{"id":30807,"date":"2017-04-28T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=30807"},"modified":"2017-05-08T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:05:39","slug":"week-3d-printing-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/week-3d-printing-7","title":{"rendered":"The Week in 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We get \u201ca-head,\u201d print our way into\u00a0interior design, and some other really cool stuff, all this week in 3D printing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Two Heads Are Better Than One<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This story echoes a lot of the news we\u2019ve recounted in the past, but it reinforces the way in which 3D printing is advancing the medical field in leaps and bounds. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newatlas.com\/3d-printed-head-nintendo-neurosurgery\/49197\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Atlas<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covers how surgeons at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine combined 3D printing with the talents of some special effects professionals to create a crazy-realistic head that doctors can practice surgical procedures on before doing the real thing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Defying Gravity<\/h3>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/211513776?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/211513776\">RapidLiquidPrinting<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1791262\">Self-Assembly Lab, MIT<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-new-approach-to-3d-printing-removes-the-limitations-o-1794681922\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gizmodo<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports that Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Self-Assembly Lab, office furniture manufacturer Steelcase, and materials researcher Christophe Guberan have developed a new 3D printing process that prints large structures in only minutes (vs. hours) \u2014\u00a0making it possible to custom-print furniture. The new technique prints into a thick gel suspension, making it possible to print gravity-defying structures without needing supports. The gel also acts as an instant chemical hardening agent so they can print large structures in plastic, rubber, and even foam within minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Lego of Your Disbelief<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/3d-printed-lego-tape\/overview\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adafruit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently posted a tutorial on how you can make your own nifty little Lego strips that will adhere to any glass surface without adhesive. The secret? They got crafty and use a heated print bed which results in a glossy surface that can create an airtight suction on glass. The strips work with traditional Lego bricks so you can take your Lego-building to new heights. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Record to Write Home About<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another research team at MIT just printed a 12-foot-tall and 50-foot-wide igloo via a mobile 3D printer \u2014 which is the largest structure constructed by a robot to date. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/04\/27\/mit-s-mobile-3d-printer-built-the-largest-structure-to-date\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engadget<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s article also mentions that the 81,000-pound robot is solar powered and is being optimized to safely navigate a construction site without colliding into other equipment or people. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get \u201ca-head,\u201d print our way into\u00a0interior design, and some other really cool stuff, all this week in 3D printing&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":30812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[1617,1140,1268,1596],"class_list":["post-30807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing-industry","tag-bioprinting","tag-furniture","tag-home-decor","tag-the-week-in-3d-printing"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-2017-04-28-20.54.25.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Week in 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We get \u201ca-head,\u201d print our way into\u00a0interior design, and some other really cool stuff, all this week in 3D printing. 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