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hen I heard there was a 3-D printer at the Ross School in East Hampton I was eager to see it. In the past few months talk of these marvelous devices has spread across different fields and industries. I make no pretense of knowing much about the latest inventions. As a college student I turned in many a lengthy essay on pen and loose-leaf paper– a failed Bradburian revolt against computers induced by a (since improved) personal ineptitude for typing. However, news of 3-D printers has made its way outside of the tech world. At the NYC Armory Show this year, Chelsea-based Winkleman Gallery featured works by artist Shane Hope made of 3D-printed PLA molecular models on acrylic substrate. Imagine a rectangular surface, covered in globs of multi-colored, highly ornate, sculptural matter. It’s the sort of quizzical artwork you want to closely examine. The artist used a 3D printer he built himself, outputting thousands of forms of PLA (polylactic acid, an archival form of plastic) then arranging these forms on a wall-mounted support. A few weeks before the Armory Show, The New York Times had an article in the Home section, that’s right, the section about gardening, interior design, etc., predicting that 3-D printers may become the home appliance of the future. Steven Kurutz’s “A Factory on Your Kitchen Counter,” began with citing President Obama’s State of the Union address: “In a lab in Youngstown, Ohio, the president said,
Innovation Lab, a special ‘Workers are mastering the intensive workshop for 3-D printing that has the advanced science and tech potential to revolutionize students, I was able to do just the way we make almost that. Lab Director, Dr. David anything.’” Morgan, introduced me to In the 80s when CAD two methods students are (computer-aided design) using for rapid prototyping was the big thing, S. Scott (replicating using a 3D Crump developed the printer). One involves Fused Deposition Modeling putting an object on a process. Using CAD and a circular, rotating tray (called robotic machine similar to a NextEngine scanner) while a CNC (computer numerical the object is photographed control) machine, 3-D from all angles. The images printers were put into Watch out, you might get replicated! are then opened in a design commercial use in 1990 by a company called Stratasys. Presently, 3D printers are program, like AutoCAD, that allows you to alter the used by architects to build models of skyscrapers—a size or design of the object. After that, it’s sent to the process that would normally have taken weeks is 3D printer, a MakerBot Replicator, where two spools now being done in mere hours. A company called of plastic filament fuse together through a nozzle and Bespoke Innovations is even using rapid prototyping shape the new object, gradually adding layers from to make custom-designed prosthetics. Some modern bottom to top. The second approach is to design the printers now can produce moving parts like an object essentially from scratch using 3D software. adjustable wrench or water spigot. NASA may hope The printing process is slow, and involves direct to have one in space that could easily make station interaction with the machine. There are still kinks parts in a pinch. There are also 3D printers being that are being worked out. Ross students are going to look back at this the made that target hobbyists, for as little as $200 for a way I look back at playing Oregon Trail on MS Dos. MakiBox A6 LT. After hearing all this about the printers, it doesn’t Pretty soon we’ll be printing out our own replicas of quite compute unless you see one in action. Thanks to lost buttons like it’s nothing and have a laugh over the Ross School for allowing me to pay a visit to their this very article. Hang tight, we’re almost there! Courtesy of Wil Weiss
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