Another contender has joined the race to be the first to 3D print an entire house.
London based architecture collective Softkill Design claim their design will take 3 weeks to print, and can be assembled in just one day.
“It will hopefully be the first actual 3D printed house on site,” said Gilles Retsin of Softkill Design. “We are hoping to have the first prototype out in the summer.” Continue reading “The Race to 3D Print a House” »
Sun Cutter is a project by Markus Kayser in which he harnesses the power of sunlight to directly produce objects. Continue reading “Sun Cutter, Laser Cutting in the Sahara” »
3D printing has been entering the mainstream of late, and what better way to publicise the technology to the masses than to feature it on a hit TV show?
If you’ve not seen The Big Bang Theory (that’s no small feat when it’s repeated on E4 constantly) it revolves around the comedy goings-on of four nerdy scientist type guys, so 3D printing is a subject that is not so surprising to see crop up in the plot.
The story in this particular episode was that two of the main characters, Howard and Raj, were disappointed with the (un)likeness of action figures they’d paid $500 for to look like them. The solution proposed was to invest in a 3D printer so they could make figures that looked exactly like them.
After buying a used machine for $5000 (much to Howard’s wife’s annoyance) Howard uses an Xbox kinect to scan Raj into digital form.
I’ve not seen the episode myself, but have read parts sounded a tad like a 3D printing promo, not necessarily a bad thing. One of Howard’s lines offered a valid point – “Do you realize by owning a 3D printer we are reclaiming the manufacturing process, and taking jobs back from sweatshops in China?”
Looks like the secret is definitely out on 3D printing!
It just gets madder.
London’s own Foster + Partners is working with the European Space Agency to investigate methods for building lunar housing using lunar soil.
They have designed a 4 person residence that will stand up to the moons dramatically changing temperatures, meteorites and gamma radiation. Continue reading “3D Printing Buildings on The Moon” »
We are gradually seeing more and more 3D printing in the fashion world, and at a recent Paris fashion show Iris van Herpen was one of the designers showing off the capabilities of the technology in her “VOLTAGE” collection. Continue reading “3D Printed Fashion on Paris Catwalk” »
Slowly spreading throughout the Webiverse the new Video for Shugo Tokumaru’s song “Katachi” is quite something.
Made up of 2000 CNC cut silhouettes, the colourful stop motion video is mesmerising to watch.
Kijek/Adamski were the Polish director/animator team behind the video, and here’s how they did it: Continue reading “CNC Router Used to Make Awesome Stop Motion Video” »
To continue the theme of 3D printing heads, we bring you this story about a company in Tokyo offering an altogether new idea for a valentines gift. Continue reading “This Valentines Day, Give Your Loved One Chocolate Shaped Like Your Head” »
When Hot Pop Factory were asked by a client to come up with and idea for holiday gifts for the clients valued staff, they came up with a brilliant concept of customising the much loved PEZ dispenser with each individual employee’s own head! Continue reading “3D Printed PEZ Dispensers with Custom Heads” »
Spotted this video on TLC and wasn’t expecting much when I clicked the play button, but, as the video went on I was pleasantly surprised!
It’s a bit of a slow starter but shows the construction in stop motion footage, with the project slowly appearing and building on itself step by step.
Impressive work from Pieter Léon Vermeersch, his website can be found here.
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