Robert Schouwenburg

Steady As She Goes: Ornate Type Made By 3D Printing | Jeannie...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:59:31 -0400

Steady As She Goes: Ornate Type Made By 3D Printing | Jeannie Huang
jeanniejeannie.com

3D printing is a fascinating process that has grown quite popular in the last decade– machines can now easily create a real, three dimensional object using data from a digital file to “print” the object from the ground up. Sydney bas…

Very beautiful!

Impact of 3D Printing on Supply Chain « 3D Printing « Robert's blog

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:06:48 -0400

Impact of 3D Printing on Supply Chain « 3D Printing « Robert's blog :

WHEN 3D PRINTING becomes mainstream, it will have a major impact on many aspects of manufacturing and design processes. In the next weeks, I am writing a series of posts on how I think the 3D printing revolution will unfold and what impact it can have. In this first post, I am writing about the impact on supply chain.

Fit For Purpose and Personalized Products

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:40:31 -0400

Fit For Purpose and Personalized Products:

AN INTERESTING ASPECT of design in relation to personal fabrication and customized design is fit for purpose. How do you determine a product is good enough for its intended purpose? And who is responsible that a product you buy is fit for the purpose you intended?

Stop Talking About Social and Do It | Yes & Know Nilofer...

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:13:54 -0400

Stop Talking About Social and Do It | Yes & Know
Nilofer Merchant, nilofermerchant.com

“Leadership” has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. “The Value Chain” has changed when the customer is no longer just the “buyer” but also a co-creator. “Human Resources” have changed when most of the…

Well written analysis!

Ultra-high-resolution 3D Printer Breaks Speed-Records

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:38:45 -0400

Ultra-high-resolution 3D Printer Breaks Speed-Records:

rinting three dimensional objects with incredibly fine details is now possible using “two-photon lithography”. With this technology, tiny structures on a nanometer scale can be fabricated. Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) have now made a major breakthrough in speeding up this printing technique: The high-precision-3D-printer at TU Vienna is orders of magnitude faster than similar devices (see video). This opens up completely new areas of application, such as in medicine.

Researchers ‘Print’ Polymers That Bend Into 3-D...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:08:58 -0400

Researchers ‘Print’ Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes
nsf.gov

Press Release 12-045
Researchers ‘Print’ Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes
Technique could be used to direct growth of blood vessels or tissues in the laboratory
Researchers can control the shape of a polymer system with…

Interesting new tech /material

“The Vibe” by Soundcloud and Shapeways is Just Plain...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:05:49 -0400

“The Vibe” by Soundcloud and Shapeways is Just Plain Cool | Dann Berg
iamdann.com

“The Vibe” is a really cool mashup collaboration between Soundcloud and Shapeways. Grab your favorite piece of music and have it 3D printed into an iPhone case. Brilliant idea.
Shapeways is still a bit of a lesser-known company, but…

Yeah!

3D Printed Ceramic Oil Lamp

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:03:22 -0400

3D Printed Ceramic Oil Lamp:

Author:bathsheba(Bathsheba Sculpture LLC), instructables.com

What are the guidelines for designing 3DP ceramic? I’m getting it from Shapeways, so I punt to their page on how to use this material. One important rule is that when you have an enclosed space, you need at least a 10-15mm hole so the…

Love this! I am curious how the final product will look like.

The future of U.S. manufacturing: Nanotech, 3D printing, and...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:47:45 -0400

The future of U.S. manufacturing: Nanotech, 3D printing, and self-aware factories
Vivek Wadhwa, WashingtonPost.com, venturebeat.com

President Barack Obama reportedly asked Steve Jobs what it would take to bring iPhone manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. to which Jobs replied, “Those jobs aren’t coming back.”
The exchange, according to a Jan. 12, 2012 report in the …

I love the concept of self-aware factories. I am a big believer that factories will become more complex and build various products at the same time.

The Internet Community Needs To Deal With Policy Making

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:13:56 -0500

The Internet Community Needs To Deal With Policy Making:

LAST FRIDAY Michael Weinberg from Public Knowledge swinged by our office. It is always great to catch up with him. He spoke about their new initiative called Internet Blueprint to make new better and improved legislation to replace the texts of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).

shapeways: Shapeways Team prepping for SXSW with 3D printed...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:11:00 -0500

shapeways:

Shapeways Team prepping for SXSW with 3D printed glasses sans lens on Flickr.

Yeah!

Fundamentals: 3D Printing of Digital Models

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:39:45 -0500

Fundamentals: 3D Printing of Digital Models :

When I started my career as a professional artist, my first introduction to working in 3D was to create what was then referred to as 3D illustration. Basically, I created physical clay sculptures, built small props, took photographs of them, and then used those photos to create illustrations. These sculptures began to take up a lot of space, and before long I had an entire room devoted to storing them. Soon after, I discovered computer graphics and eventually 3D modeling and animation. No longer did I have to fnd an unused shoebox to store my newest character. Instead, I could simply save it to a disk. But there was only one thing missing: being able to hold my creation in my hand and place it on a shelf for others to see.

THE HACKER H1ST0R1AN

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:33:00 -0500

THE HACKER H1ST0R1AN:

The two most powerful technologies of the 20th century—the nuclear bomb and the computer—were invented at the same time and by the same group of young people. But while the history of theManhattan Project has been well told, the origin of the computer is relatively unknown. In his new book,Turing’s Cathedral, historian George Dyson, who grew up among these proto- hackers in Princeton, New Jersey, tells the story of how Alan Turing, John von Neumann, and a small band of other geniuses not only built the computer but foresaw the world it would create. Dyson talked to Wired about the big bang of the digital universe.

First 3D Printing Franchising Chain

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:32:00 -0500

First 3D Printing Franchising Chain:

BRAZIL has the honor of having the first 3D printing franchise chain in the world. At least as far as I know. The company Imprimate in Sao Paulo focuses on solely on ZCorp technology. Their customers are professionals and small companies in architecture, engineering and design.

Maybe a new Kinko’s is born?

3D Printing News and Updates» Blog Archive » 3D printing to...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:15:01 -0500

3D Printing News and Updates» Blog Archive » 3D printing to build robotic dinosaur models
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Drexel University is starting to create 3D scans of fossils to better study…

The Smithsonian Turns To 3D Printing To Share Their Collection

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:14:15 -0500

The Smithsonian Turns To 3D Printing To Share Their Collection:

gizmodo.com

According to The Creators Project, the Smithsonian has over 137 million pieces in its collection, but only enough room to display about 2 percent of them. So it’s turning to 3D printing to share as much as it can.
Working with a…

Cool project. It would be better if the 3D scans were made available to the public to see and print themselves.

Sign Of The Times

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:49:20 -0500

Sign Of The Times:

One of the fascinating things to watch on my blog are the search keywords used by visitors from search engines. I find it fascinating, because it gives a sign of the times on what people are thinking about with regard to 3D printing. I did a fast analysis today of the last 3 months of search traffic and normalized the search keywords. These are the top 5 search topics for my blog.

3D print and build your own Vampire quadcopter | 3D Printing...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:17:25 -0500

3D print and build your own Vampire quadcopter | 3D Printing news
3ders.org

Feb.18, 2012
If you like building things of your own I am sure you will like this - a 3D printed drone, yes you can build your own drone with your 3D printer, for sure it is more fun than buying it ready-made. Named PL1Q Vampire, this…

Cool!

The Future of 3D Printingintublog.com My recent post about 3D...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:17:02 -0500

The Future of 3D Printing
intublog.com

My recent post about 3D printing argued for the idea that it’s a technology that will soon produce some, but not all of the goods we use. So if that’s the case, which goods, and why those? And why not others?
To keep things simple, I’m no…

The Mathematics of 3D Printing | 3D Printing is the...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:09:12 -0500

The Mathematics of 3D Printing | 3D Printing is the Future
3dfuture.com.au

3D Printing is about being able to print any object layer by layer.
I was cogitating on this one day and thought to myself:
Are there any 3 dimensional items we can’t print layer by layer?
After all, it is assumed that a 3D printer can…

Cool!