Synopsis. KGAN/KFXA’s Sadie Hughes shares how the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering is working to create human organs by using a 3D bioprinter. This video was first published to YouTube on 8 March 2013. (source)
Synopsis. The University of Iowa Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department is working on organ printing, where they use a 3D printer to print living structures with bio-ink. The goal is to eventually print a working organ that can be transplanted into a human. This project is supported in part by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Iowa. This video was first published to YouTube on 20 February 2013.
Originally published to YouTube on Dec 7, 2012. (source)
Synopsis. “Neri Oxman is experimenting with brilliant ways to 3-D print entire buildings using concrete, and even silk.”
Originally published to YouTube on Nov 27, 2012. (source)
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The Objet1000 is Objet’s largest ever 3D printer. With a build platform of 1000 x 800 x 500 mm (39 x 31 x 20 inch), the system enables designers, engineers and manufacturers to quickly and easily create large and very precise models for prototyping parts and products in automotive, defense, aerospace, consumer goods, household appliances and industrial machinery sectors. The system features Stratasys Objet Connex multi-material technology offering standard and ABS plastic performance, a choice of over 100 materials and the ability to mix up to 14 different materials in a single prototype or model to achieve the true look, feel and function of your intended end product.
Originally published to YouTube by Kirsten Dirksen on 18 Aug 2012.
Solar House 2.0, erected this year on Barcelona’s waterfront, uses time-tested passive solar techniques, but it takes a high-tech leap forward using digital design and digital fabrication techniques to make it completely optimized for ideal solar gain.
With its jagged cantilevers jutting out at odd angles across most of the facade (except the North corner), Solar House 2.0 looks, and acts, like few other buildings. Thanks to digital design, the building’s structure was mathematically adjusted so that every point of the building was adapted to the exact conditions of the exterior.
Software also played a lead role in the building’s construction. Relying on 3D milling (for more on 3D printing see our video MakerBot: open source, self-replicating, stuff-making robot)- the Solar House designers employed a CNC (computer numerical control) wood router- the building’s individual pieces could be completely customized, creating the totally irregular patterns not possible (or affordable) with older, mass production techniques.
Solar House 2.0 was completely prefabricated so when the pieces arrived at the site, it took the team just 2 weeks to erect the 154-square-meter (1,658 sq ft) building. The building’s plans are open source and available to anyone who wants to build their own solar house, solar office or solar tower, but completely-customized to their location.
Originally published to YouTube by TED Talks on Jul 27, 2012. (source)
Inspired by cell division, Michael Hansmeyer writes algorithms that design outrageously fascinating shapes and forms with millions of facets. No person could draft them by hand, but they’re buildable — and they could revolutionize the way we think of architectural form.
Michael Hansmeyer is an architect and programmer who explores the use of algorithms and computation to generate architectural form.
Full bio: http://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_hansmeyer
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Synopsis. “See the magic of 3d printing in action in this fascinating video demonstration of the amazing UP! Plus Personal Portable 3d Printer.” This video was first published to YouTube on 21 May 2012. (source)
Originally published to YouTube by CNN on Mar 23, 2012. (source)
Synopsis. A look at Bespoke Innovation, a company specializing in helping amputees customize prosthetic coverings.
Synopsis. An early look at contour crafting with 3D printer systems that can fabricate homes. This video was first published to YouTube on 3 September 2011. (source)
This video was first uploaded to YouTube on 21 January 2010. (source)
Synopsis. Anthony Atala’s state-of-the-art lab grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that “prints” human tissue.
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