Hod Lipson - Fabricated: the new world of 3D printing

Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing

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To Tiina and Jri Kurman

To Rina and Stephen Lipson

Hod Lipson is a professor of engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His work on automatic design and manufacture of robotic life forms, self-replicating robots, food printing, and bioprinting has received widespread media coverage including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Newsweek , Time , and NPR. Lipson has co-authored hundreds of papers and speaks frequently at high-profile venues such as TED and the National Academies. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative. Visit http://www.mae.cornell.edu/lipson .

Melba Kurman is a technology writer, analyst, and popular blogger. She became interested in additive manufacturing and emerging design software two years ago when she noticed that the same manufacturing machine could print custom dental crowns, coffee tables, and heavy-duty, end-use metal machine parts. Her passion is explaining the value of complex technologies in everyday language. In the past she helped Cornell University, Microsoft, and other organizations bring new technologies to market. Melba is a graduate of Cornell University, the University of Illinois, and the U.S. Peace Corps.

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This book grew organically from illuminating and inspiring conversations with many people. Wed like to thank the following people for taking the time to speak with us and to review the books content.

Duane Storti for his technical expertise and all-around useful insights; Robert Schouwenburg for his passion for all facets of 3D printing: technology, design, and business strategy; Timothy Weber, for the elucidating discussions, good laughs and A-ha moments; Eric Haines for thoughtful feedback and valuable insights; Mark Ganter for endless creativity in pushing the limits of the technology; Cathy Lewis, Rajeev Kulkarni, and Abe Reichtental, for hosting us at 3D Systems and sharing their vision; Brandon Bowman for discussions on food printing; Gonzalo Martinez for shedding light on the future of CAD; Adam Mayer for showing us around MakerBot; Bill Young and Ted Hall for sharing their first-hand experience in personal manufacturing; John T. Lee for showing us the myriad finer points of the commercial 3D printing process; Adrian Bowyer for hosting us at the University of Bath and his insights into intellectual property, the future of additive manufacturing, and for leading the RepRap revolution; Philip Delamore, Anthony Ruto, Ross Barber, and Hoon Chung for hosting us at the London College of Fashion; Jeroen van Ameijde for hosting us at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London; Glen Bull, Jennie Chiu, William Kjellstrom, and Jake Cohen from the University of Virginia for teaching us about teaching; Jonathan Butcher and Yaser Shanjani for speaking to us about bioprinting; Chris Johnson for elucidating the future of CAD; Dave White and Ryan Cain for sharing their experiences with 3D printing in the classroom; Jenny Sabin for showing us her work of bio-inspired architecture; Jesse Roitenberg for enlightening us about Stratasyss involvement in education; Josh Harker and Eyal Gever for talking to us about their pioneering 3D printed art; Eduardo Napadensky, Ofer Shochet, and Daniel Dikovsky for inviting us on many visits to Objet and sharing with us the future of digital materials; Terry Wohlers for great research and analysis and sharing his data; Chuck Hull, Joe Beaman, and Carl Deckard for founding the field; Joris Peels for introducing us to Shapeways and Materialise; Michael Guslick for challenging our presumption on what should be printed; Noy and Maor Schaal for daring to make some of the first printed food in history; Franz Nigl and Jeff Lipton for designing and creating elaborate multi-material cookies. And finally, to netfabb GmbH for designing the 3D printed hamburger on this book's cover, and to Paulo Kiefe of CreativeTools for freely sharing the image. The cover photo shows an art piece designed by netfabb using Selective Space Structures. The part takes advantage of the freedom in form and function offered by additive manufacturing. By mimicking the way nature uses structures the burger combines many different types of structures in one part to achieve different properties from a basic material. The piece was built using laser sintered PA by FIT Fruth Innovative Technologien GmbH in 2009.