3d printers. Overview of achievements for 2013

    Dentures for people and animals, 3D printing of space structures, food and shoes, increasing the accuracy of printing, new materials, new software.
    A bunch of projects on crowdfunding platforms.
    Well and pistols, where without them.

    China, Japan, Australia, USA, Netherlands, Africa and Haiti, it seems that 3D printing is available in all corners of the world.
    In 2014, 3D printing will go into space.
    (Review of the achievements of 3D printing 2012 the year here )
    We read what we have achieved for 2013 a year under the cut ( 54 photos ).

    January


    The Chinese printed a 5-meter one-piece titanium aircraft spare part
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    This is what a 3D laser printer looks like
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    . Selective laser sintering technology in action.
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    Smaller details.
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    Here is an airplane using parts printed on a 3D printer.
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    Hackerspace BioCurious offers everyone a self-assembly bioprinter based on HP 5150 inkje
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    (the first inscription is “ E. coli ” instead of ink ) The

    European Space Agency is experimenting with building a shelter on the moon using a 3D printer a
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    half-ton building block

    February


    A team of scientists from Scotland, for the first time using a 3D printer, prints three-dimensional tissue from stem cells.

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    The Urbee 2 machine , printed on a 3D printer, is ready for production
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    President Obama said 3D printing technology “has the potential to fundamentally change the way we produce most things.”
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    In February, the hype started with a 3doodler - a 3D pencil that can “draw in the air.”
    In a few hours, they raised more than a million dollars on kickstarter.
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    Articles on the habr about this:
    With the 3Doodler pen, you can draw three-dimensional objects right in the air
    Our answer is 3doodler. Assembled in 20 minutes
    3Doodler hurries to you! (Bonus: clone review)
    In November, the “pencil” was delivered to Russia - the first (and last) review.

    Scientists printed an artificial ear.
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    Nike presented the world's first boots printed on a 3D printer
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    4-D printing. Self-Transforming Objects TED 4-D
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    March


    The Singapore government intends to invest $ 500 million in the development of the 3D printing industry.
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    3D printing allows you to create low-cost implants taking into account the anatomical features of patients.
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    83-year-old inventor won $ 40,000 in a competition for his do-it-yourself extruder
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    April


    Scientists from Oxford University said that their 3D printer is capable of creating materials with some properties of living tissue
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    A 3D scanner has been created that can receive images from a distance of 1 km. The
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    Chinese government intends to invest $ 6.5M in the development of 3D printing technologies.
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    GE prints fuel nozzles for aircraft engines.
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    May


    The Liberator pistol: 100 thousand downloads in two days. The
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    printed ear is capable of picking up radio frequencies.
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    NASA allocated a grant of $ 125K for the development of a food 3D printer for astronauts who will fly into outer space
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    Saved the life of a child by printing a trachea
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    NASA plans to send a 3D printer to the ISS in August 2014
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    Japanese printed a bacterium-sized carbon bunny
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    Chinese showed the largest detail for a combat aircraft printed on a 3D printer
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    June


    The British government is investing £ 14.7m in projects related to 3D printing. “Artificial bone” is

    created from polymers . Its strength is 22 times higher than the strength of the composite component. Microsoft has integrated support for 3D printers in Windows 8.1. A foot was printed for a wounded duck.
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    July


    MIT develops software to simplify working with composite materials
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    British children will study robotics and 3D printing from 5 years old
    Article in Telegraph

    August



    The engine for missiles printed on a 3D printer passed the NASA test, which was the starting point for many innovations to reduce the cost of manufacturing spare parts.
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    Scientists from Melbourne proposed a technology that allows you to grow “own cartilage” for the knee joint from stem cells using a 3D printer.
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    Scientists from MIT developed lightweight structure , the smallest details of which can be printed on a 3D printer and assembled like a LEGO constructor. The intended use is in the construction of aircraft, spaceships, dams and bridges.
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    The world's first full-scale architectural installation of Echoviren
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    September


    Breakthrough technology - printing with dissimilar materials, both organic and inorganic materials: ceramics, metal, plastic and even biological cells.
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    Disney developers have introduced software that will allow you to create and print mechanical toys
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    3D printer for $ 100
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    on a 3D printer - The Peachy Printer

    Scientists from Australia created a model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa using a hand-held 3D scanner
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    Scientists from the Netherlands created reproductions of paintings by Rembrandt and Van Gogh using a 3D scanner and a 3D printer
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    October


    Britain allocated a grant of £ 500K to equip 60 schools with 3D printers
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    HP plans in mid-2014 to enter the 3D printing market
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    Scientists have discovered that 3D components can use natural components (vitamin B2) to create implants
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    In Haiti, a 3D printer appeared
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    Microsoft offered technology which can turn any smartphone into a 3D scanner
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    November


    A program for encrypting 3D models has been released.
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    Gelatin bio ink for organ printing.
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    The world's first all-metal gun printed on a 3D printer.
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    Scientists printed 20 layers of liver tissue, which lived for 40 days.
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    Revolution in the textile industry.


    Desktop 3D printer printing with metal.
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    Progress in lithium production ion batteries using 3D printers.
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    Batteries can now be smaller than a grain of sand and thinner than a human hair. They can be used in implants and insect robots.

    December


    3D printer printing with metal for $ 1,500
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    BioPen surgical 3D printer allows you to "print" tissue directly during the operation
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    Epson President: " Home 3D-printing with plastic has no great future "
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