{"id":12902,"date":"2015-04-21T10:56:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T10:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/emergentfutures-disneys-new-3d-printer\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T17:34:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:34:56","slug":"emergentfutures-disneys-new-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/emergentfutures-disneys-new-3d-printer\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12902 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/emergentfutures-disneys-new-3d-printer\/attachment\/12903\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nn2pw3LcHa1qz5ttno1_1280-100x100.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emergentfutures.tumblr.com\/post\/116989382329\/disneys-new-3d-printer-prototype-makes-huggable\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">emergentfutures<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Disney\u2019s New 3D Printer Prototype Makes Huggable Things Out Of Fabric Instead Of Hard Plastic<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Built by Disney\u2019s research lab along with researchers from Cornell and CMU, this 3D printer isn\u2019t like most printers we\u2019ve come to know. It\u2019s neither extruding melted material (like a Makerbot) or blasting a tub of goo with UV light to precisely solidify it (like a Form1). In fact, it\u2019s as much a laser cutter as it is a 3D printer.<\/p>\n<p>The machine builds the object up layer by layer by cutting shapes out of a sheet of adhesive felt, cramming\/heating each layer together as it goes. You know those 3D puzzles where you stack a bunch of sheets to eventually build a weird, blocky version of Abe Lincoln\u2019s head? It\u2019s like that, but created on the fly.<\/p>\n<p>When it\u2019s done, you get what looks like one big block \u2014 but once you tear away the extra felt bits (left in place to support the shape as it\u2019s printed), you\u2019re left with your bunny\/bird\/mostly useless wrench\/whatever.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Is it going to change the 3D printing world? Nah. The resolution of the print isn\u2019t stellar and the adhesive layers don\u2019t look durable enough for your kids to toss around. Unlike Makerbot and the rest, you probably won\u2019t see something like this built for home use any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the point \u2014 instead, like much of what Disney builds in its incredible research labs, it\u2019s mostly meant for their own uses. Think fast, easy stuffed toy prototypes.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Full Story: <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/04\/17\/disneys-new-3d-printer-prototype-makes-huggable-things-out-of-fabric-instead-of-hard-plastic\/\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An easy to miss portion of the vision is the embedding of flexible electronics into the plush toy prototypes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>emergentfutures: Disney\u2019s New 3D Printer Prototype Makes Huggable Things Out Of Fabric Instead Of Hard Plastic Built by Disney\u2019s research lab along with researchers from Cornell and CMU, this 3D printer isn\u2019t like most printers we\u2019ve come to know. It\u2019s neither extruding melted material (like a Makerbot) or blasting a tub of goo with UV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-words","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6PWot-3m6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12904,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12902\/revisions\/12904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}