3D-printing is stepping up!

May 29, 2017 2:33 PM

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3D resin printing allows the creation of complex lattice structures

Source: https://www.facebook.com/futurism/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

This isn't new...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Saw this on a TED talk over two years ago.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Reminds me of the intro from toy soldiers a bit. I know it was printed and then the resin drained but still!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is this what inspired the west world intro serous question

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Can it print a Fleshlight?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So moist, so rich, so creamy....

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I want one. I wanna make action figures of me and my friends

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The bit printing in red reminds me of the horse's hoof.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Looks expensive tho.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wrote my thesis on DLP 3D Printing applications in tissue engineering last year. There is a long way to go before it is actually useful(1)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Miniatures and models are cool, it just can't produce objects with the durability and strength needed for industrial applications (2)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Can they print a camper?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Several 3D printers print this way now. Not just one company.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I want nannolathing to be a thing eventually.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I sometimes print with a super flexible filament called Ninjaflex, I've made actually usable gloves, boots, and belts with the stuff.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not only that, be we're able to 3D print functional ovaries. I'm not kidding, look that shit up.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This reminds me of that gif of an android's skin being "printed" on in some anime.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

tested did a video on it last year, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2thSsQrZUM

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

thats the new ultraboost

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Actual industrial Additive manufacturing systems are very cool. They can even print tungsten

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Neat...i didn't know we couldn't build the eifril tower before

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

it is not stepping up what you see here is SLA printing wich exist for a while now

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

kinda, this one is continuous projection though, no layer interfaces to worry about so build direction strength is way higher

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

its decades old at this point

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Parts created with uv treated resin are only used for form and fit. They don't have the strength or longevity for final manufacturing.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

https://www.facebook.com/futurism/videos/779452722233929/ here's the video if you don't want to dive into their fb page.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

We're getting closer and closer to replicators, man.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Soooo dildos?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'd be more impressed if guys weren't already doing this in their homes since 2014...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One step forward to affordably pirating warhammer miniatures!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is really cool, but am I the only one who wants to know more about that piece that was squished under the roller?

8 years ago | Likes 175 Dislikes 2

you can print those with TPU and a home FDM printer if you dial it in properly.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Pics?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

just use google and search for 'TPU Print' or 'TPU FDM Print'. They make TPU filament and there are some photos of grid matrices.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a truss-cellular matrix that's only possible by 3d printing. They rolled it to prove its elasticity and strength, despite being resin

8 years ago | Likes 131 Dislikes 3

why is it only possible with 3D printing?

8 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 0

It isnt. He was misinformed.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 24

Proof?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Injection moulding, filament winding, vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, etc. All capable of building such a structure.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You can't fit a tool inside it to mill out the hollow parts, and you can't mold it due to the connected solid and hollow parts.

8 years ago | Likes 58 Dislikes 2

Its not limited to 3d printing. There are other methods to build stuff like that, such as injection moulding, filament winding,

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, etc

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Oh, how could I have forgotten about that. But uhh. For a friend, what's that?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is very cool, but it is not new. I saw a video about this 2 years ago, I specifically remembered the Effiel Tower print.

8 years ago | Likes 1137 Dislikes 4

Also note the sponsored "Carbon" logo in the lower right hand side.

8 years ago | Likes 99 Dislikes 0

I think it was in a Ted talk? I saw the red "sphere"

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

shits not even the fastest no more

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's also not that fast. Those prints take like 30 mins still. Very cool though.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I saw the Commando Elite and the Gorgonites being built this way back in the 90s, so...

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

May be old but still cool as hell. I'm still not over the 3D printing hype, that shits just straight up sci-fi

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One of the reasons I bought one. Never knew when I first heard of them that I would actually own one myself.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

SLA printing is way older than 2 years old. It's actually the first form of 3d printing that was developed.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It was actually patented since the 1979. 3d printers are now the wow, because of the open source reprap proyect and a few hackers in 2006

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Started at the University of Bath, RepRap standardized a rapid prototyping and self-replicating template that uses commodity parts and >

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

> open source designs and common industrial protocols to remove most of the engineering & guess work out of creating a 3D printing platform.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

And if I remember correctly,the process produces poisoness gasses and they needed to pull it to retool it so it wouldn't do that anymore

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

you remember incorrectly. like straight up. google it

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah, this type isn't new by any measure. Maybe they meant the speed or the materials used?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Same! I'm almost positive it was on hete

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, there was a course on this in my university that's been taught for 3 years

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah I saw it at a conference - told my boss about it when I got home and he didn't believe me

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We have about 6 in various labs at school.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I remember the TESTED interview with them. "Light and oxygen" was the only thing the guy said.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

I remember that. The whole video just came across as marketing wank to me. There wasn't really much substance.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago (deleted May 31, 2017 8:56 AM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

FDM printing is far slower (I have one). One of the advantages of SLA printing is a major delta on print times.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This type of printing is called SLA and is still not quite at household consumer-grade. FDM printers, OTOH, are & are safer & easier to use

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Their technology is a faster version of stereolithography, which is over 30 years old. The parts they make are quick, but nothing new.

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

most modern technology in a nutshell, old tech becoming viable in some way or form

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

stereolithography is actually the very first form of "modern" 3d printing. SLA predates FDM by about a decade

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Now, FDM printers are far more common, cheaper to obtain, and are relatively safer and easier to use.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We use them at my work. Sometimes they can actually be quite bad quality. And only a small table size so limited design capabilities

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But, their rubber prints are actually pretty good and actually feel and behave like rubber. Most other printers can't offer that.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Flex filament for FDM printers are good alternatives, though.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, my high school got one my freshman year (8y ago) and it's not a big school, in fact there were jokes about it being a dirty school.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

hell yeah, glad to see it is working as designed

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Yep, exactly! Patents should allow the companies to make big money out of it to ressearch is actually worth it - then spread tech affordable

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Unless your stratesys/makerbot then screw you.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

yes

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

+1

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Can i print food tho?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Soon.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

CHIK-IN.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

There are several companies working on food printers for use in vending machines but none have hit the market yet.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Yes, NASA has one on the ISS. Haven't seen one advertised for terrestrial use, though.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Wait, they actually succeeded in making it?! I thought that was still in-dev.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Still in-dev.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0