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Makerbot prints out first Lumia 820 cover with Nokia’s 3D printing files via 3ders.org
Source: 3ders.org
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Ceramic 3D sintered model with a glaze finish. #3Dprinter #ceramic #selfie #bust #shapeways #3D
Similar to an SDK, this "3DK" is a base set of 3D design files for designing cases and accessories for the new Lumia 820 Windows phone. It's not clear what license they are releasing these designs under.. but the idea is great.
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Specs:
- Print Area Dimensions: 245 mm x 315 mm x 225 mm
- Print Area: 18,907.875 cm3
- Usable Maximum Print Speed: 250mm/sec or more depending on the part, print material, and extruder
- Usable Maximum Movement Speed: 750+ mm/sec
- Frame: All aluminum
- Hotend (complete kit only): 0.4 mm / 3 mm
- Movement: linear rail (X and Y axis), precision shafting and bushing (Z axis)
- Power Requirements: 110-220 VAC
- Weight: 35 LBS / 16 kg
- Availability: Estimated to ship the week of February 4
Price: $1,395
Source: 3ders.org
The US Army has launched their second "rapid equipping force", in Afghanistan. It's effectively a military fablab, comprised of 3D Printers, CNC mills, laser cutters, water cutters packed into a 20 ft shipping container -- and I'm sure some top notch scientists and engineers.
And there's an interesting video! It's unclear if the intention is to provide a manufacturing capacity, or merely an embedded engineering capacity.
link to pdf:
http://openglam.org/files/2013/01/iRights_CC-NC_Guide_English.pdf
For Valentine's Day, share the 3D-printed love! Here is a special listing of Emmett's rotating gear heart, looking brilliant in pink & red. Order by Feb 7 to guarantee you receive by Feb 14!
And it looks pretty slick, I gotta say. I think they could be pretty competitive if they'd drop the whole proprietary plastic charade (at $100 a pop no less, ~3times the cost of others, if they are 1kg cartridges) -- we get it, the desktop printer industry got themselves a good thing goin. no thanks.
Great stuff! Though I do wish it had an open source flavor..
Useful breakdown of machine costs at 3Ders.org
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Most 3D printers available today are no larger than your average dining table — but Schafer aims first to not only print the smaller components of an aircraft, but by 2050, to print the plane as a whole.
Airbus’ parent company EADS has researched the process Schafer proposes to use, known as additive layer manufacturing, since it may be cheaper and lighter than traditional methods used in aircraft construction. However, due to the complicated processes involved, the concept printer would need a fair amount of room.
“It would have to be about 80 by 80 meters,” Schafer told Forbes. “This could be feasible.”
amazing
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#madeinthefuture telling the time with the 3d printed clock (Taken with Instagram at Shapeways HQ)
A team of University of Arizona engineers claim to have built a set of 3D printed robotic legs that walk in a biologically accurate manner better than any other artificial life form. Read More at 3ders.org
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a little iris van herpen, a little noritaka tatehana, some xenobiology, and produced by shapeways
exoskeleton collection by janina alleyne
Source: core77.com
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A Primer on 3D Printing - TED Talk
Source: ted.com