AdamSmith Posted May 9, 2013 Posted May 9, 2013 Rather cool... 3D Print the Impossible! Turning Escher Drawings into Real 3D Models August 28, 2012 by Sam Green This video has now gone viral with over 200,000 hits on YouTube since it’s release this August. And I can see why! The researchers at the Technion – Israel’s famous Institute of Technology, have used their own Objet 3D printer to re-create the impossible Escher Drawings as real, tangible 3D models. Particularly intriguing is the 3D printed Belvedere (below), first produced as a 2D drawing in May 1958. In his original work, Escher drew a rectangular three-story building supported by a number of pillars that, at first glance, appears to be plausible. But on close inspection you see that those supporting pillars at the front appear to be supporting the back side of the top floor while those at the back appear to be supporting the front – an obvious paradox. You can see how this is solved in the “real” 3D world – by the clever manipulation of the viewer’s perspective… For more on this project see Professor Gershon Elber’s ‘Escher for Real‘ project at the Computer Science Department, Technion. Objet 3D Printed Escher Model in Rigid White Material http://blog.stratasys.com/2012/08/28/3d-print-the-impossible-turning-escher-drawings-in-real-3d-models/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=Stratasys_file&obref=ssys_list Quote
Members RA1 Posted May 9, 2013 Members Posted May 9, 2013 Cool. But a friend of mine in NZ pointed out that a gun had been printed and fired (with one bullet) from such. I replied that I considered this as similar to the gun carved out of soap by Willie Sutton (bank robber) which allowed him to get out of jail (temporarily) Still, his approach was "safer". Best regards, RA1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted May 9, 2013 Author Posted May 9, 2013 I agree with this commentary that a gun made with any of today's consumer 3D printers will almost surely blow up in the shooter's hand after a few shots, possibly on the first one. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/may/09/3d-printed-guns-user Quote
