3D Printing Links: #1

Overviews

• What is 3D Printing?
• Wikipedia’s article on 3D Printing
  
  
• The 3rd Industrial Revolution
• An interview with Bre Pettis, CEO of makerbot
• 3D printer costs continue to lower

• The world’s first chocolate 3d printer

Popular Lower Cost Makers

• MakerBot
• BotMill
• Cubify (coming soon)
• Solidoodle (coming soon)
• Matrix of all printers under $20k

3D Printing Examples & Marketplaces

• The free universal construction kit

• Thingiverse
• Shapeways

Kids & 3D Printers

• Downloading Physical Objects
  • “What does Riley most want to print right now? ‘Another 3D printer,’ he said.”
• 3D Printing at Home
  • Concept uses the simple online 3D modeler “3DTin” for creating models. 3DTin is implemented with WebGL.

Technical Reference

• Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, moldmaking, and resin casting by Michal Zalewski
  • (Not 3D additive specific, but still some of most useful non cursory information on fabrication I’ve come across.  I keep thinking additive 3D printing could be very useful for creating the molds for more robust part fabrication.)