Fabricated
The New World of 3D Printing
Published on 8. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-118-35063-8 (ISBN)
Description
Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into schools, kitchens, hospitals, even onto the fashion catwalk. Fabricated describes our emerging world of printable products, where people design and 3D print their own creations as easily as they edit an online document.
A 3D printer transforms digital information into a physical object by carrying out instructions from an electronic design file, or 'blueprint.' Guided by a design file, a 3D printer lays down layer after layer of a raw material to 'print' out an object. That's not the whole story, however. The magic happens when you plug a 3D printer into today's mind-boggling digital technologies. Add to that the Internet, tiny, low cost electronic circuitry, radical advances in materials science and biotech and voila! The result is an explosion of technological and social innovation.
Fabricated takes the reader onto a rich and fulfilling journey that explores how 3D printing is poised to impact nearly every part of our lives.
Aimed at people who enjoy books on business strategy, popular science and novel technology, Fabricated will provide readers with practical and imaginative insights to the question 'how will this technology change my life?' Based on hundreds of hours of research and dozens of interviews with experts from a broad range of industries, Fabricated offers readers an informative, engaging and fast-paced introduction to 3D printing now and in the future.
Reviews / Votes
'It's well-written, and with chapters like "Digital cuisine", "Ownership, safety and new legal frontiers" and "A factory in the classroom", the book holds much promise. I put it like that because I haven't actually read it yet! I've literally just started on it, and thought I would take the opportunity to give you the heads-up on it.' (ICTinEducation.org, June 2013) 'This engaging book takes the reader on a journey that explores how 3D printing will impact our lives. Fabricated is ideal if you're interested in integrating 3D printing into your work, but are not experts in design software.' (Design Talks, August 2013)More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-35063-8 (9781118350638)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
01/2013
Wiley
€17.99
Available for download
E-Book
01/2013
Wiley
€17.99
Available for download
Persons
Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman put innovative technologies into context. Lipson is a leading researcher and speaker on 3D printing, digital materials, and the transformative power of intelligent machines. His lab at Cornell University has pioneered interdisciplinary research in 3D printing, product design, artificial intelligence, and smart materials. Kurman is an author and technology analyst who covers game-changing technologies in language that intelligent (and busy) non-experts can understand.
Content
Preface xiii
Chapter 1: Everything is becoming science fiction 1
Chapter 2: A machine that can make almost anything 7
Printing three-dimensional things 11
The ten principles of 3D printing 20
Chapter 3: Nimble manufacturing: Good, fast, and cheap 25
Somewhere between mass production and the local farmer's market 27
The blank canvas of the 21st century 35
Chapter 4: Tomorrow's economy of printable products 45
Like ants with factories 46
The experience economy 51
A future economy of printable products 56
Chapter 5: Printing in layers 65
A manufacturing process at heart 65
Two families of printers 68
Cleaning up design files 77
The raw materials 81
Chapter 6: Design software, the digital canvas 85
A word processor for drawing 85
Today's design software 91
What you design is not (necessarily) what you print 100
The next generation of design software: digital capture 102
Chapter 7: Bioprinting in "living ink" 105
The printer of youth 105
Tissue engineering 111
CAD for the body 120
The future 124
Chapter 8: Digital cuisine 129
Digital gastronomy 130
Feeding the quantified self 142
Processed food 144
Chapter 9: A factory in the classroom 153
Make to learn: Children's engineering 154
Not a national crisis. . . but learning should be enjoyable 161
Now let's see you draw that abstract equation on a graph 166
Barriers to classroom adoption 171
The road ahead 173
Chapter 10: Unleashing a new aesthetic 175
Computers that act like nature 176
Printing wavy walls and custom gargoyles 191
Chapter 11: Green, clean manufacturing 197
A tale of two plastic toys 200
Greener manufacturing 202
3D printing a more beautiful landfi ll 206
Chapter 12: Ownership, safety, and new legal frontiers 217
Printing weapons, drugs, and shoddy products 218
Rip, mix, and burn physical things 224
Exclusivity vs. the freedom to innovate 230
Chapter 13: Designing the future 241
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. 241
A bicycle for our imagination 243
The language of shapes 252
Changing the shape of design tools 260
Chapter 14: The next episode of 3D printing 263
The three episodes of 3D printing 265
Cofabrication of multiple materials 266
Moving from printing passive parts to active systems 271
The final episode--from analog to digital 275
Machines making machines 280
References 283
Index 291