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Pour favoriser la réappropriation des œuvres d'art grâce à l'impression 3D, le Metropolitan Museum de New York a organisé au début du mois "Met 3-D", une rencontre entre la communauté de l'impression 3D, dont Bre Pettis, le fondateur de MakerBot, l'imprimante 3D grand public la plus populaire, et des artistes

Autodesk has just released 123D Catch for the iPad, which allows anyone to automatically turn panoramic style photos into 3D models. The app allows users to take up to 40 photos of a specific object, which are then uploaded to Autodesk Cloud for processing. From there, the 3D model can be rotated on the tablet, shared, or even printed by a 3D printer like MakerBot.

"A group of 16 engineers named "Group T" has unveiled a racing car "Areion." The group is competing in Formula Student 2012 challenge, and the car it has unveiled is world's first 3D printed race car. The Areion is not fully 3D printed but most of it is. It was tested on Hockenheim race circuit and went from zero to 100km/h in just four seconds. The maximum speed achieved by the car on the same circuit was 141km/h. The car is eco friendly as well as a motivation for innovative technology. Cutting-edge technologies bestowed on the environmentally friendly race car include an electric drive train, bio-composite materials and 3D printing on a big scale with Materialise."

Aujourd'hui, les limites des applications de la 3D sont constamment repoussées : nouvelles applications, nouveaux domaines d'application. Et nouveaux mariages également, entre la 3D et des domaines tels la robotique ou la réalité virtuelle. D'une sphère d'utilisation à l'autre, la recherche de pointe réalisée à l'Université Laval réinvente les façons de faire grâce à la 3D.

Building fully functional electronic devices yourself is a satisfying process. That magic moment when your experimentation combines software, hardware and mechanical know-how all together to become a finished product. Add a 3D printer to the mix, and you are really in for a treat. Rob Miles knows his way around Gadgeteer, the Microsoft .NET hardware enabler that turns a developer's dreams into reality. Although he was already off to a great start, it all changed when Rob set himself up with an Ultimaker 3D printer. Designing and printing his own enclosures has given him a whole new perspective on DIY development and hardware hacking. 

"The edge of technology is when it enables you to do something that you couldn't do before. It's one thing to put your imagination down onto a piece of paper, or into a computer program, but what if you could hold it in your hands? This is the vision of 3D printing. Digital designs can be turned into real objects using various kinds of plastic. This technology is not new, but bringing the machine home with you is - the people behind MakerBot started the company with a goal of making 3D printing more accessible."

"Form 1 is "a high resolution 3D printer at low cost" as the promotional video states. The first 25 backers gobbled up the device for $2,299, the next 100 claimed one for $2,499, and the current price of $2,699 is still available. It's important to note that this price does not include shipping, which could be significant for the international community that already paid $2,999 to get theirs. Still, compared to the recently announced new Replicator 2 printer from popular MakerBot available for $2,199, the Form 1 is definitely within the budget of many in the market for a 3D printer."

3D printing has been boggling minds the world over for years now, but recently the technology has become even more accessible. An object is printed in three dimensions from a digital file by layering solid materials in specific patterns. Companies like Shapeways are helping to make 3D printing consumer-friendly, putting not only the printers but the printed items themselves into the hands of everyday people.

Technology is a lovely thing, but sometimes it scares the bejeezus out of us. This working 3D-printed gun is one such case. Gun enthusiast "HaveBlue" has documented in a blog post (via the AR15 forums) the process of what appears to be the first test firing of a firearm made with a 3D printer.

MakerBot Industries, creators of the Replicator 3D printer that hit stores this past January have just upgraded their award-winning printer. The Replicator 2 has increased resolution, can print larger objects, and sports a stylish new look. And the new printer is only one way MakerBot is making a serious bid to become a major competitor in the growing 3D printing market. Just days ago the company announced the grand opening of their first retail store, located in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.

here is a revolution upon us in the Maker community. Use of computer-controlled construction methods, such as CNC machines, laser cutters, and 3D printers is on the rise and the cost to build these machines from scratch or from a kit continues to come down towards the point where your average household will soon be able to readily download and print objects the same way we download and print off a document. A major jump in this trend comes from the creator of the Solidoodle. The Solidoodle is a 3D printer, capable of printing a 6″ x 6″ x 6″ object with a basic price point of $499, and a spool of filament will run you $43. For comparison, there are many high-quality inkjet and laser printers that run for this cost or more on Amazon while the cost of toner cartridges and ink refills run a pretty wide range and can easily cost more than $43. The Solidoodle premiered recently at NY Tech Day and was named the best of NY Tech Day by CNET. I had the chance to sit down and Skype with Solidoodle founder and CEO Sam Cervantes and got some more insight into the printer. He is a very nice guy and talked with me for about 40 minutes so I've pulled the highlights below.

D printing was once a very expensive process. (Think tens of thousands of dollars.) But lately the technology has become cheaper and consumerized thanks to companies like MakerBot, which sells 3D printers for as little as $1,800.

There's something universally appealing about the concept of a 3D printer -- that concept being an automated system capable of turning computer code into real-world objects. I found myself forced to give a brief overview of the technology to AOL employees in our shared New York City office space after a particularly noisy initial run of MakerBot's Replicator. Reactions to such explanations tend to follow a fairly standard arc, beginning with wide-eyed wonder as one attempts to wrap their brain around the idea, followed almost immediately by a list of things they'd love to print out, given a chance. This is usually coupled with questions like "can it print food?" and "can I print a car?" Both of which speak to that larger, vitally important question: "can I print anything useful?" This, in turn, speaks to another important concern: "how long until it pays for itself?"

"près le premier procès en contrefaçon intervenu l'an dernier, voici le premier DRM proposé aux industriels qui veulent vendre sur Internet des fichiers de modèles 3D à imprimer chez soi, ou à faire imprimer par un prestataire. Après la musique et le cinéma, les objets physiques seront les prochains à être piratés. Et la bataille s'annonce épique."

"Are you frustrated that low-end 3D printers don't have the quality to make the true beauty of your designs real? Do you dream of having the power and resolution of a truly professional machine on your desktop? We've created an easy-to-use system that rivals the output of high-end printers at a fraction of the cost."

Créée le 26 janvier dernier par Michaël Provost, la SAS Vecteo est spécialisée dans la conception de technologies pour l'éco-qualité des pièces complexes dans l'industrie de l'énergie. Le jeune dirigeant propose ainsi un service outillé auprès des entreprises dans le domaine de la mesure, du contrôle qualité et de la rétro-conception. « J'ai des demandes dans différents domaines, notamment dans l'industrie automobile. La numérisation 3D permet de se déplacer autour de la pièce sans la toucher, ce qui constitue un avantage indéniable pour des pièces fragiles ou anciennes. C'est pourquoi je reçois aussi beaucoup de demandes dans le domaine de l'archéologie », souligne Michaël Provost.

Heads up: in 20 years, you'll wake up and download the shoes you're planning to wear while brushing your teeth. Then, you'll walk to the kitchen to eat the breakfast burrito your burrito robot made you. Finally, you'll head out the front door of your house-an all-plastic abode made out of recycled plastic. Oh wait-actually, you could do that right now. Because the batshit insane technology for all this already exists. Weirded out? Here's a list of the 10 craziest things you didn't know 3D printers could do, ranked from least to most mind-blowing:

"Il va peut-être falloir s'habituer à voir ce genre d'inventions se multiplier dans les années à venir. Comme le rapporte Slate.fr, Emma est une petite fille américaine atteinte d'arthrogrypose, une maladie rare qui l'empêche, entre autres, de mouvoir seule ses bras. En 2010, sa mère cherche une solution. Elle prend connaissance des exosquelettes, des structures capables de contrer ce genre de handicap. Mais ils sont particulièrement lourds, en tout cas pas adaptés au corps d'une fillette de deux ans. Ce sont deux médecins astucieux qui ont alors eu l'idée de recréer une telle structure mais en plastique cette fois : « Je pense que le champ de la médecine correspond bien à ce que l'impression 3D peut offrir, elle qui permet de personnaliser n'importe quoi », commente Whitney Sample, un de ces deux docteurs."

Tuer dans l'oeuf la nouvelle technique disruptive : c'est le risque qui vise les imprimantes 3D. Des machines connectées aux ordis permettant, à la maison, de fabriquer des objets réels en leur transmettant des plans. Les premières demandes de retrait de fichiers arrivent, au nom du droit d'auteur. Mais ses défenseurs prennent les devants et organisent leur lobbying.

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