Growing Organs

Scientists have been working to bring revolution on the field of tissue engineering with the help pf 3D printing. Already, many patients’ lives have been saved with the help of this miraculous technology. Two years back a little girl Angela from Pennsylvania was implanted with 3D printed blood vessel because her heart had only one functional pumping chamber. Poor girl could not run or jump without getting blue die to lack of oxygen. But the surgeons at Yale University took bone marrow from the little girl and took out some special cells. These cells were inserted into a 5-inch biodegradable tube and planted into her body to grow into a blood vessel. Best thing with this tube is that it will grow with her body and she will no longer require a surgery in her later ages.

3d printed organ

Similarly, a newly born kids life was saved by a 3D printed windpipe. If noticed, lab created 3D printed parts have been quite simple till now but scientists at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem are working on this technology for human cells to grow and create human parts which are quite real. The researchers at university are now working on creating such 3D parts which are good enough for human implantation and look as real as original parts. Recently a lead researcher Dr. Anthony Atala is using 3D printer to make miniature prototype kidneys as small as half a dollar. In this printer, instead of ink, a gel-like biodegradable scaffold plus a mixture of cells was used to build a kidney layer by layer.

3d printed kidney

Ott’s Lab is also working on the cell-replacement process to make rat lungs and Ott also hope to see more study and research on some lab-grown organ organ in 5 – 10 years.

3d printed organs

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Many of you might have used the previous versions of Pirate 3D but there was always a need to build more interactive software app for the non-technical users. This problem has been solved by the new version of Smart Objects app which is easy to be used by anyone. All user need to do is click and drag point on a stock object and create a shape. So, who knows how to click and drag by mouse?

pirate 3d smart objects

With the help of Smart Objects app, users will have the liberty to create stuff like wine glasses, cup and even mushrooms out of 3D printer. After the object has been designed, the file can be shared with your friends or sent to printing. Such files will also be saved in the Cloud-based architecture for direct printing by the Buccaneer 3D printer.

Pirate3D’s Guru, Kai Elvin said:

We realized that people would not adopt 3D printing technology as long as they can’t easily create the objects digitally. As such, we designed our Smart Objects application to make 3D object generation as intuitive as possible. Users simply use their fingers to design the 3D objects.

The new version of the Pirate3D is about to release soon and according to the company, it will bring much facility for those who are not sure of technical software and also provide an opportunity to those savvy users who want to build their own Smart Object Apps. The Smart Objects engine is being developed for multiple platforms; a web browser and Android version are in beta testing.

pirate 3d

If you want to see the objects being created at their platform, have a look at Pirate3D’s Demo App here.

Have you ever wished to have a navigation tool in your head while you are finding a location? Well motorcyclists no longer need to worry about this because they can get such helmets with Google Glass built into it. An interesting app has been designed by LiveMap, Russian designer company who designed it for advanced forms of motorcycle helmets. These helmets are equipped with navigation system and Siri-like voice recognition software which are nothing but helpful.

helmet 3d printing

Your vision will not be disturbed with the map because it will be a translucent picture displayed on the visor. The special helmet is known as “Augmented Reality” and it has a light sensor with the help of which bike rider can adjust the image brightness according to the light coming from outside. It is also equipped with digital compass, gyroscope and G-sensor which all help in tracking a destination.

3d printed helmet

As far as the voice commands are concerned, they are powered and activated by Nuance and Navteq. Non technical users do not have to worry as there are only few and simple commands to use and very easy to understand.  The map can only be viewed when your speed is almost zero and that is set for safety reasons. The most important thing is again same, the prototype is printed with 3D printer.

helmet with navigation

helmet prototype

This project has been under developed with LiveMap for last five years but in order to launch it on commercial level, company need to raise fund of around $150,000. Though Russian govt has already raised 1 million US Dollars yet more funds are required so a campaign at Indiegogo has been started. The company hopes to launch LiveMap in the third quarter of 2014 in the U.S. and Canada, and in Australia and the U.K. in the 4th quarter of 2014.

3D designer Patrick Römgens started working with art couture designer Larisa Katz in June on a project which was named as “Create art couture with FDM 3D printers“.

3d scan of fashion jacket

In the beginning of this project, full body 3D Scan of Larisa was taken who is going to wear the end product of designers to everyone. Designer agreed on designed a 3D Printed fashion jacket for the lady. In order to get the perfect shape for the jacket, the base of the jacket was first cut of the 3D scan of Larisa and then styled and adjusted to give an ideal fit. Now Larisa and patrick could work separately on their areas. Larisa could explore more unique ideas for the 3D model while Patrick was busy transforming her ideas into 3D model software. They took help from Blender to take post-scans of 3D designs and also Sketchup to trace a picture and make a 3D model out of it.

fashion jacket 3d printed

3d printed fashion jacket

fashion jacket

After the designing was done, it was then cut into pieces to make ready for 3D printing which was done on FDM printers. The shoulder pieces of this fashion jacket were 3D printed with flexible PLA to offer flexibility around shoulders and other parts while wearing it. Other pieces of jacket were printed in standard PLA while some are stitched to create an end result.

The Fashion jacket along with specially designed hat by Larisa was showcased to public on June 2013 at the Royal Ascot Ladies’ Day in London.

fashion jacket and hat by Larisa

fashion jacket in London

If you want to see Creative work of Larisa Katz, you can visit her Official Page.

Who does not know about Kinder Surprise Eggs? Though their sale in United States of America is illegal because according to the Food and Drug Administration, they carry “non-nutritive objects” in them. In Canada, Kinder Surprise Eggs are considered as the best children’s candy as over billion are sold every year. The Christmas and Easter edition of these Eggs are the most famous ones and hidden trinkets can be found inside candy shells.

Usually kids have to break the candy shells in order to know about the hidden surprise but students of Swansea engineering University have solved this problem with help of 3D printing. Laura North and her team members created replica of the toy inside the egg without even breaking the egg by scanning the egg with X-Ray micro-CT scanner and taking print by a 3D printer.

kinder surprise 3d printing scanning

According to North:

It’s a great way to look inside something non-destructively. It may seem silly and insignificant to wish to replicate a toy from inside a Kinder Surprise without damaging the egg at all. However, the concept has many other exciting and broad applications. These range from collaborating with the Egyptology department in identifying and reproducing mummified snake remains, to the concept being utilized in modern medicine, with perfectly fitting joint replacements.

You can watch below X-Ray CT of Kinder Egg. The scan was taken by Nikon XTH225 and VGStudioMAX is used to visualize and analyse CT data.
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London based designer Catherine Wales recently came up with her unique project, which she named as Project DNA. This project is the creative mix-up of science, fashion and additive manufacturing technology. It consists of an 8-piece accessories collection to touch the boundaries of digital fabrication staying within luxury market.

project dna 3d printed fashion

According to Catherine, the entire project is made out of individual and interchangeable ball and socket components. The material used in printing this project was white nylon. The designer started her work by completely 3D scanning the full body of wearer. The data gathered was then transferred to a 3D modeling software. After that, the 3D model was sent to SLS 3D printer and powdered nylon was used in the process. Similar way, any design and structure could be made to fit any body size.

project dna guilded horn

As far as the Project DNA collection is concerned, Wales created blossoming feathered shoulder piece, a scaffolded corset and a waist bracelet with amazing headpiece. It also included a mirrored mask, a guilded horn and a cut out visor helmet.

section mask – project dna

About Catherine Wales:

Catherine Wales is a London based designer who made her first dress when she was only nine years old by a used Butterick paper pattern. Before she worked on the digital fashion world, she worked with some well known fashion designers in the world. She was always known for her amazing pattern cutting ability and that is what led her to the Project DNA. With the help of 3D printing, Wales was able to make amazing and unique designs which may fit any body shape.

3d printed bra

Some of her creative work is on display in Netherland at the Arnhem Mode Biennale till 21st July.

The researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA are working on unique designed after being inspired by nature. They have designed a silent propulsion system for boats and water sport devices by 3D printing.

octopods underwater propulsion

Principle of Octopus:

You all may know the unique movement of Octopus because they move with their eight arms but first move their head forward. The water is taken into its mantle which is then closed by contracting muscles of sphincter. The water will then move move from back side with high pressure through funnel. The propulsion created with this will help octopus move in the opposite direction. If octopus has to change the position of its movement, it can do it by changing the position of the funnel.

Octopus Inspired System by 3D Printer:

The researchers decided to use FDM  3D Printing technology to create geometry amorphously. Thermoplastics were used because of their flexibility. As a result, underwater propulsion system was created which was able to bear the high levels of pressure without breaking.

According to the scientists who have been working on this project:

At the moment, the maximum construction volume of FDM facilities is 91.4 x 61 x 91.4 cm, whereby no more than ten different thermoplastics can be processed in layers. By integrating continuous filament into thermoplastics, for example, we can manufacture carbon fiber-reinforced components quickly and at a low cost.

Vehicle Design graduate Nir Siegel won the prize of Best Pilkington Vehicle Design Award at Interpretation at RCA award show. The concept car was 3D printed, customized and assembled by the designer. The basic idea behind this award show is to avoid obsolescence and bring out more services and products keeping in mind customer needs. This concept car was 3D printed out of Genesis which is a robotic 3D printer and is able to build custom build vehicles according to their requirements.

concept car

Though the 3D printed car is only a concept till now but according to the designer Nir Siegel, it is nothing impossible. He is finalizing his MA vehicle design degree at Royal College of Art in London.

3d printed concept car

This concept car was highly appreciated by the visitors and judges in fact according to one of the judge, Mike Greenall who is the director of automotive NGS group:

The increased pressure to produce economical, environmentally-friendly designs has led students to identify innovative glazing and innovative design that are set to shape the future of the automotive industry.

There is a good news for the visitors of America’s playground as they may get their own 3D Mini Me at Coney Island Scan-A-Rama. Yes, a pop-up 3D scanning portrait studio  has been opened up in New York City. This art project has been launched by a Brooklyn artist Fred Kahl which is meant to scan to produce 3D printed portraits of visitors who come to Coney Island.

Coney Island 3d scanning

His main goal is to design and 3D print the replica of Coney Island Luna Park and fill it with 3D printed portraits from studio.

According to Fred Kahl:

Coney Island has always been the place where cutting edge technology is presented as entertainment. Inventions like the elevator, electric light bulb, Hot Dogs and the rollercoaster found their first audiences here. I wanted to update the art of amusement park portraiture for the 21st century. In the past you would have had a caricature drawn, silhouette cut or a photo taken. Well, that technology has barely changed in 100 years… Until now!

Well Kahl did not get this idea out of nowhere in fact he has been the creative director of Interactivity and Gaming at New York design studio. The guy is super crazy about 3D printing and has created his own hardware store which is equipped with the facility of creating perfect full body 3D scans. He used Xbox Kinect game controller to capture 3D image of his subjects. The project has been pretty successful which is why he has planned to make it available to public.

Coney Island 3d scanning 3d printer

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to raise $15000 to build a bot farm to help him bring this 3D printing technology to masses. The custom hardware and workflow has been devised by Kahl in order to offer full body 3D scan facility and at the end of campaign, hardware will be available as an open source.

According to news, the newly created portrait studio will be a part of 2014 exhibition of portraits in Luna Park. If you want to get any further information about this creative project, you should visit Coney Island Scan-A-Rama office page on Kickstarter.

A British artist Matthew Plummer-Fernandez has been working on the unique combination of culture and 3D printing technology. He is making both digital and physical artefacts with the help of 3D scanning, printing and computational methods. He has already worked on a project of similar nature in which detergent bottles and toys were 3D scanned with the help of a digital camera and then abstracted in a primordial form.

Venus of Google 3d printed

In his recent project, he is playing with some algorithms and image comparison methods. The project is named as the Venus of Google. He got the idea to work on it while he was searching a photograph via Google Image Search. Of course some other applications have been used y the artist to make this design.

The Google search returned visually similar results, one of these being an image of a woman modelling a body-wrap garment. I then used a similar algorithmic image-comparison technique to drive the automated design of a 3D printable object. The ‘Hill-Climbing’ algorithm starts with a plain box shape and tries thousands of random transformations and comparisons between the shape and the image, eventually mutating towards a form resembling the found image in both shape and colour.

Venus of Google

The image comparison technique is made possible with a Python Script calling command line tool which is named as ImageMagick. The distortion and 3D Mesh render is performed with the help of processing and Hemesh Library. After all these processes were done, the object was printed out of a Z-Corp 3D printer and the services were offered by Shapeways.

Tom Burtonwood who is an educator at Columbia College and also an Art Teacher at the School of Art Institute of Chicgao has come up with something quite interesting. Artist has created a 3D printed accordion book named as Orihon which is filled with all the amazing decoration and architectural planning in Chicago. Does not that sound really interesting?

3dprintedbook burtonwood

The style format used for this book is accordion style format. The front cover of the books shows ways, these reliefs were created. It also has the Creative Common License for the work. At the back side of the book, you will see a long list of works. Anyone who wants to see the book or get a copy for oneself, should visit the Thingiverse page as it is available there. You may download the book from Thingiverse and reuse it accordingly. For example, you can use these files to make a book of your own or add any interesting thing in it.

Have a Look at the official page of Thingiverse.

You might have already seen some architectural firms making building 3D printed models from CAD data. But what Chicago Architecture Foundation has developed is marvelous. The firm has been working on this project to make models of all buildings of Chicago with the help of 3D printing. Their main aim is to let people know about the structure of buildings in Chicago and to motivate them imagine a metropolitan area in future.

3d printed chicago

The Columbian Model & Exhibit Works was chosen for this project after long consultation. First of all, the complete data with details about the buildings, their structure and also free spaces in the city was collected. The designer from Columbian Model uses Google SketchUp to compare 3D files with the aerial view images of the city. A close comparison between the forms and features of every building in the city was made to make sure the end result is based on reality.

3d printer for chicago building

After the comparison was made, if any difference was found it was fixed in the 3D model. After that, it was sent to 3D printer for printing. The model for every building was printed as a shell rather than a solid block. Once the 3D model of one building is printed, it is placed in an ultraviolet light box to cure the resin. In the end these building models are primes, sanded and finally are pained with color.

chicago 3d printed

3d printed chicago model

Though the work on this project is still not over but till now the Chicago city model contains over 1000 buildings and has a free space of 320 square feet. More than 20 hours were spent on the printing of the model of Santa Fe building which is 17-story building. While 1600 hours have been spent on the printing of this whole model till now.

Chicago Architecture Foundation is also planning to expand this model with enhanced features. No doubt this model will be a permanent solution to learn more about the Chicago region and buildings.

3d model of chicago

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Predator from 1987 will be released as Blu-Ray in December. Fox is going to present a jungle-themed booth at Comic-Con International in San Diego in order to celebrate Predator’s 20th century.

Predator

So its a great opportunity for all those Predator fans to participate in their favorite movie promotion. You will also be able to buy 3D printed figurines of yourself as a victim of Predator. Only a predator fan can tell how cool is that.

Predator Alien 3d printed

How Figurine will be Created?

In order to get your mini 3D printed figurine, you will have to get your photo done at the booth ob Comic-Con. This image will be 3D scanned and then used to create 3D printed figurine out of a 3D printer. It will look like a Predator alien holding your head in the figurine.

You are bound to buy the Predator Blu-Ray DVD if you want to get this figurine. The Blu-Ray is available for pre-order at Comic-Con. The limited edition predator head is available for $129.99. If you do not want that, you may still get the figurine if you buy “headless” Blu-Ray 3D at the rate of $49.99.

Fans can also receive the figurine with the purchase of a “headless” Blu-ray 3D for $49.99.

Predator Alien

The visitor at Comic-Con will get a chance to see all new 3D transfers of the film before Blu-ray 3D. You will also be be allowed to participate in the “Hunt the Predator” challenge. A very interesting tip for all of you who are planning to visit this event. Do not forget to take the picture of the Predator and upload it to your Facebook or Twitter account and Tag it with hashtag ”#HUNTthePREDATOR”. This way you will get front of the line pass at Predator 3D booth to get 3D printed figurine. Booth # 3528 is allocated for fans to have their photos taken.

3D printed Predator

The Blu-ray 3D will be delivered to you at your doorsteps in December soon after it is released.

Comic-Con International is going to be held from 18th – 21st July 2013 ar San Diego’s waterfront convention center.

There already exist many clinics who will give you pictures of your unborn baby during ultrasound scans. But have you got 3D models of your unborn babies? Do you want them? Well recently, a Medical Engineering firm at Tokyo has started this amazing service to create 3D models which show the baby face during pregnancy.

According to Tomohiro Kinoshita of Fasotec:

We actually got three expectant mothers to try this out. They said it felt great to see how their babies looked before birth, and to be able to actually hold the inside of their own body. They also enjoyed looking at the model after giving birth, thinking, “This is how my baby looked inside me” and recalling how it felt to be pregnant.

A special technology was used to create 3D model of the image data and this technology is named as BioTexture. After that 3D model of face was formed out of 3D printer.

3d printed fetus baby face

They also tried printout of entire fetus but it involved some risks of MRI during pregnancy. So the 3D model of only face was printed out by the help of ultrasound scan.

Here is an interesting video as well in which the 3D printout of the face of a baby was printout. This 3D model was created when his mom was 8 month pregnant. So parents already knew how their baby boy is going to look like before even when he was born.

Check out this video:

The Bio-Texture Modeling service also offer services of capturing images of patient’s organs and bones and creating 3D models out of 3D printers. These models look like real organs which give doctors a chance to practice before the operation on real surgery.

The 3D printed model costs $500 but that is a lot more durable than a photo.

Most of the printers you know must be using plastic filament for printing but I AM 3D is different from all of these. It is a new printer which uses liquid metal ink for the printing of materials. The ink is deposited in the printer with an inkjet print head and then ink is sintered with laser which is guided by galvometer scanners. No doubt this is something new and unique.

The South African team of designers, technicians, system engineers and metal experts are looking for such economical solutions which help them build objects with less money. They are trying to make such 3D printer which is a table top printer and has a dimension of only 600 x 400 x 480 mm.

i am 3d printer matal ink

The team has told media that almost all parts of the printer are ready. Even the electronics and software required for the printer are done but the Galvo scanner and laser technology need to be arranged. They have got three different metal inks for the printing process which include palladium, Platinum and gold. There are more inks which can be chosen later like Aluminum, Titanium and alloys.

According to George Kriel:

While all other 3D metal printers (powder bed) requires a lot of extra material to start the printing process, their concept and printer would only need the amount of material that is needed to make the part and between 2 and 3 % extra.

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An Indiegogo campaign has been launched to raise funds in order to complete this project. You may get more information about this project here and raise some fund.

Are you one of those who are having trouble finding their keys every time? You might always have wished to have a device which can tell you where those keys are hidden? Or get a new one out of nowhere.  One such device has been invented by Belgian insurance company DVV and its agency Happiness Brussels. This device is using newly developed 3D scanning  and 3D printing processes.

key save

The service is going to be started in this year September and is known as Key Save. All you need to do is get your keys 3D scanned and save them in a server. Make sure the server is secured so that no one else get access to your keys. But you will not have to worry next time you loose the key. Just reach your server and download the 3D printable file of the key. Take this file to the 3D printer, if you have at home, nothing is better than that or you can also take 3D print of the key from any 3D print shop.

According to the inventors, this is going to save you money as getting a new key for the old lock is economical then hiring a lock opener and getting a new lock.

If you want to get more updates about this invention or want to see a related video, check the official page of Key Save.

How many of you have experienced gaming at Kinect? It is indeed way more advanced that usual games but it still not real time gaming because you will be unable to feel anything real. To solve this problem, a solution has been proposed by Disney Research Pittsburgh. This system will enable user to feel virtual objects without even wearing any special glove or holding anything physical. They will be able to receive feedback on full body gestures and experience dynamically varying textures.

aerial virtual objecthttp://www.disneyresearch.com/project/aireal/

How Does This System Works?

The System is named AIREAL and it is equipped with controlled puffs of compressed air. Yes, you heard right – the device uses compressed air. These rings of air can travel a long distance in same shape and when they make contact with a human skin, the low pressure system inside it collapse and the same force which the human is feeling is imparted.

3d printed aireal

The amazing thing is, this technology is quite inexpensive keeping its level of sensitivity and functionality in mind.

According to the senior research scientist at Disney Research:

It can be attached to a mobile device, but you can also make it big enough to emit sensations that travel across multiple rooms.

 

3d printed aireal virtual object

The device AIREAL is completely 3D printed including nozzle, pan and it is a tilted structure which makes targeting at 75 degrees quite possible. A pulse of air is created though air vortex generators which is passed through 3D printed nozzle. Five 2-inch speakers are used as actuators. The nozzle are used to extract pulse of air in the form of rings.

According to the researchers, these vortices could be controlled to a distance of one and half meters. But the good news is that these vortex generators are not expensive so they could use more to create the effect. There is one challenge which these researchers are facing nowadays and this is the controlled movement of vortices. The vortices move along a straight path but researchers are working to develop such techniques to control the movement of vortex.

aireal device

According to the lead researcher of AIREAL:

One of our long-term visions is to create complete 3D shapes in the air.Imagine holding out your hand and feeling someone’s face. This will start truly eroding the boundary between real and virtual.

If you want to get more information about this research, visit International Conference in Anaheim, Calif from 21st – 25th July 2013.

As Microsoft has already announced that upcoming Windows 8.1 will support 3D printers, some additional features have been added to that. The announcement for the latest Microsoft Research was made at Siggraph Conference last week.

According to the researcher, Mr. Carnegie Mellon:

The age of 3D printing, when every object so created can be personalized, will increase the need for tags to keep track of everything. Happily, the same 3D printing process used to produce an object can simultaneously generate an internal, invisible tag.

The news said that every 3D printed object will be holding internal embedded coded tags which can be read by a special imaging system named as TeraHertz radiation. These internal tags are known as InfraStruct.

microsoft code 3d printed objects

You might be wondering about the creation of these tags. Well they can be created as any other 3D printed object (layer to layer method). As far the code is concerned, it can be anything starting from images to serial numbers or a program. The code can be decoded by the scanning device which emits TeraHertz Radiation.

These THz radiations fall between the range of microwave and infrared light on electromagnetic spectrum. So, they can easily penetrate inside plastic and other materials which are commonly used in 3D printing but they are definitely not harmful rays like X rays. There is no extra cost for the tags itself but the imaging scanning device is a little expensive.

These internal tags can be used for many different applications without being worried about making point-of-sale transactions and keeping track of inventory.

internal tags

For instance, they could help mobile robots recognize or differentiate between things. They might encode information into custom accessories used in game systems. So there is lot more you may accept from this new technology.

An amazing invention about 2D printer is 3D printed cartridge which now can be created at home within few minutes. These 3D printed cartridge idea has been proposed by Inkfactory. The recently 3D printed black and color cartridges are known as first 3D printed Ink cartridges. These cartridges are able of printing at a good speed and provide better quality as compared to Kodak cartridges on they are modeled.

cartridges 3d printed

According to the InkFactory which is a UK based company, 3D printing technology has made creation of ink cartridges at home without any difficulty. This will not only save money but time as well.

In order to implement this idea, a MakerBot Replicator 3 desktop 3D printer was bought by the company. KODAK ink cartridges were chosen for this 3D printing project. The 3D model of the cartridge was made ready in computer and sent to Makerbot. These 3D printed ink Cartridges were then placed in an inkjet printer to test for functionality.

3d printed cartridges

These 3D printed cartridges can be created at the cost of £1.60 while the Kodak cartridge is available at the rate of £20.

According to Managing Director, Tim Johnson:

We’re excited about a future where customers can download a 3D model of a printer cartridge – or any other object – to print at home, thereby avoiding excessive postage costs.

plastic cartridges

Including delivery costs, it should take not more than £3 for the ink cartridge to reach you. As Mr. Johnson said: A print-your-own cartridge kit could cost our customer less than £5 including delivery.

Kodak cartridge

3d printed cartridge in printer

According to the Head of Printing Research at Inkfactory, Marc Liron:

We believe that domestic 3D printers will become widespread within the next ten years and this will have an impact on our industry that we cannot ignore. The 3D cartridge project is part of our on-going research into the future of the domestic printing market. Today we decided to prove that it was possible, and in so-doing, highlight the opportunities for innovation that 3D printing presents for retailers and product designers in Great Britain.

Brian Harms from LA has initiated a project which targets to minimize the gap between the fabrication and design processes in rapid prototyping. It works by injecting light-curing resin from a needle-like print head. With the help of this technology, free form objects can be created without any subtractive manufacturing process or mold.

free form 3d printing

According to Harms:

The hair gel acts as an omnidirectional support material which is reusable, so there is no wasted material.

The main difference between this and other rapid manufacturing processes is the use of 3D vector-based tool paths. Due to the suspension of resin in space, navigation and fabrication become possible on objects within gel. There are many options in case of suspension of time in this process which includes tool changes, pause, on-the-fly-robotics, manual injections and live modification of physical or digital model.

freeform 3d printing gel

freeform 3dprinting

The most appealing feature of this process is the ability to undo the process. Yes! the physical undo is possible by removing resin from the gel with the help of scooping or suction.

3d printed gel

If you want to know more about this unique project, check the official website of Brian Harms.