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Transgenic or genetically modified foods are controversial, but offer tremendous opportunity to produce nutritionally enhanced, therapeutic food products that are engineered for specific needs. Combine this with the use of 3D printers to produce food products and you have the possibility to create unlimited combinations of nutrition and taste and texture. Post Paleo? – [robbwolf.com] [...]

Laser sintering is a process that uses a high powered laser beam to fuse together powdered particles of glass, ceramic, plastic or metal, in additive layers until a 3D object is created. In this case, laser sintering of nylon was used to create a flying model aircraft known as the SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered [...]

This is an excellent video demonstration of 3D printing. Note that the first video leaves out some steps, making it appear like a one-step process. The second video explains how the scan process captures the details needed to create the adjustable parts of the wrench. 3D Printer – [youtube.com] 3D printing is a form of [...]

For the first time, 3D printers have been tested in a zero-gravity environment. MADE IN SPACE successfully completed two suborbital flights that tested several 3D printers through a series of zero-gravity parabola maneuvers. 3D Printers Tested in Zero-G – [madeinspace.us] ELLINGTON FIELD, TX – July 28, 2011 – MADE IN SPACE, a start-up dedicated to [...]

3D printers, or fabricators, extrude materials in layers to build objects from digital design plans. Computer controlled laser cutters can etch and shape materials with fantastic detail. Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping are becoming a new rapid form of manufacturing and there are not many limitations on what they can create. The Anything Factory – [...]

3D printers often work in a fashion similar to ink-jet printers by spraying a material in a pattern. But instead of ink, they spray materials like plastic and resins and they spray repeated layers, building up objects in three dimensions. The size of the print job is limited by the size of the printer frame [...]

Personal sized fabrication devices have the ability to replace conventional manufacturing processes and distribute it into the home environment. A large group of these devices is known as 3-D printers, because they operate somewhat like printers, but by adding layer upon layer, can create three dimensional output products. As this technology advances, the range of [...]

RESILIENT COMMUNITY: Forget Afghanistan, These are Needed in Detroit etc. Hyperlocal manufacturing is real. Think of it as one of the economic hearts of a thriving resilient community. It’s a revolution already in motion, as you can see in the rapid spread of hackerspaces. Connect these hackerspaces, and the communities they serve, with networks that [...]

Additive manufacturing is the process of adding layers of material to previous layers to create 3D objects, usually from computer controlled models. A variety of techniques can be used, including: aerosol jets and extrusion nozzles that deposit layers of materials, and often heating techniques that use lasers or electron beams to combine or fuse the [...]

3D printing is constantly becoming more practical and useful. Iron Man’s new suit gloves were fabricated using 3D printers. Iron Man 2′s Secret Sauce: 3-D Printing – [fastcompany.com] Maybe the most cutting-edge facet of Iron Man 2′s production was the real-life fabrication of the suits. Using 3-D printers, the film’s production company, Legacy Effects, was [...]