Notes concerning “Digital fabrication”
Polycaprolactone
2007 to 2009 (3 minutes)
Predictions for future technological development (2008)
2008-04-19 (11 minutes)
Review notes for Chris Anderson’s “Makers”
2013-05-17 (5 minutes)
Making a mechanical state machine via sheet cutting
2014-04-24 (updated 2015-09-03) (7 minutes)
Heat exchangers modeled on retia mirabilia might reach 4 TW/m³
2014-07-16 (updated 2019-08-21) (14 minutes)
We should use end-to-end optimization algorithms for 3-D printing design
2015-09-03 (14 minutes)
A hand-powered computer?
2015-09-03 (updated 2017-07-19) (11 minutes)
Exponential technology and capital
2016-02-18 (updated 2017-07-19) (8 minutes)
String cutting cardboard
2016-06-30 (5 minutes)
Flux deposition for 3-D printing in glass and metals
2016-07-03 (15 minutes)
2016 outlook for automated fabrication and 3-D printing
2016-08-11 (20 minutes)
Sun cutter
2016-09-06 (9 minutes)
Filling hollow FDM things with other materials
2016-09-07 (5 minutes)
Laser ablation of zinc or pewter for printed circuit boards
2016-09-19 (4 minutes)
3-D printing glass with continuously varying refractive indices for optics without internal surfaces
2016-10-06 (3 minutes)
Hot air ice shaping
2016-10-06 (4 minutes)
Topics to study in 2016
2016-10-27 (updated 2016-11-15) (37 minutes)
Servoing a V-plotter with a webcam?
2017-02-16 (3 minutes)
3-D printing by flux deposition
2017-02-24 (updated 2019-07-27) (21 minutes)
Ideas to explore
2017-05-29 (3 minutes)
Approaches to 3-D printing in sandstone
2017-08-03 (5 minutes)
Hammering toolhead
2017-08-18 (6 minutes)
Laser cut next step
2018-04-27 (updated 2018-04-30) (7 minutes)
Friction-cutting plastic
2019-02-25 (8 minutes)
Single-point incremental forming of aluminum foil
2019-03-11 (updated 2019-06-10) (14 minutes)
Maximal-flexibility designs for printable building blocks
2019-04-20 (18 minutes)
Plastic cutters
2019-04-20 (5 minutes)
Cold plasma oxidation
2019-05-01 (updated 2019-08-21) (7 minutes)
Some extensions of William Beaty’s scratch holograms
2019-07-11 (9 minutes)