Prostheses for people and animals, 3D printing of space structures, food and shoes, improving printing accuracy, new materials, new software.
A bunch of projects on crowdfunding platforms.
Well, pistols, where do without them.
China, Japan, Australia, USA, Netherlands, Africa and Haiti, it seems that 3D printing is in all corners of the world.
In 2014, the 3d print will go into space.
(An overview of the achievements of 3D printing in 2012 here )
We read what we have achieved in
2013 under the cut (
54 photos ).
January
The Chinese have printed a 5 meter long one-piece spare part for a titanium aircraft
more picturesIt looks like a laser 3D printer
The technology of selective laser sintering in action
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Details smaller
Here is a plane that uses parts printed on a 3D printer.
Hackerspace
BioCurious offers all bioprinter for self-assembly based on HP 5150 inkje
(the first inscription where instead of ink - "
E. coli ")
European Space Agency conducts experiments on building a refuge on the moon using a 3d printer
one and a half ton building block
February
A team of scientists from Scotland, for the first time, using a 3D printer, print three-dimensional tissue from stem cells
PDF article
Urbee 2 , printed on a 3D printer, is ready for production.
habrastorage.org/getpro/habr/post_images/ebe/c36/076/ebec36076cc50e8348a91a8c22fda86e.jpg
President Obama said that 3D printing technology "has the potential to fundamentally change the way we produce most things"
In February, the hype began with 3doodler - 3d pencil, which can "draw in the air."
In just a few hours, they raised over a million dollars on a kickstarter.
Habré articles on this:
3Doodler pen can draw three-dimensional objects right in the air
Our answer is 3doodler. Assembled in 20 minutes
3Doodler is in a hurry to you! (Bonus: Clone Review)
In November, the "pencil" was delivered to Russia - the first (and last)
review
Scientists printed artificial ear
original article
Nike introduced the world's first football boots printed on 3D printer
4d printing. Self-transforming objects
Video about 4d printing on TED
March
The Government of Singapore
intends to invest $ 500 million in the development of the 3D printing industry.
3D printing allows you to create
low-cost implants , taking into account the anatomical features of patients
The 83-year-old inventor
won $ 40,000 in a contest for his “do-it-yourself” extruder
April
Scientists from the University of Oxford stated that their 3D printer is capable of creating materials with some properties of living tissue.
Created a 3D scanner capable of receiving images from a distance of 1 km
The Chinese government intends to invest $ 6.5M in the development of 3D printing technology
GE
prints fuel injectors for aircraft engines
May
Pistol "Liberator": 100 thousand downloads in two days
The printed ear can pick up radio frequencies
NASA
allocated a $ 125K
grant to develop a 3D food printer for astronauts who fly into deep space
Saved the life of a child by typing trachea
NASA plans to send a 3D printer to the ISS in August 2014
The Japanese
printed carbon-sized bunny carbon bunny
The Chinese showed the biggest detail for a combat aircraft printed on a 3D printer
June
The British government is investing ÂŁ 14.7m in 3D printing projects.
An
“artificial bone” is created from polymers.
Its strength is 22 times higher than the strength of a composite component.
Microsoft has built-in support for 3D printers in Windows 8.1
For the wounded duck printed foot
July
MIT
develops software that simplifies work with composite materials
British children will study robotics and 3D printing from 5 years
Telegraph
Article
August
The engine for rockets, printed on a 3D printer passed the NASA test, which was a point of reference for many innovations to reduce the cost of spare parts production
Scientists from Melbourne have
proposed technology to grow "their own cartilage" for the knee from stem cells using a 3D printer
Scientists from MIT have developed a
lightweight structure , the smallest details of which can be printed on a 3D printer and assembled like a LEGO designer. Planned use - in the construction of aircraft, spacecraft, dams and bridges.
The world's first full-scale architectural installation
Echoviren
September
Breakthrough technology - printing dissimilar materials, both organic and inorganic materials: ceramics, metal, plastic and even biological cells
Developers from Disney
presented software that will allow you to create and print mechanical toys on a 3D printer.
3d printer for $ 100 - The Peachy Printer
Scientists from Australia using a
hand-held 3D scanner created a model of the Tower of Pisa
Scientists from the Netherlands using 3D scanner and 3D printer
created reproductions of paintings by Rembrandt and Van Gogh
October
Britain allocated a grant of ÂŁ 500K to equip 60 schools with 3D printers
HP plans in mid-2014 to enter the 3D printing market
Scientists have discovered that in the process of 3D printing, you can use natural components (vitamin B2) to create implants
3D printer appeared in Haiti
Microsoft
offered technology that can turn any smartphone into a 3D scanner
November
3D Encryption Software Released
Gelatin
bio-ink for printing organs
The world's first
fully metal gun printed on a 3D printer
Scientists printed 20 layers of liver tissue, which lived for 40 days
article on Habré
The revolution in the textile industry
Desktop
3D printer printing metal
Progress in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries using 3D printers.
Now batteries can be smaller than a grain of sand and thinner than a human hair. They can be used in implants and insect robots.
December
3d printer printing metal for 1.500 dollars
BioPen's surgical 3D printer allows you to “print” tissue right during the operation.
Epson President: "
Home-based 3D plastic printing has no big future "
