Within just three seconds, the scanner gathers all the necessary data for a digital rendering. Selecting one of the available shoe shapes (there are ten available designs at the moment),
#The 3d printed Peek smartphone adapter helps diagnose eye disease in developing countries While we come across so many interesting 3d printed applications,
Perfect for use in third world countries and remote locations far from medical help, this kit essentially consists of a 3d printed add-on for smart phones that can be used to treat preventable blindness.
Peek Retina combines both a traditional ophthalmoscope and a retinal camera in a mobile phone, providing a portable,
Suitable for just about every smartphone it an excellent 3d printed solution. Due to extensive testing and prototyping, this 3d printed smartphone adaptor should be ready for use in October of this year,
though more field studies are planned in countries as Tanzania, Malawi and Kenya. However, earlier tests have produced already excellent results. hese trials
but make sure it works effectively in the context of specific locations, the local healthcare system and for both novice and expert users.
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#Formfutura unveils Easywood Olive and Ebony, two new wood-like 3d printer filaments Jun 9, 2015 By Alecwith an internet full of 3d printable designs,
it obvious that you can create just about anything with a 3d printer. But in reality, most of us continue to limit ourselves to regular plastic designs made in either PLA or ABS filaments.
which makes this filament a perfect match with all common desktop FDM 3d printers, the Dutch team says.
But of course you should play around with your own nozzle diameter, printing speed settings, and layer height to get the best response from your machine,
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#Israel-based Utilight develops revolutionary new technique for 3d printing solar cells With the rise of various products that are aimed at creating
the engineers at Utilight have been actively developing a new type of additive manufacturing technology called Pattern Transfer Printing (PTP) that allows for the immediate implementation in the photovoltaic metallization process of c-Si solar cells.
with only an addition of one module with a minimal investment, providing savings of up to 70%in silver paste and an increased efficiency of up to. 4%.With a PTP printer,
adds the company. s today leading photovoltaic cell manufacturers have reached the limits of conventional screen printing metallization processes for solar cells;
#Microsoft granted patent for technology that scans objects and makes 3d printable models Even in the world of 3d printing,
However, Microsoft has just been awarded a patent for the step preceding 3d printing: making 3d printable digital models of objects, specifically after scanning.
and generating 3d models on your PC. If you might wonder how in the world that can be patented after all,
there are quite a few scanners out there already the crucial difference is that Microsoft patent revolves around scanning objects without placing them on revolving plates
and the software does the rest. The turntable is removed completely from the scanning process The patent also concerns the technology ability to distinguish between the object, the users fingers and even the objects around it.
The result simply consists of high resolution images with prominent surface patterns and good color quality.
Of course, this makes the life of the home user much easier. Scanning itself should become simpler,
as Youtube the Patent Yogi explains in the video above. Among its applications are game development and making animations as realistically as possible,
enabling users to quickly scan and digitally interact with models around them. And what about mounting these scanners of Google street view cars?
This scanning ability could be used to make maps far more interactive and realistic, while the scans can also be used to measure distances.
2015 By Simonwhile wee seen a wide range of applications for 3d printing including using the technology to create ready-made helicopter and racecar parts to computer housings and more,
000 grant from Google to help aid the organization efforts and continue to connect engineers with children and families in need.
to create new Handomatic software and perhaps most impressive of all, they plan on putting 6, 000 3d printed prosthetic hands out into the world for children in need.
while also collecting data on how to continually make the experience more seamless. Ultimately, the goal is to develop
not only a portfolio of optimized prosthetic designs for a wide range of users but also an optimized user experience for all stakeholders involved-including breaking down any language barriers
so that everybody has access to the network. In addition to creating a tighter distribution network, e-NABLE also wants to upgrade their Handomatic app
a mobile offering is in the works to make measuring in the field an easier and more friendly user experience.
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#Exovite is developing custom 3d printed splints that will broken heal your bone faster Jun 20, 2015 By Simonalthough wee been seeing many recent applications for 3d printing being used effectively in the medical industry,
a new Spanish company consisting of professionals from different areas including medicine, electronics, computers, mechanics and additive manufacturing technologies are currently looking at
Among other goals that the company hopes that users of their technology will achieve include optimized medical treatments as well as a more seamless user experience throughout the procedure due to an improved quality of the procedures themselves.
users could receive the company unique method of therapy and be healed in a matter of weeks.
not only and applied directly to the user own body measurements, but it is also completely waterproof
which can be controlled via a mobile device through the company Exopad app. In addition to being able to control the electrostimulation,
users will even be able to share the healing progress with medical professionals online as well as receive advice based on the rate of healing.
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#World first 3d printed modular supercar is unveiled, built using revolutionary Node technology platform Considered by many to be the ultimate 3d printing challenge,
In addition to less damage being made to the environment and a user wallet the design also causes less wear on the roadways, too."
Called GDP 3d printing (short for Gel Dispensing Printing), they believe their upcoming 3d printers are capable of igniting a market explosion in the 3d printing industry and beyond it.
And by the face of it, that could really happen. t the heart of the GDP process is Massivit unique printing gel & smart support.
they explain on their website. And as you can see in the clip below, that is essentially what GDP printing is all about;
curing, and the material properties of their ilament ll of these together enable the printing of relatively thick layers with linear movement of the dispensing
and the printer can be utilized at the same time to also print another object Perhaps printing Eve?,they speculate.
As reported in Israeli media, they 3d printed the body of a Strati car by Local Motors, with a bit of help from design specialists from Autodesk.
Autodesk Spark design platform was used for this version of the Strati, which will be on display at Ecomotion, a gathering of people from the Smart Transportation industry.
Lior Zeno, community manager of Ecomotion, told reporters that innovations like this are exactly what can lead to the next generation of creative design. ocal Motors
The collaboration between Local Motors and Autodesk shows the huge possibilities for the smart transportation community in Israel.
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#Sweden+Project begins process of creating 3d printed houses from cellulose material Although some of the biggest stories in 3d printing over the past year have involved either very large-scale additive manufacturing projects such as those centered around creating entire houses or alternatively,
Especially with an increase of smartphones as navigational tools and even pedestrian use of smartphones that may make them ignorant to bicycle traffic activity,
and even their own wifi connections for assisting drivers, it only natural that wee also starting to see a new evolution of martbicycles that are capable of assisting us, too.
A custom algorithm is able to detect shadows and contrast differences caused by irregularities on normal daylight road conditions.
if the software determines that an oncoming object may be a hazard,(in this case, anything that measures more than 3 inches/76 mm) the cyclist is alerted via an audio alert.
Like many other modern hardware devices, the Byzee was brought to life thanks to the low cost of 3d printing.
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#Paper-thin 3d printed solar cells to provide affordable electricity for unlit rural areas Jun 29, 2015 By Simonthanks to a recent surge of interest surrounding various alternative energy sources and technologies including Elon musk announcement of a Tesla home battery,
because it doesn require the need for large quantities of silicon-based panels which are produced in wafers
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#A new ink formulation allows you to 3d print objects out of stretchy graphene A few months ago,
Shah explains on her university website. This means these materials don copy graphene properties and remain to brittle and fragile to use.
entitled hree-dimensional printing of high-content graphene scaffolds for electronic and biomedical applications. 3d printed graphene appeared on the cover.
#Researchers create revolutionary optical fiber 3d printing technique for telecom and datacom industries As we continue to see more developments being made towards advancing additive manufacturing technologies,
which an optical fiber is drawn. Although this method produces consistent results the inability to control the shape
but also pave the way for more complex optical fiber structures that are able to host a variety of applications for industries ranging from telecommunications and aerospace to biotechnologies and more."
fabricate and employ novel Multiple Materials Additive manufacturing (MMAM) equipment to enable us to make optical fibre preforms (both in conventional
"Unsurprisingly, fabricating the preform is one of the most challenging stages of optical fiber manufacturing and this new process has the potential to revolutionize multiple industries that use fiber optics-particularly telecom and datacom industries."
"We hope our work will open up a route to manufacture novel fibre structures in silica and other glasses for a wide range of applications, covering telecommunications, sensing, lab-in-a-fibre, metamaterial fibre,
and high-power lasers,"added Professor Sahu.""This is something that has never been tried before and we are excited about starting this project. r
3d bioprinting is a hot topic in the field of tissue engineering. owever it usually requires a printing environment that isn't compatible with living cells
he said. he core membrane adopts the most advanced 3d printing based bio-regenerative medical platform,
the key difference between bio 3d printing and traditional printing is in the printhead used. here are two kinds of printhead used in bio 3d printing:
When printing out membranes, he says, the machine sprays out a fiber-like ink onto biological paper that simulates the collagen structures found in body.
In time, this will allow on-demand organ printing to take place. In case of the Redura membrane
For the study, the researchers used design software to draw complex shapes including a bunny, a waving humanoid and a bottle.
the researchers then used custom algorithms to plan a DNA scaffolding that would ultimately form the designed 3d object-such as a bunny.
In order to actually rintthe DNA, researchers ran their algorithms and combined them with ideal temperature conditions that assembled the 3d objects.
the researchers used manufactured DNA from viruses as a building material. e take the paradigm of 3d printing to construct a method to go from a mesh designed in the computer,
and use a new algorithm to simulate a design in DNA that looks like this mesh,
which is where the algorithm really helps. The researchers chose a bunny shape (also known as the Stanford Bunny) to publicly demonstrate the technology because of its widespread use as a test model for various 3d technologies
said Högberg. t not just that we have a useful computer algorithm, but we have a real method to produce more complex DNA structures.
#3d printed smartphone device reads ELISA diagnostic tests accurately and within one minute In remote or developing countries,
smartphone-based device and app that is made with a 3d printer and can read ELISA plates on-the-spot,
but with a small and low-cost 3d printed device that attaches to a smartphone. Known as a olorimtreic microplate reader, the attachment illuminates a 96-well plate with an LED array.
A custom-designed smartphone app then reads the resulting images and analyzes them using a machine-learning algorithm.
Perhaps most impressively the diagnostic results for the entire 96-well plate can be sent back to the phone within one minute, complete with a handy visualization for the user.
The mobile platform has been tested successfully in a clinical microbiology laboratory, comparing 571 patient samples to FDA-approved samples of mumps, measles,
In addition to serving low-resource or remote areas, the researchers noted that intrinsic wireless connectivity can serve epidemic-related studies,
and are looking to adapt the basic design of this ELISA cellphone reader to create smartphone-based quantified readers for other important medical tests,
professor of bioengineering and one of the researchers on the team. t is quite important to have these kinds of mobile devices,
These two companies are key leaders in this market from a hardware and filament perspective and collaborating with them allows us to bring Eastman Amphora (TM) 3d polymer to a broader audience in the right way. t the same time as this speaks of the firm foundation that Aleph Objects
While GE, Autodesk, HP, Intel, and Microsoft look to dominate the software and hardware of 3d printing, Eastman, Mistubishi,
and Natureworks are looking at the materials side of the industry. It my personal opinion that the open source community will win out in the long term and
with Eastman picking partners already valued by the DIY and open source communities, I think theye placed the appropriate bets p
#The Focus 3d printer Is multifaceted Portable , & Delicious? At the end of last year, Davide reported that a company called 3d By Flow was going to be releasing a 3d printer with all of the fixings for portability.
that the printer would also be equipped to handle viscous materials, like food. Now that printer has hit Kickstarter revealing its specs, pricing, name and All the printer from 3d By Flow,
called Focus, is indeed portable and, more than that, it designed to use a wide variety of materials,
The printer is designed to fold into a suitcase, weighing only 7 kg. The unfolding and setup process is meant only to take 20 seconds, with printing ready in just two minutes.
This is possible due to a lack of leveling or calibration as the printbed is fixed completely. An SD card reader allows for untethered printing,
though a USB capable allows for printing from a computer as well. The Focus also has bed a heat that can reach up to 100°C. And,
once you get printing, you should be able to achieve Z-axis resolutions of 5 microns, according to the company.
You can see the full specifications below: 3dbyflow has constructed already 20 printers and field tested them in various locations,
including the Albert Hejin supermarket, as previously noted. With a solid Kickstarter campaign, the company plans to both construct the Focus for all of their backers, before eventually launching a second printer for the healthcare industry, the MKB printer measuring at 50x50x50cm,
and a third specifically for chocolate. The early bird packages for the printer start at around $2,
200, increasing to about $2, 400 after that. Not a bad price for a compact and capable printer,
if it delivers on all of its promised specifications. I don like getting my hopes up in this industry anymore
but I definitely hopeful about this compact and versatile printer. Check out the Kickstarter page for more information and watch the video below c
While Autodesk is leading thugged Sprite UAV Guided to Kickstarter Thanks to 3d printing At the end of last year,
Due to the precision and castabilitytereolabs Launches ZED 3d Camera for Long-range Depth Sensing Every day on 3dpi, we report on developments in 3d printing, scanning, reality computing, and more.
It can relay basic feedback about how hot an object is to the user nerves and muscles.
It not only helps save the user from burning skin but also prevents possible damage to the materials the bionic arm is made of.
or shock to the user muscles and nerves, allowing them to eelthe excessive temperature. The sensor would help a user avoid gripping a hot object
and also inform him as to how hot it is. Just like the normal physiological reaction our fingers would have.
Siyi, a Computer & Control engineering student at Nankai University, explains, his way, people with disabilities will be able to feel the relative temperature level of an object.
project instructor and Associate professor of Computer & Control engineering at Nankai, concurred, s far as people with disabilities are concerned,
they dreamed of the video phone holographic systems will become commonplace within a couple of decades or even sooner.
Along with Microsoft Hololens, the first of them might be the Holus system, which Vancouver, Canada-based H+is launching on Kickstarter,
the Holus holographic tabletop platform can connect to smartphones, tablets or computers, turning 2d content into a 3d hologram.
where users can learn, collaborate, and have fun through immersive displays. It is easy to see the potential gaming applications of such a device
and H+itself points out that it could be used to visualize 3d models before starting a print job.
As is becoming a common policy even in hardware development, the Holus will be offered in two varieties:
It will come equipped with two smartphone charging docks and will work as a 3d visualization system, with applications available via App stores,
such as Google Play and itunes. The latter includes an HDMI port and SDK tool, with support for both Unity and Unreal, two of the most powerful and used video game engines on the market.
They have a progress report on their website that tracks the various stages of the project and their development.
and emphatic commitment to education values that Necropsynth also shares. f Printrbot believes they can put a printer in every school in the US,
#UCLA Researchers Design Low-cost Smartphone Blood Tester The smartphone is probably the most exciting computing tool human beings have at their disposal.
Like television before it, the smartphone has the potential to be a powerful educational tool.
But unlike most televisions, your smartphone is a computer. It can be programmed. As the price and size of powerful sensors continues to drop
Enter researchers from California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA. Theye created a smartphone-based diagnostic tool that reads blood samples for bacteria
and cost of this diagnostic test using modern smartphones. ELISA testing is performed usually with little honeycomb shaped plates that have 96 tiny wells embedded in them.
The device connects to the smartphone via a 3d printed attachment and hits the ELISA plate with a variety of light-emitting diodes.
The smartphone sends the resulting images to UCLA servers through a custom app. A machine-learning algorithm that the research team wrote analyzes the results.
Within one-minute, the diagnostic results are sent back to the phone in a user friendly visualization. This isn the first smartphone-related test that Dr. Ozcan has developed.
Previously covered on 3dpi Ozcan has created also a mobile device for detecting water contamination and a mobile microscope. t is quite important to have these kinds of mobile devices,
especially for administering medical tests that are done usually in a hospital or clinical laboratory, remarked Ozcan. his mobile platform can be used for point-of-care testing,
screening populations for particular diseases, or tracking vaccination campaigns in most resource-poor settings. It fantastic for an undergrad to be first author on the publication.
The FDA-approved well-plate readers used in clinical labs today were compared with the team handheld smartphone diagnostic in a UCLA clinical microbiology laboratory.
Mumps measles, and herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 were all part of the dual ELISA tests. From 571 patient samples, the mobile platform was 99.6 percent accurate at diagnosing mumps, 98.6 percent for measles,
and are looking to adapt the basic design of this ELISA cellphone reader to create smartphone-based quantified readers for other important medical tests,
Though I don think anyone would want to take a selfie with that particular smartphone, I glad researchers are creating something that could democratize diagnostic testing for bacteria
Eventually she decided that the Witbox worked best for her printing needs and that is the printer she used to print all 5 outfits in her collection.
Finding a flexible PLA based filament proved more difficult. On her website, she explains, spent a month
or so experimenting with PLA, a hard and breakable material. I was not getting very far
and designed using a software called Optitex. After she had her design she made a 3d model of the jacket with Blender.
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternitéd printing style
#British scientists develop self-healing aircraft wing technology Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new technology that will allow aircraft wings
Aerojet Rocketdyne develops the majority of International space station power-system hardware at its Los angeles facility. Earlier this month, the company completed initial on-orbit validation testing of XR-5a Hall Thruster on the unmanned X-37 spacecraft t
#NASA Microsoft collaboration will allow scientists to#work on Mars#NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called Onsight,
a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology called Microsoft Hololens.
Developed by NASA Jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, Calif, . Onsight will give scientists a means to plan and,
Onsight will use real rover data and extend the Curiosity mission existing planning tools by creating a 3-D simulation of the Martian environment where scientists around the world can meet.
rover operations required scientists to examine Mars imagery on a computer screen, and make inferences about
The Onsight system uses holographic computing to overlay visual information and rover data into the user field of view.
Holographic computing blends a view of the physical world with computer-generated imagery to create a hybrid of real and virtual.
members of the Curiosity mission team don a Microsoft Hololens device, which surrounds them with images from the rover Martian field site.
They then can stroll around the rocky surface or crouch down to examine rocky outcrops from different angles.
our Mars explorers have been stuck on one side of a computer screen. This tool gives them the ability to explore the rover surroundings
The joint effort to develop Onsight with Microsoft grew from an ongoing partnership to investigate advances in human-robot interaction.
and data from this mission will advance understanding of this form of propulsion. This first Lightsail mission specifically is designed to test the spacecraft critical systems,
During the next month, the Lightsail team will receive data from the satellite in space. As part of its agreement with NASA, the Planetary Society will provide the agency a report on outcomes and scientific findings.
By comparing the Chandra data to prior images of dust clouds detected by the Mopra radio telescope in Australia
The radio data provides the distance to the different clouds and the X-ray echo determines the location of Circinus X-1 relative to the clouds.
An analysis of the rings with the combined radio data allows researchers to use simple geometry to accurately determine the distance of Circinus X-1 from Earth. e like to call this system the ord of the Rings,
The new Chandra data allows astronomers to make a detailed three-dimensional map of the dust clouds between Circinus X-1 and us, providing a valuable probe of the structure of the galaxy.
Don Miss Intel 3d printed Dress to Ward off Potential Attackers Tibbit feels that this new technique will reach millions of 3d printer users soon,
Once this unique technique comes to play in majority of printers among users it will surprise them for sure.
These are the advantages a user can get: expanded abilities of the printed items, new applications of versatile materials, included assembling effectiveness and, decreased assembling expense and carbon foot shaped impression.
as days progress many companies will start applying this technology in their printer will bring the price down n
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