I think this is definitely the craziest 3D printed part that I’ve seen for quite some time. What you’re looking at above is a piece of a puzzle that was created on an Objet Connex multi-material 3D printer - and forms just one part of a larger puzzle cube that was given out at this year’s RAPID show that just wrapped up in Atlanta. The visitors to the show are given a list of which exhibitors have puzzle pieces and as they tour the show they collect all the pieces to form the finished puzzle. As you can see from the photo below, the Objet piece fits together with pieces provided by some of the other 3D printing companies exhibiting at this year’s show to form a solid cube.
For those new to 3D printing, there are 2 things about the Objet model that make it truly unique: ONE is that it features various opaque 3D printed objects suspended within a clear, smooth 3D printed transparent body – yet the entire part is printed in a single step. This is the only technology in the world capable of jetting and segregating different materials within a homogenously grown part.
And TWO is the incredible fine detail resolution achieved!! Check out that micro-scaled skeletal hand, spring coil and Eiffel Tower in relation to the size of the lines on my fingers…
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Combination of Black and Transparent Materials - 3D Printed on the Objet Connex500
This year’s RAPID show was a huge success for Objet – and according to many exhibitors – one of the busiest shows they’ve seen in years. As well as the Objet Connex system on display, there was great interest around our brand new Objet30 Pro desktop 3D printer. As you can see below, we managed to display the machine along with some of the 3D printed models and furniture that was featured in the now well-known Objet30 Pro short movie that’s been the focus of this blog for the last week..
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Awesome. I’ve given this a mention over on Technabob to share it with our readers…
http://technabob.com/blog/2012/05/30/objet-detailed-3d-print/
Thanks Paul! Keep up the good work!
Is the STL for this available? It is totally cool and would love to show our customers!
Hi Kelly – I’m working on something and will let everyone know soon..thanks for the interest! Sam.
Its amazing.These look awesome.Will share your site.
3D printing , great effect, we never see it ago, very nice.
amazing will share your Site
Near here, a 3D house printer is nearly finished printing a house – its taken nearly 2 days with pauses for placement of tension members. As 3D house printers improve the concrete-glass fibre and expanding foam inks they use will come down in price and entirely displace traditional construction. Watching a house print from a giant dot matrix hydraulic arm looks closest to a concrete pump.
We are witness to the 3D printing revolution.
I clicked on this site directly from viewing info on the ITER nuclear fusion reactor which needs 18 huge superconducting toroidal magnets with enough wire to circle the earth fifteen times and which must be positioned within two millimeters (millimetres to some of you) in order to function. Here I learn that houses are already being printed.
Hmm…By 2050, which is the earliest that they believe the first commercial reactor could be built, the cheapest way to build one will probably be to print it! No problem with precision way better than two millimeters either.
If we can avoid bombing each other back into the stone age and get past a worldwide collapse of fiat currencies, wow, what a future!
At 85 years old I envy future generations, they will live through the most amazing times. Of course, that’s assuming they don’t blow themselves up before then. I have been a futurologist (just came across that name recently) since I was a schoolboy, and I am fascinated by the prospects of the future, not only in science but also in social and political developments, how I wish I could take a magic pill, live for 200 years, and experience all the tremendous changes that are on the horizon.