Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
- 5h 7m
- Hod Lipson, Melba Kurman
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2013
Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into homes, businesses, schools, kitchens, hospitals, even the fashion catwalk. The magic happens when you plug a 3D printer into today's mind-boggling digital technologies. Add to that the Internet, tiny, low cost electronic circuitry, radical advances in materials science and biotech and voila! The result is an explosion of technological and social innovation.
Fabricated provides readers with practical and imaginative insights to the question "how will 3D printing technologies change my life?" Based on hundreds of hours of research and dozens of interviews with experts from a broad range of industries, Fabricated offers readers an informative, engaging and fast-paced introduction to 3D printing now and in the future.
About the Authors
Hod Lipson is a professor of engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His work on automatic design and manufacture of robotic life forms, self-replicating robots, food printing, and bioprinting has received widespread media coverage including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, and NPR. Lipson has co-authored hundreds of papers and speaks frequently at high-profile venues such as TED and the National Academies. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.
Melba Kurman is a technology writer, analyst, and popular blogger. She became interested in additive manufacturing and emerging design software two years ago when she noticed that the same manufacturing machine could print custom dental crowns, coffee tables, and heavy-duty, end-use metal machine parts. Her passion is explaining the value of complex technologies in everyday language. In the past she helped Cornell University, Microsoft, and other organizations bring new technologies to market. Melba is a graduate of Cornell University, the University of Illinois, and the U.S. Peace Corps.
In this Book
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Everything is Becoming Science Fiction
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A Machine That Can Make Almost Anything
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Nimble Manufacturing—Good, Fast, and Cheap
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Tomorrow's Economy of Printable Products
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Printing in Layers
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Design Software, The Digital Canvas
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Bioprinting in “Living Ink”
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Digital Cuisine
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A Factory in the Classroom
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Unleashing a New Aesthetic
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Green, Clean Manufacturing
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Ownership, Safety, and New Legal Frontiers
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Designing the Future
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The Next Episode of 3D Printing
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References
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