3D printing is a unique form of printing that is related to traditional rapid prototyping technology. A three dimensional object is created by layering and connecting successive cross sections of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive fabrication technologies. While prototyping dominates current uses, 3D printers offers tremendous potential for retail consumer uses.[1]

This technology is commonly used in the following industries: jewelry, footwear, industrial design, automotive and medical industries.

Imagine being able to manufacture (almost) anything from your home – or at your office; from ceramic pottery to a custom iPod case. An upcoming show at the Klein Gallery at the Science Center will feature three dimensional works of art and design created from digital data.

The FAB Show will feature several digital fabricators or ‘Fabbers’ – small, self-contained factories that can make almost anything, right on your desktop. Fabbers use 3-D printing technology to create solid objects from digital data. The FAB Show will feature two open-source Fabber projects Fab@Home and MakerBot, along with artists, designers and researchers who are currently using this technology including Sabin+Jones LabStudio, Mark Ganter and Bathsheba Grossman. Throughout the run of this exhibition there will be live demonstrations and scheduled workshops for community members to interact with this emerging technology.

I just learned that The FAB Show, an art gallery dedicated to art of 3D printing will take place from May 15th till June 3rd into Chicago. Previously, I didn’t have much knowledge of this subject, but i remember reading about a device called “the fabricator” in Popular Science many years ago. Picture a copy machine in 3D, which will allow you to replicate or fabricate anything such as : Cups, utensils, printers, in 3D! Imagine the day when being able to do this is a reality.
Examples of the following:


Award-winning architect Ammar Eloueini created this chair, called CoReFab#116, using digital animation software Softimage XSI to capture a moving image frame by frame, and then combining those frames and printing them out on a selective laser sintering machine.

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