3DPrinter

3D Printing

This project will explore applications of 3d printing. One project might be to develop an app to generate a 3D model from a cellphone photo and print solid objects using Brett's kit 3D printer in the Garage, or the WID rapid prototyping facility http://www.prototype.wisc.edu/ .

Art

http://www.thingiverse.com/ArtInstituteChicago/collections/museum-love-in-3d

http://3dprintshow.com/art-gallery

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-artists-channel-calm-3d.html

If you don't want to print it, laser-fab slices

http://blog.we-designs.org/post/3762075456/fastcodesign-cardboard-columns

Ceramics!

http://www.viridis3d.com/ceramics.htm

Nano

Oh, my.. 3d printing just got small:

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/02/3d-micrometer-scale-printer-world%E2%80%99s-fastest?et_cid=3081725&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2fnews%2f2013%2f02%2f3d-micrometer-scale-printer-world%25E2%2580%2599s-fastest

http://www.nanoscribe.de/

http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2012/04/new-life-3d-printing?et_cid=3128649&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2farticles%2f2012%2f04%2fnew-life-3d-printing

Physics

3D printing to study things like percolation networks, meta-materials,...

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/3d-printing-turns-models-reality?et_cid=3148747&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f %2fwww.rdmag.com%2fnews%2f2013%2f03%2f3d-printing-turns-models-reality

Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment

http://www.academia.edu/3129412/Open-Source_3D-Printable_Optics_Equipment

Medicine

http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2012/04/new-life-3d-printing?et_cid=3153572&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2farticles%2f2012%2f04%2fnew-life-3d-printing

First commercial 3-D bio-printer makes human tissue and organs http://www.invetech.com.au/portfolio/life-sciences/3d-bioprinter-world-first-print-human-tissue/

A DIY Bioprinter Is Born http://www.technologyreview.com/view/511436/a-diy-bioprinter-is-born/

Camera/Design files/Printing integration:

http://www.gsmnation.com/blog/2013/02/04/lynx-a-3d-camera/

Drones

Use of a 3D printer to develop/print Maple Seed, a biologically-inspired drone

http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2012/04/flight-testing-3d-printing?et_cid=3164982&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2farticles%2f2012%2f04%2fflight-testing-3d-printing

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