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December 24

 
 

Some 3D printed cheer for the festive season!

Above: Athey Moravetz makes cookie cutters on her Makerbot. Read more on Wired

 

The Future

 

3D Printing: a Tour of Stuff

"Since picking up an Ultimaker nearly a year ago, I’ve printed many things (and wrote a very well received article for Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing).

These are many of them and some lessons learned from each."

Read more on bbum's blog

Submitted by @makenai

 

3D Pictures Worth Much More Than 1000 Words

"'[3D printing] is useful now - with the established market of print services available, and amongst enthusiasts - but [apps] will really help drive adoption when people ask what the technology can really achieve,' Buford said."

Read more on The Age

Submitted by @xutraa

 

Music

 

3D Printed "Vinyl" LP

"In an effort to boldly 3D print where no man or woman has 3D printed before, I’ve created a technique for converting digital audio files into 3D printable 33rpm records and printed some functional prototypes over the weekend."

Read more on Wired

Submitted by @natebirdman@Sara_Mooney (and others, sorry if I forgot!)

 

The MP3 Effect

"The criticisms of the poor quality associated with 3D-printed objects, and proclamations asserting the importance of manufacturing quality to consumers are echoes of a music industry caught entirely on the back foot by MP3, downloadable files and peer-to-peer networks."

Read more on uxmas

 

See you next week!

 

In This Issue

  1. The Future
  2. Music

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