3D Printing Update

[uzn]

3D Printing will be the Way stuff is produced in the future. Many Companies are already printing parts of their Products like Carcompanies. In the Future when you Need a spoon you print one, if ist dirty you desintegrate the spoon again into rawmaterials you can use to print again.
Two examples of Recycling printed Objects (plastic):
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/509c281de4b0cd18c7335aab/t/55d11ea0e4b01a825f21ee86/1439768226717/
http://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2015/8/16/3devo-launches-the-next-10-filament-recycler

Reduce and Reuse: ExtrusionBot’s ‘Cruncher’ Recycles and Pelletizes 3D Printing Filament Waste
https://3dprint.com/42595/extrusionbot-cruncher-recycle/
Nowadays ist possible to print nearly any material, not only plastic.
An example of high polshed printed Metal:
https://1.f.ix.de/scale/geometry/696/q50/imgs/71/2/1/8/8/2/3/2/01-b52ec0d3e597b34a.JPG

If you like chocolate then the Chefjet Pro or similar Printers is for you:
https://cdn-jpg.thedailymeal.net/sites/default/files/story/RAW_Hersheys-3d.jpg
http://s3.amazonaws.com/digitaltrends-uploads-prod/2015/04/3D-Systems-ChefJet-3D-Printed-chocolate-sugar-chocolate_3.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu40dboApcw

some Pics of cool printed Objects:
http://www.detail.de/fileadmin/blog/uploads/2014/04/05.jpg

http://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0d921_9080de5d396f4ae48d76b1fd77d44a59.png_srz_29 0_180_85_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_png_srz

https://www.aec.at/aeblog/files/2014/03/3ddruck_ball.jpg

[uzn]

our "Friends" at Jet Propulsion Labs/NASA came up with this 3D printed bending Metal:
http://s1.insidehook.com/Space_Social_1493062951.jpg

http://cdn1.alphr.com/sites/alphr/files/2017/04/-_nasas_new_material_looks_like_chainmail_for_astro nauts.jpg
The swedish Carcompany Königsegg is aready 3D printing lots of parts including the Carbon-Egg around which the whole car is build. Yes whey can 3D Print Carbon !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw6cs7opvzA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNedUZxP8NU

But printing does not stop there, recently MIT was fiddling around with printing Glass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvcpbtpWpGY
https://www.3d-grenzenlos.de/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/glas-3d_druckfilament.jpg

But that was a bit like glueing the glas together. KIT Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany) was able to do the first real 3D Glass Prints:
https://www.kit.edu/downloads/pi_bilder/2017_049_Nature%203D%20Druck%20jetzt%20auch%20mit% 20Glas%20moeglich_3.jpg

https://www.kit.edu/downloads/pi_bilder/2017_049_Nature%203D%20Druck%20jetzt%20auch%20mit% 20Glas%20moeglich.jpg

https://www.kit.edu/downloads/pi_bilder/2017_049_Nature%203D%20Druck%20jetzt%20auch%20mit% 20Glas%20moeglich_1.jpg

[uzn]

https://www.kit.edu/downloads/pi_bilder/2017_049_Nature_3D_Druck_jetzt_auch_mit_Glas_moegl ich_2.jpg
Source:
https://www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2017_049_nature-3d-druck-jetzt-auch-mit-glas-moeglich.php

Adidas has the first 3D Printed Shoe on the market (just wait a bit and print the Shoe yourself. It´s cheaper ;))
https://iqglobal.intel.com/de-de/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2016/06/19527-image.jpg

http://www.adidas-group.com/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/67/13/6713c3d4-ea98-467e-b041-50a2e7e621e8/futurecraft_29.jpg__718x260_q85_crop-smart_subject_location-3593%2C2249.jpg

Speaking of Adidas, They also made the first Shoe out of Silk of a Spider. A bavarian Company named AMSilk is worldwide the only Company to be able to reproduce Spidersilk in large enough quantities to be used in products. They call it BIO-Steel.
http://www.adidas-group.com/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/b7/9b/b79b8960-5f2a-47e5-ae70-85b6e9ce14ab/adidas_biosteel_hero_image_0c6a5836_lowres.jpg__71 8x260_q85_crop-smart_subject_location-1285%2C942.jpg

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ZGWnMqOJ--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/jmv8xq7ejo1gbb5zk6ng.jpg


So remember: The Future is printable ;)
Soon one will be able to print more than one material at the same time. And soon one can print Houses, Cars, Electronics, LED´s, Planes, Satellites and Rockets and Spaceships. ;)

If that does not interest you, here is a Robot you can Play Tabletennis with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO8k8hYP2RQ

[joeecho]

Extending the science of 3D printing would be the food replicator.

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/12/Natural-Machines-Foodini-Pizza1.jpg

https://cdn-business2.discourse.org/uploads/glowforge/original/2X/e/e141273e133faef6e0529e3a03b22a19174c9fbf.gif

[GaelVictor]

Yes, I see the Startrek alfabet(or are they only Q's) soup you replicated there.

This would then be 4D printing as you are creating electrons and protons to form atoms out of an energy-matrix into a 3D information-mold of your hot Q soup.

[Justplain]

If you have a plot of land to live on and grow some food and herbs, a near zero point energy electrical generator, and a multifunctional 3d printer, you can live independently. No need for a government. No need for taxes. Communities would exist to share some things, but just as much for companionship.

[uzn]

You now can print any Picture on to you MilkyCoffe ;) If needed ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znY4BYlMuvk

By the way the Dutch are planning to 3D print a bridge in the middle of Amsterdam ;)
Not sure if they ever started.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2szk5MItRA

[joeecho]

Yes, I see the Startrek alfabet(or are they only Q's) soup you replicated there.

This would then be 4D printing as you are creating electrons and protons to form atoms out of an energy-matrix into a 3D information-mold of your hot Q soup.

Good point, that would be a much more advanced replicator. I was thinking of a replicator that still uses basic food molecule(s) that would produce a multitude of simulated food types. They already have things like 'pink slime' and then there is a future 'soylent green' (perish the thought). NASA (http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-received-a-200-000-grant-to-turn-human-poop-into-food) is doing research into turning human waste back into food.

Waste not, want not: The ultimate recycle! :)

Maybe in the future, 'real' food will only be available for the rich or be viewed in a museum (a wild thought). The trend seems to be that we are headed that way now.

[BMJ]

Discussing the science and pratical application of 3D printing in the automotive world.

2015 Divergent Blade - Jay Leno's Garage

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Published on 26 Jun 2017

Kevin Czinger, Founder & CEO of Divergent 3D, stops by the garage to show Jay the Blade, a 700 horsepower 3D printed supercar.

[Foxie Loxie]

Totally amazing, BMJ!! :cool:

[uzn]

Cool printed tires. Guess the rubber and rim Industry will not be to happy about this ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAED4DCiaLI

[Foxie Loxie]

Way cool, uzn!! :cool:

[uzn]

3D printed Solarpannels ;) That makes sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgxR9gpBMQ

Australia’s position as a global leader in printed solar has surged, following the unveiling of its first printed solar demonstration site at the University of Newcastle (UON) today.

Printed solar creator, UON’s Professor Paul Dastoor said that at one hundred square metres in size, there were only two other comparable sites worldwide.
“There are just three demonstration sites at this scale that we know of anywhere in the world, so Australia has joined quite an elite group of global leaders poised to make this technology a commercial reality,” said Professor Dastoor.
Professor Dastoor said the material could be rapidly manufactured, enabling accelerated deployment into the marketplace.
“No other renewable energy solution can be manufactured as quickly. On our lab-scale printer we can easily produce hundreds of metres of material per day, on a commercial-scale printer this would increase to kilometres. If you had just ten of these printers operating around the clock we could print enough material to deliver power to 1000 homes per day,” said Professor Dastoor.
“The low-cost and speed at which this technology can be deployed is exciting, particularly in the current Australian energy context where we need to find solutions, and quickly, to reduce demand on base-load power.”
Professor Dastoor said the demonstration site enabled final phase testing and modifications of the system before the renewable energy technology could be made available to the public.
“This installation brings us closer than we have ever been to making this technology a reality. It will help to determine the lifespan of the material and provide half-hourly feedback on the performance of the system,” said Professor Dastoor.

https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0006/354417/Printed-Solar-Velcro-Fixing-edit2.jpg

The material is made by printing an advanced electronic ink onto paper thin, clear laminated sheets using conventional printing presses. Importantly, Professor Dastoor’s UON team pioneered both the electronic ink and printing process.
“On the back of five years of in-house development, all of the components of these advanced electronic inks are now synthesised at scale within our Centre for Organic Electronics using non-toxic carbon-based materials. These components are then used directly or further processed into water-based inks and paints,” said Professor Dastoor.
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Source:
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured-news/the-clever-electronic-inks-rewriting-our-energy-future