GROWit Makes the World’s First 3D Printed Snowboard with SoCal-based Signal Snowboards
NASAs plans for 3D printing with robots.
NASA wants to 3D print lunar base too, with giant spider robots
“Last month, the European Space Agency (ESA) was teaming up with its industrial partner renowned architects Foster + Partners to test the feasibility of 3D printing using lunar soil and to build a lunar base.
It seems that NASA has also got a similar idea: using existing resources on the moon to build those structures. Space architects Tomas Rousek, Katarina Eriksson and Dr. Ondrej Doule have unveiled their vision for a lunar module which shows the potential of 3D printing technology from NASA.” ~ 3ders.org
3D printing machines are cool.
Laser sintering…with carbon.
Process: Laser Sintering
Material: carbonGRO 640
Purpose: To be a stable, lightweight functioning gear that can withstand high temperature levels
Full Color 3D Printing
From powder bed to functioning amplifier…3D printing is awesome.
Simply Amplified Symphony Shells - 3D Printed Smartphone Amplifiers
NATURE’S way in the snowflake realm is much closer to our methods here at GROWit. An ADDITIVE, not subtractive, method is employed in nature to create a snowflake.
Snowflakes form from water vapor as it condenses into ice right inside a cloud. They begin to take their shape (or GROW if you are willing to sub in our additive term) as water vapor molecules freeze on the surface of a seed crystal. Pattern & design begins to appear as the crystal GROWs (molecule after molecule).
The molecules connect to one another into a hexagonal lattice (can anyone say FDM tool path?). In snowflake world- this is how the crystals get their symmetry. In GROWit world symmetry is optional- our methods extrude/build/GROW material into whatever shape is desired.
Since its first public appearance in 2012, Google Glass, the companies augmented reality headset, has creates quite a buzz. Made of a stamp sized transparent plastic, a thin wire frame and a one sided ear wire, Google glass will allow users to experience Google’s search, maps, and other features in real-time.
Now that the project has reached an advanced prototyping phase Google has started to use 3D printers to custom fit each Glass prototype to the wearer. It isn’t clear what type of sizing Glass will have when it eventually reaches the market, but with the amount of money Google has, maybe they’ll custom print each order.
According to Google, Glass will begin rolling out to developers for testing in the coming months.
Images Courtesy of Google & TEDed
