Prosthetic Wolverine claws
Prosthetic hands are great. But when you’re designing and building them for children, as Arron Brown does, prosthetic Wolverine claws are even better. Brown, a 3D printing enthusiast in Grand Rapids, Michigan, volunteers for a global organization called Enabling the Future, which designs and prints prosthetic fingers and hands for people in need. (Video)
Continue reading… “3D printed hands turn kids into superheroes”
The multidirectional “perfect paraxial” cloak bends light around the hand to show the grid on the wall.
Two University of Rochester scientists have taken invisibility cloaking back to basics. Their novel arrangement of four standard, off-the-shelf lenses keeps an object hidden (and the background undisturbed) as the viewer moves up to several degrees away from the optimal viewing angle. (Video)
Continue reading… “Scientists develop 3D, continuously multidirectional cloaking device”
The Simulator Program surpasses conventional systems with next-generation mannequins and 3D printing.
Gabriel Mandeville at five months old seemed like any other normal, healthy baby. Then he began having infantile spasms. The spasms became so frequent and severe that he had to undergo a hemispherectomy: a complicated surgical procedure that separates one side of the brain from another. Luckily, doctors at the Boston Children’s Hospital were able to use 3D printing technology to greatly increase the chances for a successful operation. (Video)
Continue reading… “Top 3 amazing ways 3D printing is already revolutionizing healthcare”
Solar cell printers.
We’ve come a long way from the solar-powered calculator to waiting to see when innovators are going to give us solar-powered smartphones, where most of our calculators are these days. While the average energy consumer is busy worrying about such everyday concerns, scientists at the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) are wondering how to power entire buildings, and pretty much the whole planet, as the technology they are creating will be easily transferred inexpensively to developing and third-world areas, thanks to 3D printing and design. (Video)
Continue reading… “The sky’s the limit for 3D printing solar panels”
Strati 3D printed car
Local Motors 3D printed a plastic car called the Strati in front of thousands of attendees at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago.
Continue reading… “A drivable car that was 3D printed in 44 hours”
Andy Thomas creates “audio life forms” from bird sounds.
The sound of chirping and singing birds can be enough to inspire a feeling of peace and tranquility. Australian multimedia artist Andy Thomas specializes in creating “audio life forms” and such dulcet tones have inspired something more in him: curiosity about what they might look like as sound-driven 3D animations. (Video)
Continue reading… “Bird sound used to create beautiful 3D animations”
Solar Pocket Factory
Two young inventors based in the Philippines, Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein, are taking their passion for clean free energy and developing a way to make it accessible and cheap for everyone. These guys are working hard to provide a product that could be used by practically anyone to make homemade solar panels. (Videos)
Continue reading… “DIY ‘Solar Pocket Factory’ can 3D print a solar panel every 15 seconds”
Walk into your pictures.
What if you could snap a photo with your smartphone that you can step into? And once you’re immersed inside this 3-D photo, what if you were able to walk around the space or fly above an open floor plan?
Continue reading… “Matterport’s Pro 3D Camera creates a fully immersive 3D model”
BAAM 3D printer
3D printers are slow. They are so slow that in the time it would take to print a screwdriver, you could just drive to the store and pick one up with a half hour to spare. And that’s a problem when a manufacturing job calls for creating units as quickly as possible. (Video)
Continue reading… “Reinventing the 3D printer to make it faster”
The future of retail shopping.
Five technologies are converging to change the retail industry. The changes will be very social, very local, and very efficient. They will actually impact multiple industries.
Continue reading… “Five disruptive technologies that will change your shopping experience forever”
How do you envision the future of architecture?
The great architect, Frank Lloyd Wright said, “every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.” His visions of harmonious design and innovating urban planning amounted to his own brand of organic architecture. We’d argue that Wright wasn’t just an interpreter of his time — he was able to foresee the needs and desires of ages ahead of him. The architect is — necessarily — a visionary capable of seeing into the future. (Pics and videos)
Continue reading… “Top 14 architectural trends for the future”
Strati by Michele Anoé
An entire car will be printed in September at the International Manufacturing Technology Show. Local Motors, the company behind the project, recently held what was the world’s first 3D Printed Car Design Challenge to choose its final design. Over 200 groups entered the competition, but when the dust settled and the votes were tallied, two designs stood atop the heap. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Winners of the world’s first ‘3D Printed Car Design Challenge’”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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