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October 29

 
 
The Universal Construction Kit

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Above: The Universal Construction Kit, which helps link together 10 different types of contruction toys such as Lego and K'Nex. Impressive! Read about it here, and download the files from Thingiverse here. Thanks Nate Bryant for the link.

 

Military

 

U.S. Army Embraces 3d Printers: “It's Kind of a Magical Thing”

"Medical personnel may use 3D laser scans on a Soldier before he or she is deployed. This would ensure all physical features are on file.

“If a Soldier comes back wounded, we’d have that data on our side where we could possibly build prosthesis that are exactly how the Soldier used to look — instead of sculpting it and scanning it,” Moore said."

Read more on Singularity Hub 

 

Education

 

The future of higher education: reshaping universities through 3D printing

"Earlier this year, the building's DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library became one of the first academic libraries in the United States to provide 3D scanning and printing to all students and faculty, as well as the public.

The move is part of a plan by director Tod Colegrove to transform the facility from a typical library that promotes knowledge through books to one that also encourages creative thought and discussion via hands-on technology."

Read more on Engadget

 

Music

 

3D printed concert flute rapidly prototypes sound (video)

"Amit Zoran of the MIT Media Lab -- yes, the same soul who helped dream up a 3D food printer early this year -- has now printed a fully-functional concert flute with a minimum of human intervention."

Read more on Engadget

 

Art

 

Beautiful Failures - a book by Bernat Cuni

"On the path to get the perfect 3D-Print, many meters of filament get piled up as discarded disappointments,

as bastard objects that never were,
as unborn half-things…

… and they are beautiful"

Read about the project here.

Buy the book here.

 

Contest!

 

Prepare for New York's Next Top Makers: Launching in Mid November

"Starting in mid November, makers, designers, engineers and others will be invited to enter prototypes in the challenge. It is anticipated that New York's Next Top Makers will be open for submissions until mid February 2013.

Finalists will be selected by an expert judging panel, and will receive assistance on the path to commercialization during the studio phase. Assistance will include studio space from sponsor NYDesigns, business support, and mentorship from industry experts such as Adafruit Industries, Honeybee Robotics and Shapeways."

Read more on Shapeways

 

See you next week, fellow futurist!

 

In This Issue

  1. Military
  2. Education
  3. Music
  4. Art
  5. Contest!

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