3d - What We're Reading - StockBuz2024-03-28T11:27:40Zhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/feed/tag/3dHPs New Fusion 3D Printerhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/hps-new-fusion-3d-printer2014-10-30T15:56:18.000Z2014-10-30T15:56:18.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p>Using multi-drive fusion, the multi-jet Fusion 3D printer utilizes fused nylon, rather than a multitude of substances for a machine much smaller than one would expect (not taking up half the room).  HP feels their technology will be faster, with more detail and accuracy (down to 20 microns which is more finely honed) than other 3D printers currently on the market.  Expected to be released in Beta in 2015 and a public release in 2016, it certainly seems HP is pushing to expand beyond their comfort zone of the past. </p>
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</div>HP Sprout A Big Move Towards Designershttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/hp-sprout-a-big-move-towards-designers2014-10-29T14:27:01.000Z2014-10-29T14:27:01.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290988?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290988?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="375"></a>Defying the past 35 years of personal-computer design, HP has built a machine that invites users to input their ideas on a wide mat that rests in front of the video monitor. Anything sketched or written is captured by sensors in the mat. Anything placed atop the mat is photographed or scanned by an overhead camera — and then transformed into digital content that can be displayed and further manipulated on the monitor. This <a class="exit_trigger_set" href="http://www.forbes.com/video/3861555939001">video clip</a> shows HP’s system in action.</p>
<p>It's a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/29/hp-reveals-sprout/" target="_blank">unique machine</a> that combines an all-in-one Windows 8 PC with a set of 3D scanning cameras, a giant tactile touchpad and a downward-facing projector (for displaying graphics on said touchpad). The design is built around a concept HP is calling "blended reality" that blends the 3D physical world with our 2D digital one. The obvious target audience is creative types. You know: advertisers, makers, tinkerers, graphic designers, etc... Rather than the traditional method of control built around mice and keyboards, Sprout focuses on touch and pen input. The 23-inch LCD serves as the primary display, but it's the bottom display, the 20-inch capacitive pad positioned under the camera and projector that serves as the primary point of interaction.</p>
<p>The result: a desktop computer that’s optimized for artists, designers and workbench-style creators, rather than the traditional office workers who type emails. Manufacturers such as Wacom, Huion and Tercom have already created standalone <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/16034531/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_5_last#2">graphics tablets</a> that can be connected to existing desktop computers — in hopes of serving artists’ needs. But HP’s system is a much more ambitious attempt to “blend physical and digital reality,” in the words of Eric Monsef, the Palo Alto, Calif., company’s head of immersive systems.</p>
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<p>Defying the past 35 years of personal-computer design, HP has built a machine that invites users to input their ideas on a wide mat that rests in front of the video monitor. Anything sketched or written is captured by sensors in the mat. Anything placed atop the mat is photographed or scanned by an overhead camera — and then transformed into digital content that can be displayed and further manipulated on the monitor. This <a class="exit_trigger_set" href="http://www.forbes.com/video/3861555939001">video clip</a> (different from the one shown) shows HP’s system in action.</p>
<p>The result: a desktop computer that’s optimized for artists, designers and workbench-style creators, rather than the traditional office workers who type emails. Manufacturers such as Wacom, Huion and Tercom have already created standalone <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/16034531/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_5_last#2">graphics tablets</a> that can be connected to existing desktop computers — in hopes of serving artists’ needs. But HP’s system is a much more ambitious attempt to “blend physical and digital reality,” in the words of Eric Monsef, the Palo Alto, Calif., company’s head of immersive systems.</p>
<p>As Monsef concedes, “the product is a chameleon.” Even the touch-sensitive mat can be shunted aside if users want, in favor of a traditional keyboard and mouse. Early testers seldom do that, but HP wanted to provide them with the option of changing Sprout back into a traditional machine for email, Web surfing and Microsoft Office tasks, as needed.</p>
<p>HP is opting for a low-key launch of the new machine, initially offering it only in 50 Best Buy stores and 30 Microsoft stores, as well as at HP’s own website. Monsef explains that HP wants to make sure each store is staffed with specialists who know Sprout well and can explain its unusual features in ways that will make sense to shoppers according to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/10/29/if-da-vinci-had-a-desktop-it-would-be-hps-1899-sprout/" target="_blank">Forbes</a>.</p></div>UPS To Expand 3D Printing In Storeshttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/ups-to-expand-3d-printing-in-stores2014-09-23T16:12:17.000Z2014-09-23T16:12:17.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p>The 3D industry has reported grown by 21% last year alone and according to the <a href="http://wohlersassociates.com/2014report.htm" target="_blank">2014 Wholers Report,</a> the worldwide 3D printing industry is now expected to grow from $3.07 billion in revenue in 2013 to $12.8 billion by 2018, and exceed $21 billion in worldwide revenue by 2020.</p>
<p>After testing 3D printing in it's San Diego stores, UPS has decided to expand it's partnership with SSYS to 100 stores nationwide.  California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas are just some of the states set to open stores with 3D-printing capabilities.</p>
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<p>3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS) may be the largest 3D printing companies around, but together they only represented about <em>one-third</em> of worldwide 3D printing revenues in 2013. In other words, the 3D printing industry remains highly fragmented, and because no single company controls the majority of the market, there's a massive opportunity for a number of 3D printing companies to grow their revenue and market share considerably.  Other publicly traded names include XONE, VJET, AMAVF and MTLS although names such as HPQ are investing in 3D as well as companies like <strong>General Electric</strong> (GE) who have been working to use metal 3D printing for mission-critical aviation applications like <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/06/28/how-general-electric-company-challenges-convention.aspx">jet engine fuel nozzles</a>.</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/09/why-3d-printing-stocks-could-have-a-tremendous-run.aspx" target="_blank">MotleyFool</a> recent stated, investing in the growth of 3D printing by owning shares of 3D Systems, Stratasys, or other 3D printing stocks is far from a sure thing and carries a high degree of risk. The sector is richly valued relative to the <strong>S&P 500</strong>, the potential exists for disruption in the form of <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/06/22/meet-the-project-that-threatens-3d-system-corporat.aspx">patent expirations</a> or <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/06/04/meet-the-3-d-printer-that-disrupts-3d-systems-corp.aspx">technological breakthroughs</a>, and the promise of future profitability is far from a guarantee. While it's true that 3D Systems, Stratasys, and others could acquire its potential disruptors, it isn't necessarily a sustainable strategy over the ultra long term.</p>
</div>Small Robots Building Large Structureshttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/small-robots-building-large-structures2014-06-18T17:29:59.000Z2014-06-18T17:29:59.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p>As <a href="http://stockbuz.net/articles/china-firm-can-build-ten-3-d-houses-in-one-day" target="_self">highlighted here</a> previously, China is clearly not the only country exploring the wonderful world of 3D printing and it's application to housing.  Sadly the loser will be the average construction worker.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.iaac.net/">The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia</a> in Barcelona is working on a set of robots that will soon be able to build complex structures by extruding layers of concrete, a process that might be a bit slow but that will allow strange, unique shapes to be formed using concepts popularized by plastic 3D printers.</p>
<p>The team, led by Sasa Jokic and Petr Novikov, has created small robots, called <a target="_blank" href="http://iaac.net/printingrobots/#robots">Minibuilders</a> that perform various tasks. The Foundation Robot lays down a structure base while the Grip Robot sits at the top of the foundation and runs around it, laying down a bead of cement and instantly curing it so it can maintain its upwards motion. Finally a Vacuum Robot clings to the side of the object and lays down perpendicular swatches of concrete. Together, in concert, the robots can build complex objects that would normally require molds or other cumbersome equipment to produce.</p>
<p>Multiple robots can work together to build various structures and a central hose-bot squirts out cement as needed. In short, the strange concert of robots, cement, and architecture should make for some cool structures with especially sculptural elements. I, for one, welcome our robotic architect overlords.</p>
<p>Courtesy of <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/18/doozers-become-real-thanks-to-these-cement-laying-minibuilders/" target="_blank">Techcrunch</a></p>
</div>Algorithms and 3D Printing - Emerging Classroom Technologieshttp://stockbuz.ning.com/articles/algorithms-and-3d-printing-emerging-classroom-technologies2013-07-29T00:44:32.000Z2013-07-29T00:44:32.000ZStockBuzhttp://stockbuz.ning.com/members/1t2xbcvddkrir<div><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290343?profile=original"><img class="align-left" style="padding: 10px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1290343?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="187"></a></p>
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<p>I still remember being kept after class and having to clean the erasers, clouds of white dust billowing through the air leaving a film across my skin and causing me to cough like a three-pack-a-day smoker. The smell is imbedded in my memory as if it as yesterday. Boy are those days gone.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 2013 and not only are tablets and ipads becoming more prevalent in the classroom, but phones can share files with merely a touch and "the cloud" is only <em>beginning</em> to penetrate the education system, but what lies ahead for technology in the classroom?</p>
<p dir="ltr">For over a decade, the New Media Consortium (NMC) has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale. Here are some quick insights....<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ALL within the next 4-5 years:</span> <em>(comments in italics mine)</em></p>
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<li>By the end of this year, the mobile market is expected to consist of over 7 billion accounts</li>
<li>Mobile users will have downloaded 70 <strong>billion</strong> apps across smartphones and tablets.</li>
<li>Digital textbooks (<em>no more saying you lost your book but at least we'll be saving some trees</em>)</li>
<li>Monitoring tools that provides students with insights into their study habits and behaviors while using e-textbooks (<em>something I'm sure would surprise many a parent)</em></li>
<li>Algorithms that turns a random graders feedback into statistics and performance reports.</li>
<li>Interactive fictional games that could turn learning history or other subjects.......into fun.</li>
<li>Web-based interactive games that engage nursing students with real-life scenarios</li>
<li>Computer-aided design classes featuring the incorporation of 3D printers for rapid prototype development.</li>
<li>A virtual ocean laboratory to conduct studies on the acidification of the marine environment.</li>
<li>Imagine a laboratory classroom where students utilize a wearable sensor that detects hazardous gases and immediately alerts the user of these conditions.</li>
<li>A brain-sensing headband making it possible to control actions with one’s thoughts and to collect data about the brain’s reaction to various stimuli.</li>
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<p>Find out more @ <a href="http://teacherswithapps.com/10-emerging-educational-technologies-and-how-they-are-being-used-across-the-glob/#comment-46406">http://teacherswithapps.com/10-emerging-educational-technologies-and-how-they-are-being-used-across-the-glob/#comment-46406</a></p></div>