一周里充满CES 2018 announcementsand专利, a number of 3D printing applications in education, business, research and medicine have flown under the radar.
For today’s 3D printing news digest, we片all the latest stories from companies including Renishaw, New Balance and Thingiverse, and research institutions such as Gerogia Tech and ETH Zurich.
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本星期，微在布鲁克林中央图书馆开设了纽约最小的博物馆。独立的单元致力于软体动物的生活，拥有15个单独的自然历史展示，其中包括1升蜗牛粘液和章鱼大脑的3D印刷复制品。
来自两位教授ETH Zurichhave discussed the potential future of 3D printing. Mirko Meboldt, professor of product development and engineering design, and Torbjörn Netland, assistant professor of production and operations management attempt to iron-out some of the hype surrounding the technology. In one instance,Meboldt explains，“您必须记住，3D打印不是一个单一的术语，而是涵盖了整个添加剂的范围，也就是说，基于层的生产技术。”
AndGeorgia Techhas confirmed that it will be hosting this year’s构造3D“national academic 3D printing and digital fabrication conference and expo.” Amit S. Jariwala Director of Design & Innovation at the university said, “Our goal is to leave attendees feeling inspired to bring new 3D printing skills to their schools and programs, and ultimately shape the next generation of creators and innovators.”
Toying around with new ideas
科学家已经弄清楚了孔雀蜘蛛如何生产“自然最小的彩虹”，这些彩虹仍然比人造调色板具有优势。由于蜘蛛腹部的微观鳞片集，虹彩转变发生了。作为概念证明，加州大学圣地亚哥分校的研究人员使用纳米级3D打印复制了量表。这group’s findingsare available open access in Nature Communications.
马萨诸塞州的鞋类生产商New Balance透露，它使用Russell紧凑型筛和颤音脱落系统来完善用于使Zante生成运动鞋3D印刷的中孔的粉末。在2017年，该公司还确认它将进入与formlabs的SLS合作伙伴关系. The product of this collaboration is due to break early this year.
雷尼沙has 3D printed a stainless steel sun dial for the Friends of Berkeley Castle in the UK. The coppery dial can be found on the site of the 12th Century Castle in Gloucestershire.
Hans Boodt模特has cut its high-end mannequin manufacturing process down from 8 weeks to 2 days by using large, delta FDM 3D printers.
A new algorithm devised a team of researchers in China and the UK makes it possible for hobbyists to 3D print wind-up toys at home. “In the era of personalized fabrication like 3D printing, we asked, why can’t novices still design customized wind-up toys?”explained Dr. Peng Song，中国科学技术大学的前副研究员。可以在the supporting paperhere.
思考的食物
3D printing, scanning and inspection business Europac 3D has expanded its headquarters in the UK to meet a surge in customer demand. At去年的TCT表演, the UK based company held one of the largest space on the exhibition floor, and went on to become a sales partner for HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printers.
byFlow,Focus Food 3D打印机的生产商与荷兰成分供应商Verstegen香料和调味料合作。在协议中，Verstegen将为Byflow提供美食印刷馅料，包括一种用甜菜根和豆蔻调味的。
In a recent blog post, MakerBot confirmed that Thingiverse recently fell victim to a malicious coding attack, allowing hackers to mine cryptocurrencies. Due to a vulnerability in the site’s comments section, users could post code capable of sapping a visiting computer’s CPU, and use it to crunch the enormous amount of numbers needed to archive, and effectively make, digital currency like Bitcoin. Fortunately, the problem has now been ironed out, and the company states,
“ Thingiverse用户无需担心人们劫持他们的东西，也不需要采取额外的手段来保护自己的计算机。”
More material matters
安大略省汉密尔顿在加拿大3D印刷公司拥有新的细丝供应商 - VA工程和设计公司的子公司N3技术.
In the pursuit of national additive manufacturing excellence, the罗伊斯高级材料研究所在University of Sheffield在英国，已经获得了惰性气蛋白酶Arcast Inc., a vacuum furnace provider based in Maine.
And finally, in our feelgood article of the day, Peg an eight-month-old Indian Runner Duck is now able to walk, thanks to a 3D printed leg made by students at Armorel High School in Arkansas.
钉在鸭子上走路，并带着她的3D打印假肢。剪辑通过HuffPost UKon YouTube.
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