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Limited’s 3D printer design is based on standard FDM technology but it can also
reach for parts from a tray and integrate non-printable components into a 3D
printed object.
The components can include electronic modules, wheels, electric motor power drives, cameras, sensors, remote control and all kinds of stuff so that at the end of the production process you could get a working 3d printed device. They have demonstrated it on a toy car where the frame was 3D printed with different filaments and then the powered wheels modules placed in it.
new approach
in the commercial machine but many questions remain open. It would be
interesting to see what type of software drives it and what is the g-code
behind magnetic embedding arm or how does one program what part to take out of
the tray and where to place it. Modeling everything and getting it to work
seems like a very complex endeavor for a skilled CAD operator or designer but
the idea behind it is to use some sort of manual g-code adjustments that will
be learned in company webinars. The wiring of the parts is also not shown in detail
so the parts are highly likely stand-alone modules but there are three nozzles
that can, in theory, extrude plastic, conductive and support/separation
materials so electrical connections could be made with some sort of conductive
material.The components can include electronic modules, wheels, electric motor power drives, cameras, sensors, remote control and all kinds of stuff so that at the end of the production process you could get a working 3d printed device. They have demonstrated it on a toy car where the frame was 3D printed with different filaments and then the powered wheels modules placed in it.
Embeddable IR3 modules
Embeddable IR3 modules
Here are some technical specifications of IR3:
3D printing is a rapidly evolving technology, upgrade friendly design helps keep the machine at the cutting edge.
Swap-in-swap-out print nozzle unit enables main plastic, electrical connections, and support/separation material to be printed without manual filament changes.
Advanced hot ends enable speed or accuracy with 0.4 to 1.2mm nozzle options.
Large build volume (450mm x 550mm x 135mm)
In a small machine (only 255mm deep when folded away)
Locally manufactured in the UK with other locations to follow
Price: some 3350£ trough their KS campaign
Girl holding a toy car 3D printed on IR3 with the machine I the background.
Girl holding a finished toy car 3D printed on IR3 powered with a separate module with the machine in the background.
The project has a Kickstarter campaign with more detailed video: however, 17 days before the end they have gathered only some 10000£ from 50000£ they are raising. The company uses some sort of unclear and the proprietary licensing system they call “fair source” which they interpret as supporting open source and innovation. There are additional plans to provide webinars and education for the users and developers of future products and a sort of internal web-based marketplace/collaboration suite for designers named “MatchMaker and DealMaker
It is not sure at this point will the IR3 reach its funding goal, but the concept remains intriguing and could inspire the entire new ecosystem of 3D printers and embeddable parts market even if it fails. I could imagine a big player like LEGo offering some system similar to this where you would print your plastic structure and use their modules to power it.
Festo is an industry leader in advanced robotics and they have presented two of their projects: BionicANTs and eMotionButterfiles only made possible by using laser sintering 3D printing and 3D MID ( Molded Interconnect Device) technology. 3D MID is a control and power system where electrical circuits are attached on the surface of the laser sintered body components during the construction, and they thereby take on design and electrical functions at the same time. In this way, all the technical components can be fitted into or on the 3D printed body and be exactly coordinated with each other for complex actions of an insectoid robot.
BionicANTs
BionicANTS are biomimetic robots that modeled to resemble real ants in anatomy and behavior. ANT stands for Autonomous Networking Technologies, and they are designed as a sort of small prototype of future applications the factory floor, where the production systems will be founded on adaptable and intelligent components able to work under a higher overall control hierarchy. Their body, as well as software, mimic natural behavior of the group of ants working together. Each BionicANT measures 13.5 cm (5.3 in) and runs on two 7.2 V batteries charged when the antennae touch metal bars running along the sides of an enclosure.
Three BionicANTs working together as one mimicking ant behavior. Source: Festo
Three BionicANTs working together as one mimicking ant behavior. Source: Festo
Official brochure notes:
After being put into operation, an external control system is no longer required. It is possible, however, to monitor all the parameters wirelessly and to make a regulating intervention. The BionicANTs also come very close to their natural role model in terms of design and constructional layout. Even the mouth instrument used for gripping objects is replicated in very accurate detail. The pincer movement is provided by two piezoceramic bending transducers, which are built into the jaw as actuators. If a voltage is applied to the tiny plates, they deflect and pass in the direction of movement mechanically to the gripping jaws. All actions are based on a distributed set of rules, which have been worked out in advance using mathematical modeling and simulations and are stored on every ant. The control strategy provides for a multi-agent system in which the participants are not hierarchically ordered. Instead, all the BionicANTs contribute to the process of finding a solution together by means of distributed intelligence. The information exchange between the ants required for this takes place via the radio module located in the torso. The ants use the 3D stereo camera in their head to identify the gripping object as well as for self-localisation purposes. With its help, each ant is able to contextualize itself in its environment using landmarks. The optoelectrical sensor in the abdomen uses the floor structure to tell how the ant is moving in relation to the ground. With both systems combined, each ant knows its position – even if its site is temporarily impaired.
Here is the ae video of BionicANTs describing the technology and their operations:
With onboard batteries, the ANT can work for 40 minutes.
eMotionButterflies
Designed to mimic real butterflies, this small robot
Technical specifications of the entire system:
10 infrared cameras
Frame rate: 160 images per second
Exposure time: 250 µs
1 central master computer
Analysed pixels: 3.7 billion pixels per second
Flying object:
Wingspan: 50 cm
Weight: 32 g
Wing beat frequency: approx. 1–2 Hz
Flying speed: 1–2.5 m/s
Flying time: 3–4 min.
Recharging time: 15 min.
Integrated components: 1 ATxmega32E5 microcontroller , 1 ATmega328 microcontroller, 2 servo motors made by MARK STAR Servo-tech Co., Ltd. to activate the wings, 1 inertial sensor (inertial measurement unit, IMU) MPU-9150 with gyroscope, accelerometer and compass, 2 radio modules, 2 LiPo cells 7.4 V 90 mAh, 2 infrared LEDs as active markers
eMotionButterflies flying in formation Source: Festo
eMotionButterflies flying in formation Source: Festo
Here is a video of graceful eMotionButterflies:
You can get more information about this wonderful looking 3D printed insectoids on Festo homepage:
All tech and IT media
assert that virtual the truth is THE following huge thing. With Facebook
purchasing Oculus Rift and Microsoft exhibiting its HoloLens holographic
figuring stage, we will most likely all utilization it widely in next five to
ten years. You put your VR gadget on your head and you see completely
computerized increased reality and 3D objects gliding or collaborating with
genuine surfaces in your encompassing. So shouldn't something be said about
virtual reality 3D displaying? VRCLAY may be the reply.
Virtual Reality 3D Modeling
VRCLAY's elements look stunning and cutting edge. Like the name says it is a Virtual Reality Clay which you can see gliding before you with Oculus Rift head in plain view and which you can shape with your hands utilizing Razer Hydra (otherwise known as. Sixense TrueMotion) amusement controller.
Virtual Reality 3D Modeling
VRCLAY in real life 3D displaying a creepy crawly
VRCLAY is produced by two PC representation and VR fans, Vojtech Kris and Ondrej Jamriska from the Czech Republic. Here is the thing that they expound on their product extend:
What is VRCLAY?
VRCLAY is a product which uses the Oculus Rift VR headset and Razer Hydra 6-DOF controllers to convey a one of a kind chiseling background. It highlights fundamental chiseling apparatuses for pushing, pulling, smoothing and straightening the surface. Together with the capacity to get and move the model openly in space, it permits you to shape in an exceptionally casual and natural mold. On account of the stereoscopic vision gave by the Oculus Rift, you are capable feel the profundity and size of your model like on the off chance that it really was directly before you.
How does VRCLAY function and would I be able to run it?
VRCLAY was composed in C++ sans preparation, with concentrate on execution. It utilizes a custom geometry motor for the dynamic surface cross section. As of now, the best way to utilize VRCLAY is with the Razer Hydra controllers, in spite of the fact that we plan to include bolster for other info gadgets later on. VRCLAY just takes a shot at Windows as of now.
Fare and 3D Printing
Etched articles can be spared in the OBJ design which is broadly utilized and upheld by numerous 3D applications. It can likewise be changed over to different configurations effectively. Most 3D printing programming can import OBJ documents straightforwardly, so you can print VRCLAY models straight away.
VR 3D CAD
A case of 3D protest made in VRCLAY and afterward 3D printed
Here you can see VRCLAY in real life, the video demonstrates the protest outlined from the camera point of view utilizing QR code fields for introduction, while the administrator sees it before him:
For more data and download of VRClay BETA visit: http://vrclay.com/
As I am presently likewise attempting to learn basic CAD operations I can let you know that it is not as simple as I thought. There is something unnatural in utilizing 2D screen and a mouse to make a 3D protest. I can see that a genuine profundity discernment 3D see with the capacity to control it with your hands looks considerably more characteristic and instinctive. With a couple of more lines of code, you could without much of a stretch move a virtual question made in VRCLAY with a swipe of a hand to your 3D printer and get a strong genuine protest. Like Arthur C. Clarke stated: "Any adequately propelled innovation is unclear from
This month, an organization situated in Russia called "3D Bioprinting Solutions" turned into the first on the planet to 3d print a thyroid organ for a creature with their own licensed bioprinting innovation.
The organization's concentration is set to transplant the 3d printed thyroid organ to living rats experiencing a malady called "Hypothyroidism", a restorative condition brought on by an over-burden of iodine in the body. 3D bioprinting arrangements plan to effectively transplant the manufactured thyroid and distribute the outcomes by the second week of July, ideally by the ninth or the tenth.
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As indicated by the organization's specialists, the group picked the thyroid to work with because of its effortlessness. Alongside this preferred standpoint, the organization additionally expressed that thyroid disease is evaluated as the sixteenth most every now and again analyzed malignancy, with more than 300,000 judgments in 2012.
The organization trusts that once the clinical trials on creatures are endorsed, this innovation could conceivably diminish the quantity of patients experiencing thyroid malignancy around the world, at long last giving a truly necessary answer for a standout amongst the most continuous sorts of disease.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_JCIfX-yg
Besides, the organization expressed that 3d printing the thyroid organ is quite recently the start of their great venture and that they mean to 3d print different organs in the human body, for example, the kidney inside the following three years.
The test for 3D printing organizations is to get their system – which is regularly seen as troublesome and modern by numerous – to the masses. However, how can one do a wonder such as this? 3D printing goliath MakerBot thinks the approach is to put 3D printers in libraries and colleges. These are the spots pioneers and awesome scholars go to. Johan-Till Broer, Public Relations Manager of MakerBot appraisals the quantity of libraries in the U.S. with 3D printers and scanners to be 500. With a specific end goal to convey their strategy to tomorrow's scholars, MakerBot is as of now setting up its first huge scale MakerBot Innovation Center at a U.S. college library. It will open entryways tomorrow.
It will be situated at UMass Amherst – the University of Massachusetts in Amherst – in its Digital Media Lab at the Du Bois Library. So what can those understudies over yonder anticipate from an 'Advancement Center'? Indeed, MakerBot's venture is very exhaustive, as the organization conveys a not insignificant rundown of machines to the college's library. An aggregate of 50 3D printers, of which 35 MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental Desktop 3D printers and 5 MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D printers. Furthermore, that is not quite recently it, as the organization additionally furnishes the library with an extensive supply of PLA fiber and a few 3D scanners.
At the end of the day, it's a very costly venture. Be that as it may, MakerBot's objectives are clear: conveying 3D printing to the masses. In any case, why does the organization put resources into such a costly Innovation Center? All things considered, the thought is to draw in understudies from many orders, for example, science, designing, engineering, furthermore business understudies. The college's organization likewise trusts that joint effort between understudies from different controls will occur, so new imaginative thoughts will develop. There is even an ecological preservation staff gather that arrangements to begin a Makerspace class. They need to utilize the Innovation Center for ventures with respect to remote detecting, ecological checking and building control frameworks.
In any case, MakerBot does not simply need the 3D printers to be valuable for understudies, additionally for the neighborhood group. The Innovation Center will be a 3D printing center, and nearby organizations are welcome to team up on undertakings and take an interest on, bury alive, workshops. By setting up such a 3D printing center, MakerBot obviously tries to convey 3D printing to the whole group. Will this arrangement succeed? The truth will surface eventually, yet the reality MakerBot puts so much exertion and cash into these activities is certainly important.
The test for 3D printing organizations is to get their procedure – which is regularly seen as troublesome and cutting edge by numerous – to the masses. In any case, how can one do a wonder such as this? 3D printing goliath MakerBot thinks the approach is to put 3D printers in libraries and colleges. These are the spots trendsetters and awesome scholars go to. Johan-Till Broer, Public Relations Manager of MakerBot assessments the quantity of libraries in the U.S. with 3D printers and scanners to be 500. Keeping in mind the end goal to convey their system to tomorrow's scholars, MakerBot is as of now setting up its first huge scale MakerBot Innovation Center at a U.S. college library. It will open entryways tomorrow.
It will be situated at UMass Amherst – the University of Massachusetts in Amherst – in its Digital Media Lab at the Du Bois Library. So what can those understudies over yonder anticipate from a 'Development Center'? Indeed, MakerBot's venture is very complete, as the organization conveys a considerable rundown of machines to the college's library. An aggregate of 50 3D printers, of which 35 MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental Desktop 3D printers and 5 MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D printers. What's more, that is not recently it, as the organization additionally furnishes the library with a huge supply of PLA fiber and a few 3D scanners.
At the end of the day, it's an exceedingly costly venture. Be that as it may, MakerBot's objectives are clear: conveying 3D printing to the masses. Yet, why does the organization put resources into such a costly Innovation Center? All things considered, the thought is to draw in understudies from many orders, for example, science, designing, engineering, furthermore business understudies. The college's organization additionally trusts that joint effort between understudies from different controls will occur, so new creative thoughts will develop. There is even an ecological protection personnel aggregate that arrangements to begin a Makerspace class. They need to utilize the Innovation Center for activities in regards to remote detecting, ecological checking and building control frameworks.
By the by, MakerBot does not simply need the 3D printers to be valuable for understudies, additionally for the nearby group. The Innovation Center will be a 3D printing center point, and nearby organizations are welcome to team up on tasks and take an interest on, buryalive ,
workshops. By setting up such a 3D printing center point, MakerBot plainly
tries to convey 3D printing to the whole group. Will this arrangement succeed?
The reality of the situation will become obvious eventually, yet the reality MakerBot
puts so much exertion and cash into these activities is certainly imperative.
Virtual Reality 3D Modeling
VRCLAY's elements look stunning and cutting edge. Like the name says it is a Virtual Reality Clay which you can see gliding before you with Oculus Rift head in plain view and which you can shape with your hands utilizing Razer Hydra (otherwise known as. Sixense TrueMotion) amusement controller.
Virtual Reality 3D Modeling
VRCLAY in real life 3D displaying a creepy crawly
VRCLAY is produced by two PC representation and VR fans, Vojtech Kris and Ondrej Jamriska from the Czech Republic. Here is the thing that they expound on their product extend:
What is VRCLAY?
VRCLAY is a product which uses the Oculus Rift VR headset and Razer Hydra 6-DOF controllers to convey a one of a kind chiseling background. It highlights fundamental chiseling apparatuses for pushing, pulling, smoothing and straightening the surface. Together with the capacity to get and move the model openly in space, it permits you to shape in an exceptionally casual and natural mold. On account of the stereoscopic vision gave by the Oculus Rift, you are capable feel the profundity and size of your model like on the off chance that it really was directly before you.
How does VRCLAY function and would I be able to run it?
VRCLAY was composed in C++ sans preparation, with concentrate on execution. It utilizes a custom geometry motor for the dynamic surface cross section. As of now, the best way to utilize VRCLAY is with the Razer Hydra controllers, in spite of the fact that we plan to include bolster for other info gadgets later on. VRCLAY just takes a shot at Windows as of now.
Fare and 3D Printing
Etched articles can be spared in the OBJ design which is broadly utilized and upheld by numerous 3D applications. It can likewise be changed over to different configurations effectively. Most 3D printing programming can import OBJ documents straightforwardly, so you can print VRCLAY models straight away.
VR 3D CAD
A case of 3D protest made in VRCLAY and afterward 3D printed
Here you can see VRCLAY in real life, the video demonstrates the protest outlined from the camera point of view utilizing QR code fields for introduction, while the administrator sees it before him:
For more data and download of VRClay BETA visit: http://vrclay.com/
As I am presently likewise attempting to learn basic CAD operations I can let you know that it is not as simple as I thought. There is something unnatural in utilizing 2D screen and a mouse to make a 3D protest. I can see that a genuine profundity discernment 3D see with the capacity to control it with your hands looks considerably more characteristic and instinctive. With a couple of more lines of code, you could without much of a stretch move a virtual question made in VRCLAY with a swipe of a hand to your 3D printer and get a strong genuine protest. Like Arthur C. Clarke stated: "Any adequately propelled innovation is unclear from
This month, an organization situated in Russia called "3D Bioprinting Solutions" turned into the first on the planet to 3d print a thyroid organ for a creature with their own licensed bioprinting innovation.
The organization's concentration is set to transplant the 3d printed thyroid organ to living rats experiencing a malady called "Hypothyroidism", a restorative condition brought on by an over-burden of iodine in the body. 3D bioprinting arrangements plan to effectively transplant the manufactured thyroid and distribute the outcomes by the second week of July, ideally by the ninth or the tenth.
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As indicated by the organization's specialists, the group picked the thyroid to work with because of its effortlessness. Alongside this preferred standpoint, the organization additionally expressed that thyroid disease is evaluated as the sixteenth most every now and again analyzed malignancy, with more than 300,000 judgments in 2012.
The organization trusts that once the clinical trials on creatures are endorsed, this innovation could conceivably diminish the quantity of patients experiencing thyroid malignancy around the world, at long last giving a truly necessary answer for a standout amongst the most continuous sorts of disease.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_JCIfX-yg
Besides, the organization expressed that 3d printing the thyroid organ is quite recently the start of their great venture and that they mean to 3d print different organs in the human body, for example, the kidney inside the following three years.
The test for 3D printing organizations is to get their system – which is regularly seen as troublesome and modern by numerous – to the masses. However, how can one do a wonder such as this? 3D printing goliath MakerBot thinks the approach is to put 3D printers in libraries and colleges. These are the spots pioneers and awesome scholars go to. Johan-Till Broer, Public Relations Manager of MakerBot appraisals the quantity of libraries in the U.S. with 3D printers and scanners to be 500. With a specific end goal to convey their strategy to tomorrow's scholars, MakerBot is as of now setting up its first huge scale MakerBot Innovation Center at a U.S. college library. It will open entryways tomorrow.
It will be situated at UMass Amherst – the University of Massachusetts in Amherst – in its Digital Media Lab at the Du Bois Library. So what can those understudies over yonder anticipate from an 'Advancement Center'? Indeed, MakerBot's venture is very exhaustive, as the organization conveys a not insignificant rundown of machines to the college's library. An aggregate of 50 3D printers, of which 35 MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental Desktop 3D printers and 5 MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D printers. Furthermore, that is not quite recently it, as the organization additionally furnishes the library with an extensive supply of PLA fiber and a few 3D scanners.
At the end of the day, it's a very costly venture. Be that as it may, MakerBot's objectives are clear: conveying 3D printing to the masses. In any case, why does the organization put resources into such a costly Innovation Center? All things considered, the thought is to draw in understudies from many orders, for example, science, designing, engineering, furthermore business understudies. The college's organization likewise trusts that joint effort between understudies from different controls will occur, so new imaginative thoughts will develop. There is even an ecological preservation staff gather that arrangements to begin a Makerspace class. They need to utilize the Innovation Center for ventures with respect to remote detecting, ecological checking and building control frameworks.
In any case, MakerBot does not simply need the 3D printers to be valuable for understudies, additionally for the neighborhood group. The Innovation Center will be a 3D printing center, and nearby organizations are welcome to team up on undertakings and take an interest on, bury alive, workshops. By setting up such a 3D printing center, MakerBot obviously tries to convey 3D printing to the whole group. Will this arrangement succeed? The truth will surface eventually, yet the reality MakerBot puts so much exertion and cash into these activities is certainly important.
The test for 3D printing organizations is to get their procedure – which is regularly seen as troublesome and cutting edge by numerous – to the masses. In any case, how can one do a wonder such as this? 3D printing goliath MakerBot thinks the approach is to put 3D printers in libraries and colleges. These are the spots trendsetters and awesome scholars go to. Johan-Till Broer, Public Relations Manager of MakerBot assessments the quantity of libraries in the U.S. with 3D printers and scanners to be 500. Keeping in mind the end goal to convey their system to tomorrow's scholars, MakerBot is as of now setting up its first huge scale MakerBot Innovation Center at a U.S. college library. It will open entryways tomorrow.
It will be situated at UMass Amherst – the University of Massachusetts in Amherst – in its Digital Media Lab at the Du Bois Library. So what can those understudies over yonder anticipate from a 'Development Center'? Indeed, MakerBot's venture is very complete, as the organization conveys a considerable rundown of machines to the college's library. An aggregate of 50 3D printers, of which 35 MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D printers, 5 MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental Desktop 3D printers and 5 MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D printers. What's more, that is not recently it, as the organization additionally furnishes the library with a huge supply of PLA fiber and a few 3D scanners.
At the end of the day, it's an exceedingly costly venture. Be that as it may, MakerBot's objectives are clear: conveying 3D printing to the masses. Yet, why does the organization put resources into such a costly Innovation Center? All things considered, the thought is to draw in understudies from many orders, for example, science, designing, engineering, furthermore business understudies. The college's organization additionally trusts that joint effort between understudies from different controls will occur, so new creative thoughts will develop. There is even an ecological protection personnel aggregate that arrangements to begin a Makerspace class. They need to utilize the Innovation Center for activities in regards to remote detecting, ecological checking and building control frameworks.
By the by, MakerBot does not simply need the 3D printers to be valuable for understudies, additionally for the nearby group. The Innovation Center will be a 3D printing center point, and nearby organizations are welcome to team up on tasks and take an interest on, bury