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Unorthodox Home-made CNC Machine

3D printer homemade from PVC piping, pipe mounts and scanner drive motors. Video shows a version with ‘manual’ Z-axis control; latest version uses CD drive for Z-axis. Software is free LinuxCNC.

Unorthodox Home-made CNC Machine.

 

The Peachy Printer – The First $100 3D Printer & Scanner! by Rinnovated Design — Kickstarter

Very clever alternative approach to cutting the costs of 3D printing using photosensitive resin and very few moving parts,

The Peachy Printer – The First $100 3D Printer & Scanner! by Rinnovated Design — Kickstarter.

Priceless Paintings – Scanned and Printed in 3D

Incredible 10μm resolution 3D scanning of paintings. Skip to 3:20 to see the incredible sculptural qualities of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Technique uses two 40 megapixel DSLRs and a fringe projector (forming a structured-light 3D scanner) to capture the topological map at a resolution of 50μm in the plane of the image and a depth of 9.2μm. Not clear on how they were printed.

(via HackADay – Priceless Paintings – Scanned and Printed in 3D).

 

$200 MakiBOX 3D Printer – Hacked Gadgets – DIY Tech Blog

 

MakiBox

Is the MakiBOX the cheapest 3D printer to date?

$200 MakiBOX 3D Printer – Hacked Gadgets – DIY Tech Blog.

3D-printed pump keeps damaged hearts beating in time – health – 11 September 2013 – New Scientist

 

3D-printed pump keeps damaged hearts beating in time – health – 11 September 2013 – New Scientist.

Secretly Tag 3-D-Printed Objects With InfraStructs – IEEE Spectrum

Terahertz scanning used to image hidden 3D structures within 3D printed objects by detecting the solid-air interfaces. The system developed by Microsoft Research and presented at Siggraph 2013, can be used to encode identifiers for object recognition, or information associated with the object.

Secretly Tag 3-D-Printed Objects With InfraStructs – IEEE Spectrum.

3D-printed rocket engine gets its first fiery test – tech – 16 July 2013 – New Scientist

3D-printed rocket engine gets its first fiery test – tech – 16 July 2013 – New Scientist.

Terminator 2-style liquid metal can now be 3D printed

3D printing with non-toxic liquid metal gallium and indium alloy. Printed neat as little droplets or slowly extruded from a syringe, the liquid forms a skin that gives it a little structure. However, if it can be incorporated into plastic and rubber 3D printers then it could provide a way to print electrical circuits within plastic objects and even enable bendable circuits to be created within rubberised materials. Gives another meaning to circuit bending.

Terminator 2-style liquid metal can now be 3D printed – tech – 09 July 2013 – New Scientist.

Printed drones to hunt down drug-running boats – tech – 01 July 2013 – New Scientist

“Called 2Seas, the UAV is designed to fly lengthy surveillance missions for coastguards in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. It is a direct descendant of the catapult-launched, 1.5-metre-wingspan, electric-powered SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft) – the world’s first all-3D-printed drone, built at the University of Southampton, UK. SULSA’s first flight was exclusively revealed by New ScientistMovie Camera in August 2011.”

via Printed drones to hunt down drug-running boats – tech – 01 July 2013 – New Scientist.