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by TE Edwards · February 5, 2015

Something3D says they’ve created the first full color, FFF 3D printer, and they call it the ST3D Chameleon.  The company says the ST3D Chameleon is a package of innovative hardware, software and a user friendly GUI which lets users print their models in full color, and not just color, but with “intricate textures” as well.

Something3D says the hardware configuration of the Chameleon is very like that of their second generation machines, but with a twist. The Chameleon prints objects with CMYBW (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black and White) filaments through a single, proprietary, patent-pending nozzle.

According to Something3D, their latest model can print the outer shell of an object in  full color at a resolution of 0.5 millimeter per color change.

“This ground breaking printer will take the 3D printing world from the ‘black and white’ era to the ‘full color’ world, unleashing unlimited design-and-create possibilities,” says Dotan Koskas of Something3D.

Itzik Molcho, the CEO of Something3D, says he and the company’s co-founders, which include Molcho and his partner Koskas, the system’s designer, are certain their line of 3D printers will find a foothold in markets outside of their current home in Israel.

Something3D is among the few manufacturers of desktop 3D printers anywhere – and they’re the only ones in Israel. Their previous line of printers feature four printing extruder heads which allowed for the production of objects with four different materials – or in multiple colors – but this latest line is said to produce the much sought-after “full color” capability.

“That’s the kind of thing you usually find only in very high-end printers from companies like Stratasys,” says Molcho.

Koskas, a graphic designer and veteran of the animation and television industries, said it was his involvement in building 3D printers for the past five years which led to the development of Something3D’s first printer a year ago.

“Most of our customers have been in Israel, which we see as a ‘beta site’ for what we’re doing,” Molcho says. “We believe that our unique approach will be in demand elsewhere as well.”

With their new Chameleon, the company offers a printer with a build volume of 300 x 300 x 340 mm, a heated build platform, USB 2.0-3.0 to Mac, PC and SD card connectivity, 50 micron layer thickness and 0.5 mm wall thickness capability, a print speed of 70-100 mm/s and a 1-year warranty. And the price? It’s intriguing as well at $7350.

We’ve seen full color 3D printers in the past.  In fact 3D Systems recently acquired BotObjects, likely for their technology which is being integrated into their CubePro C 3D Printer.  Additionally we’ve covered a company in the past called Spectrom 3D who produces a filament dying attachment for nearly any FFF/FDM 3D printer.  It will be interesting to see how Something3D’s technology compares, as full-color FFF 3D printing seems to be about to take off.

Koskas says the ST3D Chameleon will be shipping within 8 weeks and that the company is taking pre-orders now on their website.

Do you think it’s possible to create a real, “full-color” 3D printer for the kind of price ST3D are offering? Let us know in the Something3D ‘Full Color’ FFF Printer forum thread on 3DPB.com

fuente: http://3dprint.com/42740/something3d-full-color-fff-printer-is-on-the-way/

Estamos trabajando en el montaje de la BCN3D+ dual extrusor. En breve os informaremos de las primeras impresiones.

Así veíamos ayer en Diario de Gastronomía y nos lo explicaba muy bien el Chef Paco Morales en este vídeo.

Estas impresoras, las habíamos enseñado ya en marketing gastronómico, hace 3 años! Aquí podéis recordar ese post, lo que si es cierto, que aunque sabía que existía, no la había visto utilizar. Esta impresora fue inventada por Marcelo Coelho del MIT Media Lab. 

Este Digital Chocolatier es una máquina que permite al usuario, rápidamente diseñar y probar diferentes tipos de dulces con chocolate. En su interfaz digital el usuario puede combinar los  ingredientes que están en los contenedores del carrusel. Al salir la mezcla, ésta se enfría rápidamente para poner duro el chocolate para que se pueda comer en el momento. Se pueden almacenar recetas para utilizarlas posteriormente como vemos a continuación.

El Digital Fabricator es una impresora en 3D que imprime alimentos, que funciona almacenando, mezclando precisamente, depositando y cocinando capas de ingredientes. Todo el proceso comienza cuando se depositan los alimentos en los vasos, los cuales los refrigeran. Luego estos entran en un mezclador y “se imprimen” con una precisión inferior al milímetro. El alimento se calienta o se enfría por la cámara de Fabricator o en los tubos de calentamiento y enfriamiento situadas en la cabeza de impresora. Este proceso de fabricación no sólo permite la creación de sabores y texturas que sería completamente inimaginable a través de otras técnicas de cocina, sino que también, a través de una interfaz de pantalla táctil y la conectividad a Internet,  permite a los usuarios tener un control absoluto sobre el origen, la calidad, el valor nutricional y el sabor de cada comida.

El Robotic Chef es un brazo mecánico que está diseñado para transformar un alimento físicamente y químicamente, como un filete, pescado o una fruta.

Virtuoso Mixer Concept

El Virtuoso Mixer es una máquina, que está compuesta por 3 capas que rotan como un carrusel dando la posibilidad al chef de mezclar eficientemente una gran variedad de ingredientes y experimentar con sus sabores y texturas.

fuente: http://marketingastronomico.com/las-impresoras-3d-llegan-a-la-gastronomia/

by Bridget Butler Millsaps · December 1, 2014

 What if you could just print light on whatever you wanted? We’re watching 3D printing make progress in nearly every arena, so using it for creating one of the most basic needs we have on a daily basis seems only logical.

Este viernes han realizado la exposición de trabajos, los alumnos de la asignatura de prototipos avanzados:

Jonathan Brand is a designer and artist and he’s done something gearheads, motorcycle freaks and 3D printing mavens will love.

Working from his studio on Orange Street in New Haven, CT, he’s printed out an entire, full-sized replica motorcycle.

It’s based on a classic 70’s Honda CB 500, and it’s built from translucent plastics with his pair of Ultimaker 3D printers.

And it’s amazing.

Brand says that when he was living in Brooklyn and looking to buy an actual, working Honda motorcycle, he settled on the idea of buying a CB. He said that when he and his family decided to move out of the city, he was buying one to ride, but his plans changed.

But the fact that the birth of his son – and the fact that he admits to being slightly accident prone – made him decide a plastic version of a motorcycle was a better and safer way to spend his time and energy.

Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Brand completed a BA from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and then finished up his master’s degree course work at Yale University. .

According to Brand, he spent quite a lot of time on the project, and that creating such accurate, usable parts involved some major hurdles.

The artist says that while he’s only been working with 3D printers for about five years, his initial experience building a Cupcake 3D printer has served him well as he took on the motorcycle project.

“If you have a lot of money, you can get a pretty robust and reliable printer, but the material still seems to be a limitation,” he added. “The biggest problem I’ve had is getting reliable quality printing materials in the US. I’d really like to experiment with a resin based printer, but for now it’s just too expensive for the large scale work I’m doing.”

To build the Honda piece, Brand used his two Ultimaker 3D printers, Rhino, Netfabb, Geomagic, Kisslicer, 3D Studio Max and Adobe Illustrator.

Accomplishing the design means working with heavy stock coated with a matte inkjet print varnish to build his initial forms, cutting the parts out by hand or with a vinyl cutter which uses a laser eye for registering the printout, and then printing and cutting each model piece by himself. He adds that the process is roughly analogous when he gets to the 3D printing stage, as the finished product is printed in small sections and glued together piece-by-piece.

And he’s convinced what he’s come up with is art and not engineering.

“I personally think it’s art, because I have a lot of respect for engineers,” Brand said. “My education is in art. I had an engineer tell me that if I knew what I was doing (from an engineering perspective) I’d never make my work, because I’d know beforehand that it wouldn’t work. I have a factory of one.”

There’s art, and then there’s art and engineering, and artist Jonathan Brand’s fully 3D printed motorcycle fulfills both categories rather nicely. What do you think about this melding of art and reverse engineering? Please let us know in the Jonathan Brand 3D Printed Motorcycle forum thread on 3DPB.com.

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Artist Jonathan Brand says he started out to buy himself a motorcycle, but ended up building one for himself that was a tad less dangerous after the birth of his son. Brand, a gearhead, technician and motorcycle fan, used a pair of Ultimaker 3D printers to make an amazingly accurate and full-sized replica of the bike he once wanted to buy, a 70’s Honda CB 500. It took more than a year to complete, but the result is a translucent, ghostly and magnificent in every way. If you want to read the whole story and see the incredible photos of the finished product, you can check it out here:  http://3dprint.com/35429/jonathan-brand-3d-printed-motorcycle

fuente: http://3dprint.com/35429/jonathan-brand-3d-printed-motorcycle/

Back in August, we reported on the implantation of the world’s first 3D printed vertebrae, and it was surely a sign of things to come from the medical field. Usually once one procedure is successfully completed, other doctors and other hospitals throughout the world begin taking notice and start to consider using these same practices. Now, yet another patient has been successfully treated with 3D printed vertebrae, in a “first of its kind” surgery that took place on December 3 at the The First Affiliated Hospital located at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine  in Hangzhou, China.

fuente http://3dprint.com/30512/3d-printed-thoracic-vertebrae/

Disponible el video de la conferencia del Profesor José Maria Kenny.