|
|
||
|
Everyone wants to be a designer. That’s the value proposition of JuJups.com, a new online service claiming it will allow consumers to design their own personalized and customized 3D content. 3D printing, as the underlying technology is called, is a form of rapid prototyping that builds up three-dimensional objects by “printing” successive layers of materials [...] A new online service aims to bring customized manufacturing to the masses by allowing consumers to submit digital designs of products that are then printed, using 3-D printers, and shipped back. 3D printing is a technology that allows building real objects from 3D drawings. This is done by “cutting” the virtual object in 2D slices and printing the real object slice by slice. Slices are printed on top of each other’s and since each slice has a given thickness the real object gain volume every time [...] As with its ceramics 3-D printing recipe, the Solheim lab is releasing its method of printing glass for general use. “By publishing these recipes without proprietary claims, we hope to encourage further experimentation and innovation within artistic and design communities,” said Duane Storti, a UW associate professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the Solheim Lab. When you think of 3d printing, images of scientists or industrial designers fabricating prototypes probably come to mind. But starting today, the process is getting the fine arts treatment. The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery in Philadelphia is opening a new exhibit called “The FAB Show,” which features the work of designers, professors, and artists [...] |
||
|
Copyright © 2012 3D Printer Store Sponsored by PrintCountry.com - All Rights Reserved |
||