3D printers enable people to 3D print lamps, tables, chairs, etc. Designers now have the ability to create interior decor on the spot. First, they will make a digital design of the decor and after that, they can make it reality by 3D printing it. Information contained within this page originally appeared on Formlabs.com
The next generation of technology is transforming marketing and the way advertising & themed environments are created. With Additive Manufacturing, objects for retail, staging, display, events, and architectural design can be produced more affordably. Objects can be fabricated in any size and shape without the restrictions of traditional methods. 3D printing in signage and retail …
3D printing’s impact is not limited to improving workflows or enabling rapid prototyping. It can also change lives directly. With 30 million people worldwide in need of artificial limbs and braces, there is hope that 3D printing can provide new solutions where cost and specification have traditionally been hurdles. There is a global shortage of …
3D printing can also help make the difference during key moments in surgery. Doctors can scan the patient before the operation and create custom 3D printed models anatomical models to plan and practice for surgery. For example, researchers at the University Hospital of Lübeck reduced risks during brain operations by using 3D printed arteries. Elsewhere, …
As much as 3D printing technology has developed in the past few years, there are even more high-impact, and seemingly unlikely, use cases of it currently in development. Printed organs is one of them. Being able to easily create new organs has for decades been a dream for scientists working in regenerative medicine. While it …
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Architecture As an industry already based on geometric design, prototyping and modeling, architecture stands to gain enormously from advances in 3D printing technology. We’ve seen the digital workflow produce complex architectural scale models in full detail, improving the 3D modeling phase of architectural design. On top of saving time during model production, the 3D printed models allow architects …
Sculptures The boom in “additive art” has been growing by degrees over the last decade or so, and we’ve seen 3D printing techniques infiltrate various corners of the art world, from consumer artworks to sculpture fit for the Smithsonian. Using 3D photographic scanning systems to create physical artwork, 3D printing processes can provide a lot …
3D printing has already been integrated into the production of Hollywood films and is widely used for practical visual effects and costuming. Whereas the creation of film’s most fantastic creatures once required meticulous handcraft, the increased deadline pressure and time demands of modern moviemaking have made a quicker method of creating practical effects vital. Effects …
3D printing’s artistic potential is not limited to physical artwork. It also has the power to bring entirely new dimensions to forms like dance and music. For example, consider the 3D printed, wearable “instruments” developed by Joseph Malloch and Ian Hattwick of McGill University. Using advanced sensing technologies, they transform movement, orientation and touch into …
3D printing can even disrupt industries that have been in a static paradigm for years or centuries. For instance, the manufacture of violins had been unchanged for several hundred years—an entirely manual process of master craftsmen, as automated manufacture has proved unable to produce the instrument to the necessary quality of finish. Owing to the …