Three-dimensional Printers


The Making of a Personal Lab -- Neil Gershenfeld  -- Talk of the Nation  -- November 11, 2005

Neil Gershenfeld of MIT says a revolution is on the horizon for manufacturing -- that existing technologies and tools can bring capabilities once only held by huge factories down to the personal level.

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The Machine That Can Copy Anything -- Simon Hooper  -- CNN  -- June 2, 2005

A revolutionary machine that can copy itself and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform industry in the developing world, according to its creator.

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Robot builder could 'print' houses -- Max Glaskin  -- New Scientist  -- March 10, 2004
Metacomputing

A robot for "printing" houses has been developed that takes instructions directly from an architect's computerized drawings and then squirts successive layers of concrete on top of one other to build up vertical walls and domed roofs. The precision automaton could revolutionize building sites.

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New Printer Offers Faster, Cheaper 3-D Printouts -- Staff  -- Spacedaily  -- November 25, 2003

A University of Southern California inventor has created a machine that can produce 3-dimensional "printouts" in plastic and even metal more quickly and cheaply than widely-used existing systems.

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'Gadget printer' promises industrial revolution -- Duncan Graham-Rowe  -- New Scientist  -- January 3, 2003
Nanotechnology

Engineers at the University of California in Berkeley are developing a new ink-jet printing technology that will allow fully assembled electric and electronic gadgets, like light bulbs and radios, to be printed in one go.

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