tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79188395633595491792008-03-12T15:33:50.586-05:00General Fabbnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918839563359549179.post-57195066281711402532007-10-22T23:37:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:40:46.312-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-eZ7FrlsPdc/Rx168LI2QCI/AAAAAAAAAAY/jsh_E9NOBC0/s1600-h/Puzzle-Palace_news3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-eZ7FrlsPdc/Rx168LI2QCI/AAAAAAAAAAY/jsh_E9NOBC0/s320/Puzzle-Palace_news3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124387125218132002" border="0" /></a><br />George Miller, owner of Puzzle Palace, uses a Dimension BST 3D printer to develop the most amazing three-dimensional puzzles. The multicolored head pictured here can be disassembled and reassembled.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pddnet.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=21475&amp;CommonCount=0">Via Product Design &amp; Development</a>General Fabbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918839563359549179.post-32556446138803418502007-10-22T23:27:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:31:30.395-05:00Instructor April Moon raves about how her new Dimension SST 3D printer dramatically improved the quality of her engineering class.<br /><blockquote><br />This process is better than the breakaway process, which Moon said requires a great deal of scraping with picks and doesn’t allow for fine details. She also said the breakaway process can present safety issues for classroom use.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.waxahachiedailylight.com/articles/2007/10/21/dailylight/news/04-10-21-moon.txt"><br />Via the Waxahachie Daily Light</a>General Fabbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918839563359549179.post-47125860066489701482007-10-22T23:12:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:17:26.011-05:00This video demonstrates a hypothetical building-sized fab, "printing" an entire building!<br /><pre><blogitemurl><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><object width="425" height="366"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/idTj5JXgoLs&amp;rel=1&amp;border=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/idTj5JXgoLs&amp;rel=1&amp;border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="366"></embed></object></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7918839563359549179&amp;postID=4712586006648970148"></a><br /></blogitemurl><br /></pre>General Fabbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918839563359549179.post-7518294124052954862007-10-22T22:59:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:33:10.546-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_-eZ7FrlsPdc/Rx1yx7I2QBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/C6HR4d0sk-o/s1600-h/fabbing.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_-eZ7FrlsPdc/Rx1yx7I2QBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/C6HR4d0sk-o/s320/fabbing.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124378153031450642" border="0" /></a><br />Jackie Fenn, Gartner's Emerging Trends analyst, predicted widespread use of desktop manufacturing tools within several years. She even suggests that we might find fabbing equipment available at your local Kinko's or equivalent.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6574">Via ZDNet</a>General Fabbnoreply@blogger.com