Sunday 13 January 2013

3D printing - an actual object in your hands with moving parts


Did anyone else already know about 3D printing? I must be way behind. I only found out today you can buy a home printer from $1,000. You can make your own vinyl records (not sure if they're actually vinyl though). You print from a 3D file on your computer. Or backwards engineer from a laser scan of an already existing object. Good bye, buying from China. Hello, make it yourself!

From News.com:
"3D printing really took off in 2012. For the uninitiated, you can print sunglass frames, machinery, shoes, headphones and even fabrics—almost anything is on the cards and is limited only by the size of the printer, the quality of the digital model, the type and quality of the printing compound and, of course, imagination"

2 comments:

  1. Great post. Can i print Plastic cards by 3d printer?

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  2. Absolutely. Do a search on youtube for 3D printing to see all the stuff you can print.

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