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A Home Schooled Prodigy Builds India’s First 3D Printer Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014

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Daryani is from Mumbai, and according to DNA India, dropped out of high school because he felt “kid’s don’t learn anything there. I had no satisfaction that I knew things, I couldn’t apply anything I had learned to real life.” “[Daryani’s] love for developing and creating things wasn’t appreciated in a system where practical knowledge isn’t too common.” Daryani built his first humanoid robot when he was eight, and created a remote-controlled hovercraft by watching YouTube videos. He has even “presented his work to former president (of India) APJ Kalam and industrialist Ratan Tata.” Daryani started his “own company that sells DIY kits, Shark Kits, for everything from portable speakers to headphones to power supplies.” He even sells RepRap Prusa i3

portable speakers to headphones to power supplies.” He even sells RepRap Prusa i3 desktop 3D printers. However, Daryani’s greatest achievement to date is the 3D printer he developed, the SharkBot. It launches this January. Daryani claims the SharkBot is the “fastest and most robust desktop 3D printer that can print any material except metal.” “The idea came about when he noticed people were importing 3D printers for desktop use.” “We are wasting foreign currency by importing these things…I want to change that.” He says. Daryani spends at least four hours a day working on the SharkBot. The future looks bright for this young 3D printing entrepreneur. Phot o and Q uot e s Court e s y of DNA India

How 3D Printing Saved a Horse’s Life Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014

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In a previous issue, we reported a story of a horse racing team in Australia that used 3D printed titanium horseshoes to make their horse go faster. Now, the Brisbane Times has uncovered its sequel. Luke Wells-Smith, a horse vet and farrier with the Equine Podiatry and Lameness Centre in New South Wales (Australia), saw the story and contacted the horse racing team to see if the horseshoe could be helpful for a horse with laminitis. “Also known as founder, laminitis can be crippling and sometimes result in permanent lameness or euthanasia for the horse. The disease, which causes inflammation of the tissue attaching the foot bone to the hoof, can be managed in a variety of ways but has no actual cure.” Holly, the horse in question, “has suffered from laminitis for the last three years. [However] since being fitted with the new [3D printed] titanium shoes by Dr. Wells-Smith, she appeared to show an immediate improvement and has been seen trotting around the paddock.” Dr. Wells-Smith claims 3D printing technology “offered a significant advantage in making the shoe highly specialized…After assessing how Holly walked and then taking X-rays of her feet, Dr. Wells-Smith could determine the exact type of shoe that would benefit her and design a shoe that fit.”

The doctor explained: “in the case of Holly, we actually put a curve to the bottom of the shoe so the horse can rock forward and change the angle of its foot to suit how comfortable it is. So it’s kind of like a self-adjusting orthotic for the horse.” Phot o and Q uot e s Court e s y of t he Bris bane T ime s

Leo the Maker Prince: A Book About 3D Printing…for Kids! Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014

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Leo the Maker Prince, a new book written by Carla Diana, “is the first book about 3D printing that’s targeted towards children.” According to Web Pro News, “the plot follows a young girl named Carla who meets up with a robot named Leo. Throughout their journey, Leo uses the power of 3D printing to bring Carla’s drawings to life.” Diana hopes her book inspires children to become makers early in their life. “To help those maker aspirations along, Diana made sure that every object in Leo the Maker Prince can be 3D printed. So if you have a 3D printer and a child, you can print the objects in the book to help stoke your child’s maker aspirations.” All of the 3D printable objects in the book can be found here. Phot o and Q uot e s Court e s y of W e b Pro Ne ws

3D Printing and the Cure for Blindness Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014 Ca te g o ry : January 2014

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Professor Keith Martin, Wen-Kai Haiso, and Barbara Lorber, neuroscientists at Cambridge University, have successfully printed adult nerve cells for the first time. “The researchers used an inkjet printer to print living retinal cells of adult rats, which could be built up and used to create replacements for defective eye tissues.” Professor Martin, quoted by Dezeen, said that they “have demonstrated that you can take cells from the retina and you can effectively separate them out. These can be put in an inkjet printer and we can print those cells out in any pattern we like and we’ve shown that those cells can survive and thrive.” The research team “hopes the development is a step towards treating retinal diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration…their study is the first to show that retinal ganglion cells, which transmit signals from the eye to the brain, and glial cells that support this process can be printed in layers on top of each other without damaging them.” Professor Martin added, “the retina is a multi-layered structure. We’ve shown that we can put down at least two layers so we can put down glial cells and 3D print retinal ganglion cells over the top.” Currently, 3D printing hasn’t been involved in the printed adult nerve cells, but the team aims to make use of the technology soon. “Having successfully printed a layer of nerve cells and a layer of support cells, Martin says that the next step will be to print multiple layers to build up a full retina.” “What we’re looking to do now is to develop this towards ways of repairing the retina,” Professor Martin said, “with time there’s no reason why you can’t print multiple different cell types in the same way that you print multiple different colors of ink. Building up 3D structures is the next step.” Phot o and Q uot e s Court e s y of De ze e n

MakerBot’s New Time-Based 3D Printing Service

Printing Service Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014

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A few months ago, MakerBot announced the opening of two new retail stores in Boston and Greenwich, Connecticut. Now, MakerBot has announced a new 3D printing service, which will be offered in their stores. According to The Business of Robotics, customers can now go into a MakerBot store and “bring a .STL, .OBJ, or Thing file…on [a] USB drive, and items will be 3D printed on a MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer. Pricing is based on print time, with less than 30 minutes starting at $10. For larger print jobs, up to one hour is $20, two hours is $35, four hours is $65, five hours is $80 and up to six hours is $100. Beyond that, jobs are priced on a case-by-case basis.” Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot, explained his company’s reasoning behind the launch: “we are really excited to be able to offer 3D printing services at our MakerBot retail stores. Ever since we opened our first MakerBot Store in New York, customers have been asking if we can custom 3D print items. Now, we can officially offer a 3D printing service and have already had many customers who are very excited about this possibility. The ability to design and create a physical object, then hold it in your hands is very powerful.” Phot o and Q uot e Court e s y of Make rBot O t he r Q uot e s Court e s y of T he Bus ine s s of Robot ics

3D Printing the Noise

Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014

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Apoorva Kiran and Robert Maccurdy, graduate students of mechanical engineering at Cornell University, in conjunction with Hod Lipson, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have “created a fully functioning loudspeaker, seamlessly integrating the plastic, conductive and magnetic parts, using only 3D printers.” This, reported by Design Boom. The entire loudspeaker is 3D printed, “it even consists of plastic for the housing, a conductive coil and a magnet.” As soon as it comes out of the 3D printer, all that is necessary for the printer to work is minimal assembly, and then it can be hooked up to an external device. “To make it work, the electronic components are made with two customizable 3D printers: a special silver ink extrusion is used for the coil and a viscous blend of strontium ferrite is used for the magnet.” Phot o, Q uot e s , and Vide o Court e s y of Corne ll Unive rs it y and De s ign Boom Make rBot ’s Ne w T ime - Bas e d 3D Print ing S e rvice

Office Depot Expands 3D Printer Demonstrations Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014 Ca te g o ry : January 2014

Office Depot began offering 3D printing demonstrations at a retail location in Denver last year. These demonstrations featured the Cube 3D printer from 3D Systems. According to Web Pro News, George Hill, Office Depot’s Senior Vice President of Copy and Print Depot, says that Office Depot received “an overwhelming response” from this initial program: “customers ranging from tech buffs and entrepreneurs to marketers, educators, and stay-at-home parents commented on how they would utilize 3D printing in their lives. With that insight, we knew we needed to expand the scope and offer these demonstrations to markets across the country.” With this information in mind, Office Depot recently announced the expansion of this program to 150 of its stores, in eights U.S. states- “California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, and Texas….the move will allow even more customers to see first hand how a 3D printer works. From there, the customer can then purchase their very own Cube 3D or CubeX 3D printer from Office Depot’s web site.” Phot o Court e s y of O f f ice De pot Q uot e s Court e s y of W e b Pro Ne ws

‘Foodini’: A 3D Printer of Food Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014

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Natural Machines, a company from Barcelona in Spain, has recently unveiled the ‘Foodini’, a 3D printer that prints out foods. According to the Telegraph, the ‘Foodini’ “squirts out anything from pizza or pasta to cakes in a variety of shapes – from dinosaurs to spelling out names with letters. Different ingredients are built up in layers following selection of a design on the device’s control

ingredients are built up in layers following selection of a design on the device’s control panel.” Natural Machines suggests, “Parents could use the machine to print messages on cakes or for parents to design food for their children in shapes they enjoy.” While this printer could be great for children, Lynette Kucsma, co-founder of the firm said that Natural Machines is also aiming the ‘Foodini’ for use in restaurants: “Retail food stores have shown an interest. They can both print food in-store to sell to consumers as well as sell pre-filled food capsules for consumers to take home to use in their machines.”

Despite these lofty goals, the ‘Foodini’, for now, does have certain limitations. As Natural Machines explains, “’Foodini’ does not automate all your cooking, nor does it cook food. If necessary, it can keep food warm as it works as it contains a heating element….It does require more time from you in the kitchen…[however] ‘Foodini’ can design food into different shapes, make a quiche in the shape of a dinosaur, create pictures with sauces that kids can fill in with veggies or write messages on pieces of toast for breakfast. You could also make food more visually appealing by adding an intricate topping to a cupcake. Who says food always has to be a serious affair?” Natural Machine expects a mid-2014 release for the ‘Foodini’, with a price tag of roughly $1350. Phot os and Q uot e s Court e s y of t he T e le graph

Keys to the Future Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014 Ca te g o ry : January 2014

VentureBeat reports that 3D printing marketplace Shapeways “is teaming up with digital key storage startup KeyMe to let users print their own custom keys in materials like brass and plastic.” KeyMe was founded last year and has “already raised $2.3 million.” The startup’s mobile app allows users to take “photos of their keys, store them in the cloud, and retrieve them if emergencies pop up.” Instead of a customer being forced to go on an emergency locksmith visit, which can cost up to $200, KeyMe and Shapeways customers can “pay the company $60 to manufacture and deliver [the keys] within an hour. (The company is also installing key-making kiosks in five or so 7-Eleven and Bed Bath & Beyond stores in Manhattan.)” Customers will also be able to customize their keys, as illustrated above.

Photo and Quotes Courtesy of VentureBeat

Lulzbot Launches TAZ 3.0 Posted by : replicatorworld On : January 2, 2014 Ca te g o ry : January 2014

Lulzbot calls the latest addition to its 3D printer family “its most refined model ever.” According to Tweak Town, the TAZ 3.0 has a new 24v power supply and injection molded parts. “A new heated bed is powered by 24v which is double the previous voltage, and equates to a much faster heat time than previously experienced.” The TAZ 3.0 also “moves further way from using other 3D printers to build parts for the new model. This means that tolerances are tighter” resulting in higher quality prints. “Lulzbot has designed the TAZ 3.0 to print more than just PLA or ABS (plastic), and in fact can print a much wider variety of plastics including everything from nylon to wood infused plastics. The TAZ 3.0 is also capable of printing in PVA, Polystyrene, and stone dust infused filaments such as the new Laybrick filament that simulates sandstone.” The TAZ 3.0’s print area is 298mm X 275mm X 250mm, “which equates to 20,500cm cubed of useable space, and print speed is still high at up to 200mm per minute.” The TAZ 3.0 has a $2195 price tag. Phot o and Q uot e s Court e s y of T we ak T own

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