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Sintered metal parts
 
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Selective laser melting (fully dense metal)
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Selective laser melting (fully dense metal) - http://www.mcp-group.com/rpt/rpttslm.html
  
Not nano-tech as such, but milli / micro -scale reconfigurable matter. Will be perfect for what rapid prototyping is currently used for, but instead of having to make a new model every time something changes, the model simply morphs to the new shape. Have thought about this concept before but never come to any firm conclusions about how it might be made to work practically. However recently came across this [http://news.zdnet.co.uk/emergingtech/0,1000000183,39287749,00.htm?r=1 video clip] (second half) where Babu Pillai describes his research in this area [http://www.pittsburgh.intel-research.net/people/pillai.html]. [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/movies/carDesign_12_vo_H264.mov Video of concept].
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http://www.rapidprototypinghomepage.com
  
3D printing of tissue and organs:
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[http://www.desktopfactory.com Desktop factory]
[http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025474.300?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19025474.300 NS] and [http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2005/12/69701 Wired]
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[http://www.mcp-group.com/rpt/rpttslm.html Selective laser melting]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrWHwHuWrzk EBF3]
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Change title to additive fabrication / 3D printing?
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sintered sand for moulds, also direct metal tooling fabrication
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Bioprinter: [http://www.rdmag.com/New-To-Market/2009/12/New-to-Market-First-commercial-3-D-bio-printer-makes-human-tissue-and-organs/] & [http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15543683]
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Ability to incorporate components during build
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July 2011: Small aircraft made entirely on a laser sintering machine can fly at 100mph [http://www.kurzweilai.net/worlds-first-printed-aircraft]
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== Additive fabrication advantages ==
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*Continuously varying material - Objet has already
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*Colour (Z-Corp)
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*Geometry impossible using any other process.
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*3D internal patterning
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*True multimaterial (to come)
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*Complex objects can be made as cheaply as simple ones
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*No labour

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Image of rapid prototyped parts

Rapid prototyped moulds and tooling

Sintered metal parts

Selective laser melting (fully dense metal) - http://www.mcp-group.com/rpt/rpttslm.html

http://www.rapidprototypinghomepage.com

Desktop factory

Selective laser melting

EBF3

Change title to additive fabrication / 3D printing?

sintered sand for moulds, also direct metal tooling fabrication

Bioprinter: [1] & [2]

Ability to incorporate components during build

July 2011: Small aircraft made entirely on a laser sintering machine can fly at 100mph [3]

Additive fabrication advantages

  • Continuously varying material - Objet has already
  • Colour (Z-Corp)
  • Geometry impossible using any other process.
  • 3D internal patterning
  • True multimaterial (to come)
  • Complex objects can be made as cheaply as simple ones
  • No labour