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Tag Archives: 3D printing
Avante Arduino
What’s the greatest piece of design to come out of Italy in the last decade? The Branca chair by Mattiazzi? Something by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso? It was the Arduino, a simple microcontroller board, named according to the Wall Street … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Engineering, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, arduino, Be Open, hacking, technology will save us, tom dixon
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Endless Interruptions
Designer Sam Bernier’s starting point is the ultimate contemporary dilemna. “After finishing the content of a mason jar… I always clean it and keep it for later use. I quickly realised that I had almost no opportunities to actually reuse … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Printing, Design, Engineering
Tagged 3D printing, Be Open, disruptive technology, industrial revolution, instructables
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The World’s First Printed Building
In a small shed on an industrial park near Pisa is a machine that can print buildings. The machine itself looks like a prototype for the automotive industry. Four columns independently support a frame with a single armature on it. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Engineering
Tagged 3D printing, andrea morgante, enrico dini, norman foster, pisa, radiolaria
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