Re: Three-D printing Thumbnails
Re: Three-D printing Thumbnails There are a few products on the market that approach something like that, for example the inFORM M.I.T. prototype, which is essentially a mechanized Pinscreen connected to a computer interface. It would effectively create a tactile surface allowing you to feel varying shapes and contours dynamically, not unlike the Braille Tablets currently in development, but with greater depth.Of course, there's not really much stopping someone from 3D printing objects too, but there are a few caveats with that. First is the cost of Filament for actually fabricating the object, which depending on the size could cost anywhere from 5 to 15 dollars. Another issue is complexity, as even if you 3D print an object some assembly of complex components, or the assembly including third party components that can't be printed, would be required. The third issue is time, most 3D printers are still paintfully slow, and would take a number of hours to complete a build, and even then many times the pieces would have to be cleaned and hollowed out because of the vertical printing nature of most 3D printers, assembly of components would likely add to this time as well.There are a few improvements on way though, a new Terminator method of 3D printing for example which is much faster, more accurate, and less wasteful with material. Using something like that I could easily see prototypes being fabricated quickly and easily. The only question then is how often would you need to prototype, for example if you have any existing prototypes around, or how easy it is to recycle the resin. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256130#p256130 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Three-D printing Thumbnails
2016-04-05
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AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Green Gables Fan via Audiogames-reflector
Three-D printing Thumbnails Hello y'all,I cannot remember if this was something I had read in an article several years ago, or if it was something I had made up entirely. Sometimes, we have feelings of deja vu, and other times, we engage in cryptomnesia, when we unconsciously plagiarise other people's ideas and claiming them as one's own.So I was talking to my friend about how frustraiting it is to buy an Amazon product without being able to feel them. When we go to a store, we can feel the product(s) that we are about to buy, whereas with Amazon, you can't do that. That's the part that made me think of something I think I had come across before. It talked about how people could put their hands inside a box and they could touch the object. It was some kind of advanced haptic feedback technology I think. But while I was thinking about this, however, I also wondered if it was possible to 3D print a small model of the product so you could feel it, and you could decide if tha t's what you wanted to buy.Any thoughts? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=256079#p256079 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
