You may know the Pirate Bay as torrent site, now the Bay has got a new category Physibles where you can find 3D-data for 3D-printing, or manufacturing.
I think this marks a huge point showing the influence of 3D-Printing and CNC manufacturing in our times. We will see a lot more 3D-printing going on at home, new wars on copyright (Lego's patent just ran out...). People can now construct, share, modify and build their objects of desire, furniture, art, jewelery and thiefs may print their own ATM-skimmer devices...A lot to think about before it hits us full throttle. Bring it on!
I am currently testing out a Bits From Bytes BFB 3000 3D printer at the ETH raplab and will soon post some pictures, the first tests look very promising.
BFB presents its new 3D printer, the RapMan 3.2 at EuroMold 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. I'll be there next week to get a glimpse of state of the art 3D printing and machining for product design and form building.
You are invited to participate in a design competition for development of sustainable technologies and their components for printing on open source 3-D printers.
The goal of the contest is to facilitate an open exchange of 3-D
sustainable technology designs that can be printed to meet various needs
in the context of sustainable and self directed development. 3-D
printers such as RepRap
and open sourced innovation hold great promise for development of
appropriate technologies to help millions of world's poorest communities
reach a better standard of living. Designs will be judged on the
technical printing viability, feasibility and functionality of the
innovation, as well as sustainability from ecological, economic and
social perspectives.
Autodesk just released two new free consumer applications under their Autodesk 123D product line. The new releases bring the number of apps in the 123D line to four, following the release of CAD package Autodesk 123D and iPad sculpting app 123D Sculpt earlier this year.
123D Catch
Autodesk 123D Catch: Take photos of your favorite people, places and things and let the power
of the cloud magically transform them into detailed 3D models. 123D Catch is free beta software.
123D Catch will be immediately familiar to anyone who has used Project Photofly,
the developer’s cloud-based photogrammetry system, released as a
technology preview via Autodesk Labs earlier this year – simply because
123 Catch is Photofly, given a new name and wider release.
123D Make
Autodesk 123D Make: Take your 3D model and make it real in a new and amazing
way. The Autodesk® 123D™ Make Technology Preview turns any 3D model
into a pattern of flat parts that can be cut and assembled into an
artful creation. The Autodesk® 123D™ Make Technology Preview is
currently available only for Mac OS X. The preview software will expire
on 2/28/12.
Nearly every few months new 123D apps are being pushed out for Windows, OSX and iOS devices.
The newest additions are interesting because of the wide distibution they will make, now after the first 123D products have been launched, a bigger userbase will get attention to the new products.
