As of today, all that we send into space is made here on Earth, and considerable money is spent on transportation of object to orbit. In sci-fi movies, we’ve seen orbital plants and factories building stations, ships, etc. Why can’t it be like that today? Experts of the Made In Space company will try to… Continue reading 3D-Printers: Now In Space
Specialists from Kor Ecologic and Stratasys decided not to dwell on success achieved by other companies and attempted to use a 3D-printer to print a real car. Futuristic Urbee promises to become the first ever car “printed” using the Stratasys Dimension 3D-printer and Fortus 3-D Production System solutions. A full-scale prototype has not yet been… Continue reading Urbee: First Car Printed With 3D-Printer
An amazing invention is going to be demonstrated by a team of Japanese scientists led by Kenichi Okada the Florence. Specialists from Keio University modified the conventional inkjet printer, and “taught” him to print images that are not only bright, but also have flavor. The work is being conducted together with specialists from Canon. An… Continue reading Japanese Scientists Can Make Prints That Smell
A team of engineers and the art from the University of Washington has developed a way to create objects made of glass using a conventional 3D-printer. Technique allows the application of new materials with similar devices. The technology is called “vitraglyphic process”. Three-dimensional printers are used as a cheap and easy way for prototyping. In… Continue reading Glass 3D-Printing
Today we’ll talk not so much about printers, but about something what is nowadays closely connected to them, images. The most popular and well known to all format lossy of image compression is JPEG. It’s over 20 years old, outdated, and its replacement has long been needed. It still more or less fits for storing… Continue reading Google To Retire JPEG
Xerox has announced that now users of the Enterprise Print Service (EPS) will be able to remotely print documents using mobile smartphones and tablets. With this service, customers can manage their printing tasks virtually anywhere. The new feature is called Xerox Mobile Print Solution. It enables users to print out on remote printers e-mails, presentations… Continue reading Xerox Enhances Its Enterprise Printing Ssytem With Remote Print From Modile Devices
The release of iOS version 4.2 in November Apple device will enable iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to support new technology AirPrint, which will allow these devices to wireless printing. “AirPrint represents a powerful new system for printing, with the ease of use comparable to iOS – no need to download, install and configure the… Continue reading HP Printers First To Support AirPrint Direct Printing
American scientists have developed a revolutionary nanotechnology called Beam Lithography Pen. The new method enables fast and inexpensive production of electric circuits prototypes, medical diagnosis and a number of other activities that will surely find application in in electronics, photonics and other natural sciences. Chad Mirkin, Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern… Continue reading Affordable Nanoprinting Technology Is At Hand
Here it is, the cornucopia. American scientists have developed the concept of food printer called «Cornucopia», which operates by cooling ingredients, mixing them and making layers of them. Using these kayers, a dish is printer on a tray. The concept was presented by two students from the Massachusetts University of Technology (MIT). The process of… Continue reading Out Of Food? Print It!
One day medicine will no longer need the services of donors. So say scientists working on a system that allows you to “print” (or create or grow) organs and tissues using special printers. A prototype of one of such devices, 3-D Bioplotter, was recently presented at Rapid 2010, in Anaheim, California. According to Vladimir Mironov,… Continue reading 3-D Bioplotter: A Printer Instead Of A Donor