Are you excited about the Top Gun sequel? Top Gun vaulted the aircraft carrier and the Navy into public consciousness. There are some schools of thought out there that even the idea of an aircraft carrier may be obsolete on today’s battlefield, but perhaps 3D printing can make these “floating cities” more flexible and efficient. Continue reading
The team at 3Doodler is back on Kickstarter with an awesome Star Trek application of their 3D printing pen. This special edition of their pen and included stencils will let you make some iconic Star Trek items from phasers to ships to communicators. Let your creative and artistic side by supporting them on Kickstarter and then going where no one has gone before!
Las Vegas may be the last place you think of when you think of 3D printing, however it may have helped develop that new fun slot machine you’re playing. The team at TriMech have a great video and case study about how 3D printing is cutting lead time and cost of slot machine development. Don’t know if you’ve ever seen the inside of one, but it’s essentially a computer married to a change machine, so from speakers to spinning wheels to exterior 3D theming there are lots of places to apply the technology. I wonder how long before we see our first 3D printing themed slot machine?
Imagine being able to print a magnet in complex geometry with superior properties to conventional magnets. This is the promise of printing with magnetized filament allowing for precise control of the magnetic field in nearly any shape desired for an application. Magnets, energy and electronics are all intertwined, so no doubt we’ll be seeing more applications of precision magnets in the future.
OK, so the bathroom is the last room in your house I’d probably expect to run into a 3D printed object, but I guess I was wrong. DXV, the luxury portfolio from American Standard, has made some amazing looking 3D printed faucets that will blow your mind. These designs are the type that machining or casting would obviously struggle greatly to produce. Continue reading
If your family is like mine then football is a big part of your Thanksgiving tradition. If you remember earlier this year Tom Brady was suspended 4 games related to playing with balls below the required pressure. He was banned from being around all team activities. A sports site got creative and made this ultra-real looking Brady mask using 3D printing. Checkout the video to see how it was done. Happy Thanksgiving!
Could the future of food be 3D printing? No doubt you’ve seen 3D printed chocolates and other novelties, but what about complete dishes like the replicators in Star Trek created? You may remember Captain Picard’s iconic, “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot” replicator order from Star Trek, but did you know both NASA and the military are actually working on similar technology? Continue reading
