Fourteen 3D printers to choose from
As children, we read about a golden future of 3D xerox machines that would bring to life a barely-expressible future of universal fabrication.
As adult, we read things like "14 3D printers", and see that the future has become the mundane with no interstitial period of hands-on wonder. Chunks of milled beigeness? This isn't Earl Grey!
I do, however, love this example, which makes me think of a city of very happy skyscrapers in which they forgot to put in the roads.
14_3D Printers [Tim Pickup via Fabaloo and Makezine]
4 Comments
Leave a comment
RECENT COMMENTS
kaiza on Fourteen 3D printers to choose...
"In regards to rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing, I don't think the futur..."
permafrost on Fourteen 3D printers to choose...
"Yesterday's future is tomorrow's yesterday. Or such...."
Viadd on Fourteen 3D printers to choose...
"It's a review of fewer than fourteen 3D printers. The 14 is just the page's nod..."
technogeek on Fourteen 3D printers to choose...
"... But they didn't mention CandyFab......"
AT |
|
- A drink that sounds even more unappetizing than "Dairy Drink"
- Building a brain inside a supercomputer
- LEGO recreation of Buddhist temple in Kyoto
- US military data-mines America's kids for war recruiting
- Eagle Vs. Reindeer
- HOWTO host your very own Windows 7 torrenting party
- Anti-stress audio
- Booklife: a guide to a sane, productive writerly life
- Giant World of Warcraft tankard
- Animated electronic zombie head that drinks the blood that oozes out of its eyesocket
technogeek
#1 – 3:16 PM June 18, 2008
... But they didn't mention CandyFab...
Viadd
#2 – 9:06 PM June 18, 2008
It's a review of fewer than fourteen 3D printers. The 14 is just the page's node number. (The prev and next links are 13_StroMotion and 15_Poser to Rhino).
Still a good article.
permafrost
#3 – 1:49 AM June 19, 2008
Yesterday's future is tomorrow's yesterday. Or such.
kaiza
#4 – 8:34 AM June 19, 2008
In regards to rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing, I don't think the future is here quite yet.
I'm a product designer and my mind simply boggles when faced with the option of having zero manufacturing restraints on a product. Given time we'll get our heads around this, and that's when you'll see products that couldn't be made using current manufacturing processes.