII, Geomagic Design, a Word of Caution and GlaDOS
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
We’ll start today’s Roundup with a NAMII update. Hot on the heels on a recent announcement that seven AM projects have received $4.5 million in funding from NAMII, comes news of further funding from the research and development center. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a member of NAMII, has been granted new funding to develop two different AM-related projects. Continue reading
3D Printing for the Blind
For all the power additive manufacturing (AM) has to change the face of manufacturing, it also holds as much promise to aid the individual. Aspects of this promise can be found in projects such as the WREX program to assist disabled children, or in the case of amputee C.J. Howard, where 3D printing was used to give him a chance to continue with his athletic lifestyle, regardless of his disability.
As most people that follow AM know, if there is one thing the technology does well it is complexity. It is this facet of AM that allows it to aid people with all kinds of handicaps, including the blind. Tactile sensation is obviously very important for the way the blind interact with their environment and 3D printing can build complex objects designed for a tactile experience to aid the blind in learning more about the world around them. Continue reading
Rapid Ready Roundup: Kinect, Modular Lamp, Custom OUYA Console Case, and Really Old Cups
In the course of my diligent efforts to keep you good people up to date on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.
Let’s start today’s Roundup with some 3D imaging news. In the land of hacked hardware, the Kinect is royalty. One common hack is to use the Kinect to record 3D images that can then be used in a number of ways, including 3D printing. Rather than fighting against this use, Microsoft has released Kinect for Windows SDK 1.7, which supports more accurate 3D capture. Continue reading
