3D Printing related: CLIP will revolutionise manufactuing.

[phantasmagoria]

TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_desimone_w ... r#t-386001

Article: http://3dprint.com/51566/carbon3d-clip-3d-printing/



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Instead of printing lots of 2D layers this tech chemically extrudes resins 100x faster. What would take a high end SLA (stereolithography) printer 11 HOURS can now be made at a higher, stronger resolution in 6 MINUTES without build lines.

This is seriously revolutionary stuff.

[Whiskey 7]

Yes, revolutionary certainly I can't wait to see how it unfolds and an interesting topic like mine here.

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[PhoeniX]

That's very cool. We have a hobbyist 3D printer at work; it took four days to print a hollow casing for one of our prototype products - which is about 30x20x25cm!

[vesp]

Not really "into" the 3d printing thing, so initially skimmed over this when I saw it on various sites, but after watching the vids and reading more info it's surprisingly impressive!

[mrd]

Saw this a few days ago... this is pretty cool shit. I hope people are forward thinking enough that they use this to build something more exciting than a bunch of shitty fucking useless knick-knacks.

Now all they have to do is figure out how to extrapolate this method into one that creates a metallic crystal. When we can make solid metal parts with this method with this speed and accuracy... shit will get real. I wonder if traditionally crafted (drop-forge, laser cut, etc.) materials would still be better for things that require extreme precision though. It seems like all the 3D printing methods lack a level of detail that some areas of use would require.

[andyman]

This is why I'm waiting to buy a 3D printer.

[mrd]

You're better off to wait for a cryogenically frozen 3-state qubit quantum 3D printer that can print hyper-cubes out of X-rays.

[seremtan]

nah man, don't listen to this guy ^

wait for the frozen print-state hyper-qubit that can 3D quantums out of x-state cryogenically

[Tsakali]

lol @ 3D printing, 4D printing is where it was at.

[mrd]

was at.

[Transient]

Now all they have to do is figure out how to extrapolate this method into one that creates a metallic crystal. When we can make solid metal parts with this method with this speed and accuracy... shit will get real. I wonder if traditionally crafted (drop-forge, laser cut, etc.) materials would still be better for things that require extreme precision though. It seems like all the 3D printing methods lack a level of detail that some areas of use would require.

Sub-millimeter accuracy with this new CLIP method. That in and of itself will change the way 3D printing is used. I can't wait to see what happens when metals (and eventually organic materials) are used.

I do see some warping on the bottom of that Eiffel Tower statue, though. That's still a problem with the plastics...