Mike's Brain » rapid prototyping http://blog.witsmith.com Just ticking away... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:17:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 100kGarages http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/05/100kgarages/ http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/05/100kgarages/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 19:41:10 +0000 Mike http://blog.witsmith.com/?p=45 Interesting idea — crowds sourcing the physcial part of digital fabrication.

www.100kgarages.com

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]]> http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/05/100kgarages/feed/ 0 Enrico Dini: Large Scale (6m x 6m x 1m) 3D Printing http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/05/enrico-dini-large-scale-6m-x-6m-x-1m-3d-printing/ http://blog.witsmith.com/2009/05/enrico-dini-large-scale-6m-x-6m-x-1m-3d-printing/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 16:21:33 +0000 Mike http://blog.witsmith.com/?p=19 Large scale 3D printing using sand and epoxy resin. The results resemble sandstone, with strength comparable to reinforced concrete. The process sounds simular to the way Zcorp printers work, though with a different scale & resolutions (25 DPI).

www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/217-3D-printing-buildings-interview-with-Enrico-Dini-of-D_Shape.html

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csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/Rapid Prototyping and Mathematical Art

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