World’s First 3D Printed House
The housing and rental market is crazy here in the SF/Bay Area. Insane to the membrane. Time to find a 3D printer and build a house. Yes, that’s what is happening in Beijing, China. Chinese company HuaShang Tengda created a two-story 4,305 square feet house using a 3D printing technology. The building job took 45 days and it supposedly withstands 8.0 earthquakes too!
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Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
Let’s see what you can else you can do with 3D printers? Why not make a work of art, a Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculpture? And that’s what inventor/designer/artist John Edmark has done. But first let’s define two words: Fibonacci and Zoetrope.
Fibonacci numbers – “the unending sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, … where each term is defined as the sum of its two predecessors.” Dictionary.com
Zoetrope – “a device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.” Dictionary.com
3D Printed Mini Eames Lounge Chair
What can you do with a 3D printer? Make and print up some really cool classic miniature Eames Lounge Chairs. The mini Eames Lounge Chairs were designed by Kevin Spencer.
Japan Only: Gummi CandyMen made from 3D Printer
What do you do when you have access to a 3D printer? Make life-like gummi candymen! Thanks to FabCafe in Japan – you can just hop into their store and design whatever you can with a 3D printer.
For more details, go to: FabCafe (keep in mind – the website is in Japanese – you will need a translator.)
Patrick Jouin’s Bloom Table Lamp
This is why we all need a 3D printer:
Designer Patrick Jouin created this Bloom Table Lamp from a 3D printer. What’s cool is that the lamp can “bloom” like flowers which act like a dimmer switch so you can control much light you want.
For more info and images, go to: Inhabitat – Bloom Table Lamp.
For more of his works, check out his site: Patrick Jouin.