Major 3D Printing Milestone: Stereo Lithography Devices at a Consumer Price-Point
The Form 1 is a desktop-sized machine that creates professional-grade, light-cured 3-D prints, Wired reports.
Their prototype units are fully functional and Formlabs will finance manufacturing via a Kickstarter campaign that broke their $100,000 target in 2.5 hours. Initial backers will be able to pre-order the Form 1 for $2,299 (only 25 will be available at this price); additional units are priced at $2499 and $2699, based on order of contribution. Actual market pricing has not yet been released.
(via At last: a low-cost, professional-grade light-based 3D printer | KurzweilAI)
MIT Engineers Use Metamaterials, NASA Tech to Create the Perfect Dress Shirt
The team, Ministry of Supply, is taking donations via Kickstarter for their Apollo line of dress shirts, which use phase-change materials to absorb heat from your body to cool you off when it’s hot, then release it when things cool down. It’s similar to technology used in NASA-approved spacesuits.
The shirts keep sweat and moisture off of you, and use an anti-microbial coating to keep you smelling fresh. The shirt has been a hit on Kickstarter so far, blowing past its initial goal of $30,000. To keep the funding rolling in, the team has been offering incentives, like new colors or patterns for reaching certain goals. At last count they were at more than $178,000.
(via Video: MIT Alumni Bring Spacesuit Tech to Temperature-Regulating Dress Shirts | Popular Science)
