This is not a pipe, but it can hold one.

Cariband case for iPhone 5, holds stuff. Available at my shop Object Theory at Shapeways.com.

Not a spray, but holds hare...Cariband iPhone 5 case

available at objecttheory.net design by me, David Tsai

Have you ever forgot to bring your iPhone charger?

Cariband case for iPhone 5, available at ObjectTheory.net

Cariband 3d printed case for iPhone 5, available in blue!

ever misplace your square? or ear buds? Cariband holds stuff. available at www.objecttheory.net

Tiny Robotic Insects,...the future is gaining on us

article

Tube Map by Kyle Bean

Kyle Bean is awesome. More at feeldesain

BIG manifesto

here

Looking forward to seeing Iron Man 3!

When things get out of hand, Hold your horses!

Cariband 3d printed case for iPhone 5, holds stuff. Available in the store Object Theory at Shapeways, designed by David Tsai.

Cariband, holds your hand, for handless iPhone holding

available in many colors at object theory, my store in shapeways.

Got your keys? Cariband holds them.

available at Object Theory.

I've opened a shop on Shapeways called Object Theory, check it out!

objecttheory.net

Cariband holds business cards

printed and available in my store Object Theory at Shapeways.

Cariband, 3d printed case for iPhone 5, Holds Stuff

I've been working on a 3d printed project and I just finished! Here are the first few pictures of it, Cariband. The thing is the iPhone 5 can do some pretty amazing things, however, it can't hold even the smallest piece of paper. Cariband helps to hold those things we carry with us daily, ID, credit card, cash and lunch order number. I opened a shop on Shapeways called Object Theory, where it is available, check it out!

Microgrippers, untethered microscopic biopsy surgical tool

send in the grippers, they attach to tissue samples, use magnet to draw them back out. amazing. more here

Timberjack...interesting...and a bit terrifying at the same time

Algae and Nanocellulose...

Nanocellulose for material to build and as fuel, sounds like superbamboo! Video via yahoo and abc news.

Jet Surfing, no waves, no problem

COMAN bipedal robot by the Italian Institute of Technology

Sawyer Lowrider bicycle by Jurgen Kuipers, nice

more

Petman by Boston Dynamics (who brought us 'big dog')...robots...oh boy, here they come...

Lifeguard Drone

via PopSci

3d Play Doh printer...this is getting ridiculous....

via inhabitat

Robotic Butcher...robots, they are coming...they are here

popular science article

Sewn Porcelain, Li Xiao Feng...wow

more here

Scott Summit, 3d printing, Beautiful Artificial Limbs

TEDx talk

Ships and Tides better than Nuclear Power?

more here

Photon 3d scanner @ indiegogo...Support!!

3d printing a 3d printer that prints a 3d printer...

...allllmooost...

3d printed food? Star Trek's food replicator is getting closer...

via Popular Mechanics

Hyper Real animation and the "uncanny valley"

Is it real or is it animation?...we're beginning to cross the valley...future soon. Article via NPR "Is it Real?" Test Renders:

Flexible Material for 3d Print via Materialize....what???!!!

Capturing the energy of youth...via swings

Moradavaga swing set installation

Scott Summit, The Future of 3d printing (from 3 years ago) nice overview

3d ceramic printing at Shapeways

just what I was looking for!

3d Printing Ceramics

more recent guidelines for 3d printing ceramic, dated January 2013 via 3ders.com

Caltech develops Self-Healing microchips...the future comes closer...

Incredible. via Inhabitat, more here

GOOD VIBRATIONS STORAGE UNIT BY FERRUCCIO LAVIANI

awesome. via mocoloco, more here

Electronic Tatoo

as a possible means to track effects of daily life, among other things. more here.

Amazing sculptures by Takahiro Iwasaki

more at This Is Colossal

Mechanical Principles by Ralph Steiner, 1930

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an impassioned plea for our future

I love Dr. Neil Tyson Degrasse, opening our eyes to the truth

well, here's one way 3d printing is growing...

article @ inhabitat

3d printing infographic...so where are we in terms of evolution of this technology?

The graphic is here, too big for me to post here, really great comparisons and informative.

3D printing Reality check...thoughts and an article on Yahoo

Relevant article on 3d printing. Right now there's A LOT of excitement about it, and "isn't it cool". In fact, yes, I AM EXCITED by it! It's like it's saying to me as a designer, "I'll make (almost)anything you can design, work 24/7, and make it accessible to anyone around the world. You concentrate on the design and I'll make it and distribute it (Shapeways, iMaterialize, Ponoko, Cube3D, Sculpteo) for you." What?!!! I'm on it!!

Of course, everything that glitters is not gold and there are some things you need to be careful of: the fidelity/part finish/surface quality (dependent on process and material, sla, sls, fdm, the cost(small objects, OK, big objects, big cost), material limitations and time to receive object (days to weeks).

OK, yes, it's pretty amazing what you can do with it, a person's head, a tool...but, those are just things. Yes, it's cool you can print that, but that wears quickly. What's not readily apparent is "What is the scenario, what program, what object TYPE, so that it becomes necessary or common place"? I've been thinking about this, and this article caught my eye because it's the same question I'm trying to answer. What's needed is a new program, a new object type that captilizes on 3d printing's form creation strength, yet also realistically deals with its weakness of cost, speed, limited materials, surface details, fidelity, or makes it these issues irrelevant. A new technology should yield a new type of form/application, it shouldn't just try to copy other objects. Which is THE problem right now when shown some samples, those things are things that already exist and I can buy it cheaper and stronger than that print. To be fair, there are other examples shown that cannot be made traditionally (crazy gears) but to be fair, they also don't show an application for that either. One or the other (already known object that has function or crazy cool only can be 3d printed but has no program, unfortunately, you need BOTH (amazing form/object, that is functional).

One industry that has fully embraced it is hearing aids. Apparently, 90% are 3d printed. 3d printing makes sense AND is profitable. I'm all wild eyed about it, but it's really critical and necessary to discipline the "isn't this cool" with, this is how it will be realistically possible and sustainable.

Water from air from a billboard

Articulated 3d Print Gown by Michael Shmidt Studios

Wealth in America, by the numbers

The object of design is not always physical, systems,like economy (i would argue) are in fact, "designed". This video reveals the perception and reality of money in America. It's shocking.

Big dog, by Boston Dynamics, can throw cinderblocks...uh oh

Robotic mule, that can throw rocks. Whoa nelly...

Hal Exoskeleton gets International Safety Certificate

Exoskeletons, closer and closer...article at PopSci

Myo Gesture Control Armband

via Uncrate, more here

V3 Solar, solar energy cheaper than coal!

(Super)capacitor: recharge a car in minutes, compost the battery...?!!

Redesigning Google

Man, google apps have been really quite nice recently...well, here's why...

3doodler, sketch in 3d!

Back it at Kickstarter! A fundamentally different way to create objects, vs. modeling vs. cutting vs. sculpting vs. drawing. Here it is. Eager to play with it. Fantastic tool!

Spaceship Earth...

we're on it together, connected by, affected by each others actions...beautiful movie

Mike Friton, Innovator

designed shoes for nike, sculptor, weaver, runner....

Intelligent Pencil, beautiful

follow on tumblr

A whole new meaning to printing on/with paper...MCOR 3d printers

please be available in america soon!

Li Hong Bo, "Pure White Paper"...incredible

Kinetic Flight Ring

beautiful

Magical Cars of Renaud Marion, "Air Drive"

via core77 Renaud's site

the future that we thought would be here by now

Moon, as building material

Architects at Foster + Partners teams with the European Space Agency to 3d print buildings on the moon! more at inhabitat

Beijing air, bad...scary

what to do?

Beijing air Bad, Chen Guang Biao's canned air...Good!H

Huffington Post article and video The Atlantic Journal-Constitution article/video

Beijing air, Bad. Matt Hope, Breathing Bike, Good!

Bike that cleans the air as he rides! Nice

TED, like Octopus are Awesome

Modibot by Go, Go, Dynamo!

poseable, interchangeable parts/characters...Modibot!

Pascal Howe "the worker"...a lamp

more here

Iris Van Herpen is AMAZING, 3d print dresses at Paris Fashion Week

Iris Van Herpen teaming with iMaterialize at Paris Fashion Week article on core77

Universe Architecture to 3D print this building...and Charles Eames

more at inhabitat as amazing as 3d printing is, I'm a bit fearful of the things that will done, simply because they can be done. it's too easy. Charles Eames wrote about this. He spoke about how the more difficult the material (in shaping) resulted in a more beautiful object, because the formal move becomes much more considered. It's like the energy taken to come to the decision is reflected by the energy needed to complete the move. Considered form.

Taylor | Simpson MONIKER handle bars

Taylor | Simpson

Fruit Salad Tree...what?

(must...buy)...6 fruits, one tree...fruit salad tree