Michael Petch's Blog, page 3
April 4, 2016
3D Printing & Education
This is a short extract from a piece I wrote about using 3D printing in the context of experiential learning and education for Autodesk’s Line Space Shape blog. Hats off to the graphic designer who created the great picture to accompany the article.
by Michael Petch, March 23, 2016.
“Within four years, 3D printing will be partially responsible for a situation in which “more than a third of the desired core skill...
January 31, 2016
3D Food Printing Conference and a New Podcast
The second edition of the 3D Food Printing Conference will take place on April 12th 2016 at Villa Flora, Venlo, The Netherlands. Last years conference brought together well-known figures in the nascent 3D Food Printing sphere including 3D food printing pioneer Dr. Jeffrey Lipton from Cornell University, Fablab representatives from Benelux and Maastricht, companies such as Foodjet and the influential think tank TNO.
Villa Flora, Venlo. Venue for 3D Printing Food Con...
January 20, 2016
3D Printing Metal: Elements of Promise?
This article reviews the 3D printing metal market and looks at current trends and recent applications before examining the barriers to further progress and what business opportunities might be available in the future.
The polymer 3D printing market, particularly the desktop segment, experienced a rapid influx of new companies during 2015. Such an oversupply of providers willbe addressed by a shakeout of weaker players and a wave of acquisition and consolidatio...
January 13, 2016
Novel Materials: 3D Printing with Nanomaterials and Ceramics
Plastics and metals are the dominant materials in the current 3D printing field. This talk looked at lesser publicized materials and related processes. Specifically, ceramics, graphene (and other nano-materials), hydro & aerogels in the context of 3D printing. The current academic research, commercial applications (and relevant patents), production of materials and the possible future developments will be reviewed with reference to independent research conducted for this presentation.
The po...
January 7, 2016
3D Printing and the Future of Food
Chapter Four
3D Printing Food: The PresentA surefire way to invoke horror and disgust in consumers is to expose one of the numerous stages in the mechanized food chain to a degree of scrutiny it does not commonly receive. Distrust of large companies and a near continuous campaign to discredit food science as either unnatural or potentially harmful has generated many meters of newsprint in r...
January 5, 2016
A better brain through tCDS neurostimulation, or marketing hype?
Are you aware of the manifold possibilities open to you?
Dial 481 to learn more.”
– Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?
Happy days are here no more.The FTC’s decision to punishbrain training app maker, Lumosity for deceptive and “unfounded” claims may bode ill for other tech companies hoping to bolster marketing efforts for tCDS with academic research.
People have been doing remarkable things – both good and bad – with electricity since Benjamin Franklin took his kite ou...
June 13, 2015
I Want My 3DP
No need to install microwave ovens, custom food printing in kitchens on delivery. Set up a 3D printer; get money for nothing and guns for free. When 3D printing began its ascent through the rarefied atmosphere of the Internet echo chamber, commenters could not resist heralding it as a multifarious panacea. Profiteers were quick to hitch their store to the bandwagon, promoting pamphlets filled with get-rich-quick schemes based around a business model that...
June 7, 2015
The Value of Bitcoin
Since Bitcoin first burst into borderline mainstream consciousness as the currency of choice for dark net drug dealers, hired guns and purveyors of nefarious items, things have changed. Marginally. The situation is reminiscent of when the early Internet was decried as the devils super highway, misunderstood as “a series of tubes” and misused to dupe the naïve. As we approach the mid-point of 2015, crypto currencies as a whole show signs they may be coming of ag...
May 25, 2015
3D Printing & The Future of Food
Grim tidings might seem to be the only thing in abundance for those with all but a passing interest in the future of food. Rioting, starvation, obesity and desertification of the environment are all indicators that something has gone wrong with the way get our food.
Although forecasts place 2050 as the date when things begin to get really bad, progress by research labs, community projects and tech companies might have the answer. This new book on 3D Printing and the future of food looks at problems facing the supply of and demand for food, and how technology might have the answer. Insight into professional and consumer level 3D printing for chefs, home cooks and those on specialist diets is provided through interviews with leading industry experts including the manufacturers of Foodini and ChefJet. Moving beyond the imminent future the era of bio-printing and cultured meat is explored. The pioneering technology in use here has applications beyond printing space pizzas, and cross pollination with medical use in disease research, cloning and regrowth of limbs is already taking place.
Future Food: How Cutting Edge Technology & 3D Printing Will Change the Way you Eat.
Future Food is a follow-up to the best selling primer “3D Printing: The Rise of the Third Industrial Revolution” from the same authors. Using academic resources and an extensive series of interviews the book covers areas including sustainability, food security, GMO and how 3D printing and additive manufacturing are in use to solve important problems in these and other fields.
Future Food: How Cutting Edge Technology & 3D Printing Will Change the Way You Eat will be published by Gyges 3D on June 16, 2015.
Praise for 3D Printing: Rise of the Third Industrial Revolution.
“an exceedingly important read—get a copy of this today, now.”
“Contains a lot of deep information.”
“I’d recommend the book to anyone who wants to understand the arguments around why 3D printing can claim to be the most important advance in technology for several 100 years and what the next 50 years might look like.”
“This enlightening book is a must-read for individuals who pride themselves on staying up to date with the latest developments in the world of technology.”
“Aaron Council and Michael Petch correctly note in this wonderful book that as the use of 3D printing technology become more commonplace, it will have far reaching impacts on manufacturers, consumers, and society in general.”
“The astounding potential of 3D printing is so wide-ranging that it is perhaps fair to assume that we’re hitting what can be considered a “singularity”.
“An easily understood, comprehensive view of 3d printing technology.”
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May 14, 2015
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