This week’s stories we didn’t cover involve lots of talk about size. From the largesse of CyBe’s printed concrete walls and potential houses and Oakland-based Emerging Objects’ planned unveiling of the large structure, Bloom, to the ability to print tiny details through injection, size is definitely an issue this week. What’s also an issue is the individuals who continue to design impressive printable objects such as prosthetic robotic parts, a weapon from the Final Fantasy series, unique generative creatures representing one’s Twitter use, and even a French literature-inspired model of a late 19th century train. There’s also a new company that has a software program allowing you to ditch your computer mouse and use your hand to directly design 3D printable objects.
Easton LaChapelle on “All-American Makers”
One major way people will learn about 3D printing is through shows like “All-American
Through his company, Unlimited Tomorrow, he hopes to complete an entire exoskeleton, and he’s also launched a GoFundMe campaign to get the job done. He now seeks support from none other than the “All-American Makers” judges. What may get the judges’ attention is that he is still in high school, and has received accolades for his prosthetic projects from no less than President Obama!
Yale Team Prints Literary Train
Other original 3D printing project’s from this week’s news: Yale students have decided to recreate the train that is detailed in Emile Zola’s classic French novel La Bête
The team translated and interpreted Zola’s detailed descriptions, then passed these descriptions onto the engineering team that used computer software to design and 3D print the final project. The outcome? By sticking as close to the original description as possible, even when Zola’s descriptions seemed exaggerated or metaphorical, they followed the details to amazing final results.
3D Printed Gunblade Weapon
From trains to weapons: Adafruit has added another cool creation to its growing list
Its previous creations have included a 3D printed apocalyptic gas mask, and these creations are notorious for being difficult to pull off. However, this gunblade is rumored to be one of its easier offerings since it lacks wiring, batteries, and LEDs. So if you have been itching to try one of Adafruit’s creations — this may be the one for you.
Injection Molding Machine from 3D Printer
If Final Fantasy‘s not your thing, you can always try to make an injection molder from your 3D printer instead.
You’ll need the following items: a 3D printer; RTV rubber; knives; a dowel; modeling clay; something to mold with and something to make a mold of; and silicone lubricant. bfk also includes “patience” on your list of necessary supplies, as this is, like Adufruit’s gunblade, a rather time consuming process. You will have to basically make a “sprue” or a pathway between your printer’s extruder and the mold you’ll be using. (You will also need to make, mix, and pour the mold for this part, which is a process included in the tutorial.) Once you have made that part, the rest seems easy by comparison and you can replicate the same small part endlessly if desired.
CyBe’s Concrete Printer is Efficient and Ecological
From printing really small objects to really large objects, the 3D printing technology is taking great strides. Dutch company CyBe has a Pro To R 3DP printer that prints
There are still some hardware and software kinks to work out, but the printer’s robotic arm, printing span of 3.15 meters, print head of 30 x 30 mm, and speed of 175 mm/second are all important elements that make these concrete printers central to concrete printing’s future creating walls, furniture, and even whole houses!
Oakland’s “Emerging Objects” Plans to Unveil Huge 3D Printed Object
While we are on the subject of 3D printing very large objects, you should consider this
Emerging Objects claims that this is the largest 3D printed structure to date, if aesthetics, cost, efficiency, and practical applications are figured into the projects too. Emerging Objects has a reputation for printing large and aesthetically pleasing structures, so there is anticipation about this next large object that will be on display at the Berkeley Circus before it is shipped off to Thailand.
Craft Your Printed Clay Objects without Computer Mouse
There’s been lots of news this week about printed objects’ size: whether it be large architectural girth or small detailed objects. This next story involves technique
No need to learn complicated CAD file technology with this innovative program that is the brainchild of Purdue University’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Karthik Romani (who is also the Founder of Zero UI). Now makers can focus on the design elements and leave the more complicated tasks to the algorithm experts.
3D Printed Figures Represent French Twitter Users
In order to turn quantifiable virtual data into three-dimensional forms, UK designer
After the digital creatures were created, some were 3D printed at the event location to further create a real-time manifestation of a virtual data-generating event. Dawes wanted a way to show that data tracking sensors can be used to represent the data in different ways — including representing your Twitter profile with unique emblematic 3D printed creatures.
And those are the stories we didn’t cover this week! Let us know what you think about this crop of stories over at the 3D Printing Stories We Missed forum thread at 3DPB.com.