{"id":20675,"date":"2015-05-01T19:27:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T19:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=20675"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:18:47","slug":"designer-turns-brain-waves-into-3d-printed-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-turns-brain-waves-into-3d-printed-sculptures","title":{"rendered":"Designer Turns Brain Waves Into 3D Printed Sculptures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine if you can visualize your thoughts into brainwaves and then turn those brainwaves into a 3D print. Architect and Artist Ion Popian\u00a0deals with human perception and how we understand our environment and what effect that has on the individual and the greater community. This is why he created The Mental Fabrication Project. The Mental Fabrication project uses\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/neurosky.com\/\">NeuroSkyelectroencephalogram (EEG) sensor\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0to capture data on the brain and creates a 3D model based on the brainwaves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.11.12-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20680\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-01 at 3.11.12 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.11.12-PM-625x413.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"413\" data-wp-pid=\"20680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.11.12-PM-625x413.png 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.11.12-PM-400x264.png 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.11.12-PM.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/91516071\" target=\"_blank\">Behind the Scenes. Mental Fabrications Project<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user20662167\" target=\"_blank\">Ion Popian<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/91516071\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ion uses Shapeways to 3D print his brainwave sculptures and his work has been exhibited in galleries like\u00a0SoHo&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">HarvestWorks<\/a>\u00a0gallery. You can learn more about Ion and his work on architecture fabrication projects on his website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ionarch.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.25.07-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20688 alignleft\" title=\"Ion Popian\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-01 at 3.25.07 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.25.07-PM.png\" width=\"411\" height=\"361\" data-wp-pid=\"20688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.25.07-PM.png 411w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-01-at-3.25.07-PM-307x270.png 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine if you can visualize your thoughts into brainwaves and then turn those brainwaves into a 3D print. 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