Do you remember the replicator in star trek? I’m quite shure that it will become reality soon or later. The guys from reprap for instance are developing a machine which is capable to reproduce itself. Of course not just itself but also diverse other three dimensional parts. It might take a few more years but not doubt – they are one the way.
Digital design methods offer a complete new range of tools for creativity. A nice example is the sketch furniture project by Swedish front design. Sketch a furniture within the space, record the path by motion capturing and add some third dimension. Export the production data and produce it via generative manufacturing. Viola – ready is the sketch furniture.
Looking for a cheep Rapid Prototyping machine? You can build your own for 370€. The material, sugar – sweet fluid forms, yummy!
(link from Klaus: www.bongfish.com )
Rapid technology will change our way of producing things. Generative production methods are going to herald the next industrial revolution. Design plays an important role to gaining the full potential of these technologies. Studiolibertiny exhibited in Milan, by invitation of droog design, an ironic view upon and a good understanding of the concept behind generative production. Now we know why all the bees are disappearing too – they are all producing vases via slow prototyping.
via everyoneforever
Openframeworks was create by Zach Lieberman and was taught in workshops at last years ARS Electronika. It is an easy to use C++ programming framework similar in concept to Processing . The pre-release can be downloaded here…
http://www.openframeworks.cc/download
http://www.openframeworks.cc/addons
http://www.openframeworks.cc/documentation
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