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A Boy and his Atom

2013-05-02T13:37:00.003+02:00

"The ability to move single atoms, one of the smallest particles of any element in the universe, is crucial to IBM's research in the field of atomic-scale memory. In 2012, IBM scientists announced the creation of the world's smallest magnetic memory bit, made of just 12 atoms. This breakthrough could transform computing by providing the world with devices that have access to unprecedented levels of data storage. But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In that spirit, the scientists moved atoms by using their scanning tunneling microscope to make … a movie, which has been verified by Guinness World Records™ as The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film."

research.ibm.com

A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie ibm.co/ZyRmcT #ibmresearch via @ibmresearch
— Xea Baudoin (@xeabaudoin) May 2, 2013

Robot evolution

2013-04-15T18:42:00.002+02:00

Robot evolution kottke.org/13/04/robot-ev…
— David Bailey (@DavidBTwit) April 15, 2013

" Here we evolve the bodies of soft robots made of multiple materials (muscle, bone, & support tissue) to move quickly. Evolution produces a diverse array of fun, wacky, interesting, but ultimately functional soft robots. Enjoy!" Jeff Clune

Hitman Absolution Characters Part 1.

2013-04-15T17:53:00.000+02:00

"After I finished working on Hitman Blood Money back in 2006, I started working as Lead Character Artist on Hitman Absolution. I worked with the talented programmers at IO Interactive to develop the entire production pipeline for characters and created 100s of characters for the game. The work displayed here is just a small part of the work I did for IO Interactive between 2006 and 2011."

"Images rendered in 3ds Max using Mental Ray and V-ray."

Full article: Hitman Absolution Characters Part 1.

by TOM ISAKSEN

The incredible 'popcorn' furniture which assembles itself

2013-04-07T17:20:00.004+02:00

'Popcorn': The flat-pack does-it-itself furniture grows into its final shape when heated to 70C. Inventor Carl De Smet hopes it will one day spell the end for the Ikea flatpack.

more info: dailymail: http://goo.gl/tRVoB

Gif by xeabaudoin

4-Billion-Pixel Panorama From Curiosity Rover Brings Mars to Your Computer Screen

2013-03-29T16:32:00.000+01:00

Mars Gigapixel Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar days 136-149 in Out of this World

Virtual survival

2013-03-24T08:28:00.000+01:00

James, a young Briton of twenty years, was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. Having only a few months to live, he contacted a charity, the Willow Foundation, which enabled him to achieve his greatest dream: meet the developers of the video game series favorite Total War.

During his visit to the studio Horsay (Sussex), last July, James was able to discover the exclusive brand new installment of the series: Rome II. "James came to see us the day after the announcement of the development of Rome II," says community manager of Creative Assembly studio on his blog. "We let him play the mission" The Siege of Carthage '.
In fact, James was the first person in the world to have played in Rome II. "

Moved by the passion of the player to the saga of Total War, and his joy behind the scenes of its development, one of the creators of the game people proposed the model of James. "It took several pictures and measurements of the young man. This allowed him to create an absolutely amazing representation of James, which will appear in the final version of Rome II.

3D printing pen launches on Kickstarter

2013-02-19T19:31:00.000+01:00

theinquirer.net

"3Doodler works on almost any surface, including plastic, allowing users to personalise items such as iPhone cases, or anything else they feel like 3Doodling on," Wobbleworks said on its Kickstarter page. "3Doodler can even be used for minor repair work."

Dragonfly Architecture

2013-02-17T18:18:00.000+01:00

Not just weapons of destruction: How drones are being used to build the skyscrapers of the future which could house more than 30,000 people.
Mail Online

A prototype has been created using miniature drones to lift 1,500 foam blocks into a complex cylindrical towe.

Flight Assembled Architecture/Architectures volantes

Could the house of the future look like a spider's web?

2013-02-15T12:26:00.000+01:00

Out-there architects issue plan for 3D-printed home | Mail Online http://goo.gl/aD5eJ

Virtuality Helps Archeology

2013-02-06T16:04:00.000+01:00

Fine dining Roman-style: Archaeologists digitally reconstruct ornate plate from fragments buried in Scottish hillside 1,500 years ago

dailymail.co.uk

Could 3D printers build a future moon base?

2013-02-05T19:15:00.000+01:00

foxnews
The technology behind 3D printing has allowed users to craft musical instruments and prosthetic limbs, and now European scientists are taking a serious look at printing their own moon base...

Lunar Base With Linked Domes
Credit: ESA/Foster + Partners

twisting, twisting night'n day

2013-01-16T17:25:00.001+01:00

Robonaut Operates Task Board in Space

2013-01-15T12:43:00.000+01:00

"In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, Robonaut 2 is pictured on Jan. 2, during a round of testing for the first humanoid robot in space. Ground teams put Robonaut through its paces as they remotely commanded it to operate valves on a task board. Robonaut is a testbed for exploring new robotic capabilities in space, and its form and dexterity allow it to use the same tools and control panels as its human counterparts do aboard the station."
Photo Credit nasa.gov

Recycle your plastic for 3D Printing

2013-01-13T17:39:00.001+01:00

Make your own 3D printing filament from recycled bottles and other plastic products. Never run out of 3D printing filament.

Filabot is a 3D plastic extrusion system. For example mostly any type of recyclable plastic... kickstarter

Full Circle with Filabot

Introducing Filabot

Links
filabot.com

kickstarter.com

A Desktop Machine To Turn Your Old Plastic Into 3-D Printing Fodder

fastcoexist.com
Filabot Turns Your Plastic Junk Into Material for 3-D Printers
wired.com

Animatronic Effects by Gustav Hoegen

2013-01-13T16:06:00.001+01:00

Animatronic Effects by Gustav Hoegen

liveleak: http://goo.gl/p4Pfs
http://youtu.be/G1iVJExd5vA

Animatronic Dancing

Animatronic Monkey Baby designed and built by Gustav Hoegen. Music and programming by Josh Head.

Gustav Hoegen's Animatronic Showreel 2011

Exoskeleton - 3D printed shoes

2013-01-10T16:58:00.000+01:00

"Exoskeleton- Inspiration drawn from the architectural structure and silhouettes of marine invertebrates, creatures and insects external skeletons.
Using the advanced technology of 3D Printing these fluid anatomical shapes are not only translated visually but also in the design process." Janina Alleyne

Exoskeleton - 3D printed shoes: coroflot

Futuristic highways in the Netherlands glow in the dark

2013-01-05T16:30:00.000+01:00

"A futuristic highway that can save energy and improve road safety is set to be installed in the Netherlands by mid-2013.
Two companies, Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure, came up with the highway, which includes: glow-in-the-dark road markings painted with photo-luminescent paint which are charged during the day and light up during the night; temperature-responsive paint which indicates slippery roads when temperatures fall below zero; and interactive lights along the highway that light up as cars approach. Wind lights that light up using the draft produced by cars and priority induction lanes that can recharge electric cars as they run along them also feature.
The luminous road markings and weather indicating roads will debut in the Dutch province of Brabant in the middle of next year. The wind powered and interactive lights along with the induction lanes are also planned to go into service in the next years."

The astonishing Aeroscraft - a new type of rigid airship that's set to revolutionise haulage, tourism... and warfare

2013-01-04T19:59:00.000+01:00

The Aeroscraft can carry three times more than the biggest military cargo planes over thousands of miles
Heavily backed by the U.S. military, it is now at the prototype stage and is set for its first test flight
It is capable of vertical take off and landing and doesn't even need a landing strip

...
dailymail.co.uk

Kon-Tiki Making of

2012-12-20T13:23:00.000+01:00

+3D TODAY

"In the summer 2011 ILP was awarded a massive sequence for the upcoming Norwegian feature film "Kon-Tiki" directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg. The film is about the legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic journey crossing the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947.
Our sequence takes place during a major emotional peak of the movie, as the crew struggles with internal conflicts while facing a critical situation involving white sharks.
ILP delivered 58 shots in total, with plenty of hero shots and some extremely complex fully computer generated scenes.
This is a VFX breakdown giving you a closer look at some of shots we made."
Read more at ilpvfx

Gustav Metzger Thinks About Nothing | Design Week

2012-12-04T18:07:00.001+01:00

designweek.co.uk
Artist Gustav Metzger hooked himself up to a robot carving machine, that turned his brainwaves into a sculpture.

Null Object, a visual representation of Gustav Metzger’s empty thoughts

"Working with art and technology group London Fieldworks, Metzger created 3D shape information based on EEG readings of his brainwaves as he furiously tried to think of nothing."
designweek.co.uk

Dodecahedron Chains

2012-11-23T14:48:00.000+01:00

Mathematicians at Play: 3-D Printing Enters the 4th Dimension
blogs.scientificamerican: http://goo.gl/dG2X5

The MakerBot Replicator 2 How It Works

2012-11-08T12:21:00.000+01:00

Photo: Joe Pugliese

Interesting Article:

Wired: The New MakerBot Replicator Might Just Change Your World

High-Speed Robot Hand

2012-11-05T19:53:00.000+01:00

Let us celebrate the new acme of technology: 3D printed spam!

2012-08-16T11:42:00.000+02:00

(Image Credit: photosync/Shutterstock)

3D printed meat: It's what's for dinner
"Peter Thiel's philanthropic foundation gives up to $350,000 to a company named Modern Meadow, which plans to use 3D bioprinting to create an "edible prototype" that's a meat replacement."
news.cnet.com

3D Printed Meats May Soon Be on the Menu

"Ready for the latest oddity to come out of the 3D printing craze?

A startup wants to create 3D printed meat to fill the human craving for animal protein without continuing to take an environmental toll on the planet.

According to Cnet, billionaire Peter Thiel is directing between $250,000 to $350,000 from his philanthropic foundation toward Missouri-based Modern Meadow to create the bio-printed meat..."
mashable.com

3D-printed meat: would you eat it?
"Mmm, "meat!" (Image Credit: photosync/Shutterstock)"
dvice.com

3D printed meats may soon be on the menu
smh.com

3D Heals

2012-08-15T17:58:00.001+02:00

Beauty and the Beak

Beauty the Bald Eagle gets a second chance with a little help from technology.

Shot and edited by Keith Bubach for Evening Magazine (KING-TV). 2008 Emmy winner.