{"id":36605,"date":"2017-12-11T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=36605"},"modified":"2023-03-16T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:50:24","slug":"week-3d-printing-holograms-upcycling-no-electricity-electronics-mini-medicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/week-3d-printing-holograms-upcycling-no-electricity-electronics-mini-medicals","title":{"rendered":"The Week in 3D Printing: Holograms, Upcycling, No-Electricity Electronics, and Mini Medicals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holograms and algae became 3D prints, water bottles became filament, we printed off-the-grid IoT devices and bio-computers, and hearing got a new helper\u00a0\u2014 all this week in 3D printing.<\/p>\n

If Star Trek is going to be real, it’s going to start here<\/h3>\n

I can’t even believe I’m writing this, but here goes: A group of researchers has been able to create 3D prints that cure almost instantaneously in the crosshairs of beams of light. Through this holographic patterning of light fields<\/a>, resins harden in three dimensions simultaneously, dramatically reducing some of 3D printing’s biggest limitations. Learn more at TechCrunch<\/a>, and real the whole paper,\u00a0One-step volumetric additive manufacturing of complex polymer structures,<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Holoprinting at work<\/p><\/div>\n

In another leap toward a more Federation<\/a>-like future, a pair of Dutch designers has successfully turned algae into a bioplastic 3D printing filament suitable for many plastic applications. The algae polymer may end up “eventually entirely replacing plastics made from fossil fuels like oil,” through a series of local 3D Bakeries\u00a0\u2014 if designers Eric Klarenbeek and Maartje Dros get their way. You can\u00a0read more about this ultra-sustainable future at Dezeen<\/a>, as part of their excellent Good Design for a Bad World<\/a> <\/em>series.<\/p>\n\n\t\t