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We will debut our second Kinematics Dress at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. The dress will be on display in Autodesk‘s booth and we will be around to discuss the project. For the second dress, we managed to reduce the size of the hinge joint allowing for 1,000 more unique panels, making it lighter weight and more flexible.
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This custom-fit dress is composed of more than 3,000 unique interconnected parts which were 3D printed as a single folded piece. While each component is rigid, in aggregate, they behave as a continuous fabric allowing the dress to flexibly conform and fluidly flow in response to body movement. Unlike traditional fabric, this textile is not uniform; it varies in rigidity, drape, flex, porosity and pattern through space. The entire piece is customizable, from fit and style to flexibility and pattern, with the Kinematics Cloth app for clothing design.
3,212 panels connected by 4,709 hinges
3D-printed nylon by SLS
printed by Shapeways NY
sponsored by Autodesk
Target keeps signing new leases for its flexible format stores in New York City. This 21,000 sq. ft Target in the Forest Hills neighborhood in Queens was the first Flex store to open in NYC last year. The store is split over 2 levels with a small escalator connecting both levels. It was previously a Barnes & Noble.
Most of the ground floor is taken by apparel and checkout with a CVS pharmacy, pantry, tech and toys on the second level. There is a Starbucks adjacent to the Target (also there when the store was Barnes & Noble) which has an internal entrance from Target.
Within the past year, three Target flex stores (as well as one full-line location) have opened within NYC, with 4 more planned over the next 12 months. With Walmart basically locked out by the city council from building any stores within the New York City borders, Kmart and Target have the city to themselves (along with the many smaller, local discounters). A massive 140,000 sq. ft. Kmart is about 2 miles away from this Target in Middle Village, Queens.
Just this month, it was announced that one of Kmart's 7 city stores is closing and Target probably wants to get as many Flex stores open before Walmart grabs one of Kmart's 6 remaining NYC leases when it finally goes down for good.
ODC: Flexible
Life is much easier if you bend with the things that come your way. I always have to remind myself of this.
"A bruised reed He will not break......" Is. 42:3
Thank you to SkeletalMess for the texture (Brownie Mix).
I was watching Homes under the Hammer one day, trapped inside as a result of torrential snowfall, and they were looking at a terraced house in a bland northern town. That's what inspired me to create a terraced house, but a fundamental problem with building dozens of houses to the same plans is that houseowners feel a lack of individuality if their house is the same as every else's.
So how do we fix that? Well, we provide flexibility, for a start. The basement floor has two walls which can be moved along channels in the floor so the floor plan can be rearranged not just for each house, but whenever the houseowner wants. All sorts of different rooms and divided rooms can be created by simply moving these two walls.
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Tough flexible soles shaped by nature. I have found the more I walk barefoot the more my feet blend with nature. It's an amazing thing to feel the earth beneath bare soles. Come on everyone, go enjoy a barefoot walk!!
I wish I could hug a tree like that !
What can I say, thanks again Katja!
I messed up the format which is annoying. I forgot to move away further so that I would be able to get a square crop. Hmmm ... quite upsetting especially because I like this image a lot!
Designed by Hideo Komatsu.
I used Stradream paper to fold theses 4 catterpillars.
Each is from a rectangle of paper. The green ones are the exact starting size as it is shown in the diagram,while the other two are from longer rectangles.
Very fun origami model ,and it is very flexible too.
3D printing has broken free of its novelty nature and is becoming the tool of choice to replace many traditionally complex and labour intensive tasks, thanks in no small part to the capabilities of the various materials now being commonly used.
Koenigsegg are currently using 3D printing technology to produce a variable speed turbo charger in stainless steel and currently use these in their production super-cars. These turbos proved difficult to cast using traditional methods, but by utilising an additive manufacturing process, these units are now printed with the internal parts completed within the unit at time of print.
NASA have successfully test fired a new 3D printed rocket-engine fuel injector. The injector replaced an earlier unit comprised of 115 different parts. The replacement 3D printed unit has 2 parts and is had only two parts and represents a simplified design which was not available using traditional manufacturing techniques.
Anecdotally these examples show how leaders in their respective fields are benefiting from the adoption of additive manufacturing techniques. Laser based 3D printing systems are now capable of working with various metals at commercial levels, including titanium, nickel, stainless steel, and aluminium to name but a few. Many of these metals suffer little in the way of tensile or yield strengths in comparison to the annealed counterparts.
When added to the high accuracy nylon available from laser based systems, and the plethora or materials available for use in FDM printing, some customers can find themselves facing a wider choice of materials than they may have expected. Highlights of FDM materials include compositions using carbon-fibre, titanium, cobalt, bronze and wood, as well as more traditional materials such as flexible rubber, low cost PLA and even some fully recycled filaments.
form 3d services ltd was formed in June 2014. we are specialists in additive manufacturing and 3d print solutions.
our goal is to provide high-end, high value outcomes to suit the project requirements of our customers
based in north east scotland, form 3d have nearly 40 years combined experience in the engineering and oil and gas
sectors. combined with our extensive experience in additive manufacturing, we believe this puts us in a strong
position to partner with all industries and educational establishments
through collaboration with our clients we aim to enhance the customer experience and subsequent deliveries by
understanding their business and products, and offering advice on how projects can be best served by the additive
manufacturing industry
options to further augment certain products may include lighting and simulation effects, local web servers via
embedded wi-fi hotspots, or intelligent assessment to allow models to react to changes in their environment
all products are offered a range of plastics and metals and in a variety of finish qualities. parts are protected by
suitable lacquer products where applicable. colours are customer defined and may be chosen to suit model context
or custom mixed to match company branding, as required
Story and Style Card available on my blog, Three Twisted Knots, at threetwistedknots.com/2018/08/19/the-appearance-of-fitness/
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"It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible"
Part of my entry for the flexible figs contest. This poor minifig is being distracted by the gremlin in the window.
A gremlin ate my homework!!
Click some great pictures and with the Flexible Mini Tripod for Go Pro. Fix the tripod on any surface from a tree bark to a flat surface. The legs are flexible and can be used to hold the camera. It is best suited for the Go Pro, but can also fit any other action cameras.
You need more...
for the 5 layer Topic at DLP;
for the challange at art-journal-journey.blogspot.de/2015/03/032015-things-wit...;
This acrobatic art project is not only about the beauty of the body, but also about the beauty of the spirit, the willpower of the individual. That sometimes it is not easy to become so flexible. This is actually work, hard daily work, which ultimately gives the desired result and aesthetics for the eyes and soul.
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