Here is another selection of things from pintrest and around the web, some new devices and a new method of 3D printing.

This image is of some objects that have been printed using a alloy. The process that created this is called Direct Metal Laser Sintering and involves a high powered laser being shot into powdered metal that melts the shape into the material. Some sectors of the manufacturing world like the aeronautic manufacturers are embracing this process because it creates highly accurate and durable objects in an efficient way.

This machine is a commercially available finishing machine for 3D printed objects. Like the process I have talked about in a previous post, this machine uses acetone vapour to melt down the ridged surface of printed models. This model costs around $700 dollars or so.

This machine employs a new way of printing in 3D that allows editing, pausing and physical manipulation. It even allows the use of more than one material to be used in the print. What makes this possible is the resin gets injected into hair gel which acts like a structure enabling the object to be printed without brackets. The material remains soft and malleable within the gel until it gets exposed to UV light where it hardens and sets. The object is removed from the gel and then can be reused.

Creating moulds for objects from prototyped 3D objects is a real world application that creates many new possibilities in providing casts for mass production in a shorter turn around time.

This is an interesting development as far as the meeting of technologies. This is a new kind of phone that can have different microchips attached to it to alter the performance, memory and functions in an entirely customisable way. The chips are printed and in the future there will be many companies that will produce them to attach to you phone. This will be of interest to hobbyists who want to create their own technology.