Comments on: How to print 3D microstructures in seconds http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds Accelerating Intelligence Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-33141 Bri Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:39:59 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-33141 The picture is upside down! The picture is upside down!

]]> By: kwolph http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-33102 kwolph Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:42:37 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-33102 This is powerful information that I enjoyed reading. Here is an easy infographic for further research worth checking out on nanotechnology in medicine. Thank you again for the good read! http://www.keithley.com/knowledgecenter/How-Nanotechnology-Could-Reengineer-Us This is powerful information that I enjoyed reading. Here is an easy infographic for further research worth checking out on nanotechnology in medicine. Thank you again for the good read!

http://www.keithley.com/knowledgecenter/How-Nanotechnology-Could-Reengineer-Us

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-33063 Bri Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-33063 Another area of research that this should turbocharge is in kidney and spleen replacement. Another area of research that this should turbocharge is in kidney and spleen replacement.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-33062 Bri Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:32:07 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-33062 I think Rays graphs take this into account. We may have log jambs at different periods of time, but innovation is a lot like a stream. It will pool up till the forces make it go around or bust through. On the chart it appears as events above and below the general curve. There is a definite impeading force now from industries trying to protect their investments and returns. It's a relatively new phenomena because of things like lobbying, but nobody can stop progress. As things speed up there will be a greater push to implement more quickly. I think Rays graphs take this into account. We may have log jambs at different periods of time, but innovation is a lot like a stream. It will pool up till the forces make it go around or bust through. On the chart it appears as events above and below the general curve. There is a definite impeading force now from industries trying to protect their investments and returns. It’s a relatively new phenomena because of things like lobbying, but nobody can stop progress. As things speed up there will be a greater push to implement more quickly.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-33060 Bri Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:23:56 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-33060 Now that is miraculous! Think of veterans, firefighters, accident victims, birth defects! It goes on and on! Now that is miraculous! Think of veterans, firefighters, accident victims, birth defects! It goes on and on!

]]> By: asiwel http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32957 asiwel Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:01:25 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32957 Actually, I think that this is certainly becoming a bigger and bigger issue and not simply because we (the consumer audience) are impatient or over-optomistic. Past directors of NIH and NSF are on record as complaining about the delay in the return on tax-payer investment in research, particularly in the area of cancer research. Every article ends with a caveat - "wait 5-10 more years". But the fact is that time does pass and things do pay off, For instance, finally the amazing payoff of anti-malaria drug research in Africa this year - anticipated by an article in Scientific American, I think, about 5 years ago .. which of course ended "wait 5 years." The wait appears to be sure worth it! I think the "acceleration" everyone expects is already clearly noticeable and the "economy" will begin to deliver over the next four years, no matter the politics .... Actually, I think that this is certainly becoming a bigger and bigger issue and not simply because we (the consumer audience) are impatient or over-optomistic. Past directors of NIH and NSF are on record as complaining about the delay in the return on tax-payer investment in research, particularly in the area of cancer research. Every article ends with a caveat – “wait 5-10 more years”. But the fact is that time does pass and things do pay off, For instance, finally the amazing payoff of anti-malaria drug research in Africa this year – anticipated by an article in Scientific American, I think, about 5 years ago .. which of course ended “wait 5 years.” The wait appears to be sure worth it! I think the “acceleration” everyone expects is already clearly noticeable and the “economy” will begin to deliver over the next four years, no matter the politics ….

]]> By: Vlad http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32821 Vlad Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:05:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32821 'One of the biggest hurdles is the vascularization.' You should read this research paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/12/13/1115973108.abstract So this dextran hydrogel is able to completely regenerate skin wounds (full thickness skin excisions), completely prevents scar formation and it can create complex skin structures such as vascular networks, sebaceous glands and hair follicles and can do it without stem cells, cytokines or growth factors! Just like magic! ‘One of the biggest hurdles is the vascularization.’

You should read this research paper:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/12/13/1115973108.abstract
So this dextran hydrogel is able to completely regenerate skin wounds (full thickness skin excisions), completely prevents scar formation and it can create complex skin structures such as vascular networks, sebaceous glands and hair follicles and can do it without stem cells, cytokines or growth factors! Just like magic!

]]> By: melajara http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32818 melajara Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:40:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32818 I would not be so optimistic here. I had a small talk today with one person coordinating financing for EPFL projects and she spontaneously wondered about the amount of stunning research results which don't manifest downstream to products, or do it so late (5 to 10 years). Please, notice that she said that from the vantage point of view of a top notch public research facility (kurzweilai is regularly reporting from EPFL) from the top productive country in the world! (see http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_CountryProfilHighlights_2011-12.pdf) It struck a chord with me. Actually, I don't think there is any acceleration from proof of concept to commercial product launch time. In critical sectors there is even braking from powerful lobbies abusing their dominant position in the market to fight innovations i.e. not doing so by better counter-innovations but by issuing patents wars. Nothing new here but lobbying, greed and corruption are globally more powerful than ever! However, I would love to be proved wrong here. Maybe Ray could shed a light on this (non?) issue? I would not be so optimistic here.

I had a small talk today with one person coordinating financing for EPFL projects and she spontaneously wondered about the amount of stunning research results which don’t manifest downstream to products, or do it so late (5 to 10 years).

Please, notice that she said that from the vantage point of view of a top notch public research facility (kurzweilai is regularly reporting from EPFL) from the top productive country in the world! (see http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_CountryProfilHighlights_2011-12.pdf)

It struck a chord with me. Actually, I don’t think there is any acceleration from proof of concept to commercial product launch time.

In critical sectors there is even braking from powerful lobbies abusing their dominant position in the market to fight innovations i.e. not doing so by better counter-innovations but by issuing patents wars.
Nothing new here but lobbying, greed and corruption are globally more powerful than ever!

However, I would love to be proved wrong here.
Maybe Ray could shed a light on this (non?) issue?

]]> By: alliwant http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32792 alliwant Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:30:59 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32792 Anyone looked into growing replacement heart valves via a similar approach? Replacement valves that don't require blood thinners could be a great advance. Anyone looked into growing replacement heart valves via a similar approach? Replacement valves that don’t require blood thinners could be a great advance.

]]> By: GatorALLin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32765 GatorALLin Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:34:49 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32765 cool to think they are looking at 3d printing from all angles, both mini and huge. Thought this idea to build a house with 3d or additive printing was cool. Maybe we just need to ship to Mars some 3d printing robots that turn the soil into building blocks and so they can start building things now.... then be ready for us when we figure out how to get humans there next... Love this thinking in all extremes ... here is the house 3d printing link for fun. http://youtu.be/JdbJP8Gxqog cool to think they are looking at 3d printing from all angles, both mini and huge. Thought this idea to build a house with 3d or additive printing was cool. Maybe we just need to ship to Mars some 3d printing robots that turn the soil into building blocks and so they can start building things now…. then be ready for us when we figure out how to get humans there next… Love this thinking in all extremes …

here is the house 3d printing link for fun. http://youtu.be/JdbJP8Gxqog

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32718 Bri Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:36:04 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32718 At the speed of development we are currently experiencing, this stuff will be here before the end of the decade. Think of it in relation to lab grown meat. One of the biggest hurdles is the vascularization. Seed this with those peptide protein cues and it will replace the polymers with cells in no time! At the speed of development we are currently experiencing, this stuff will be here before the end of the decade. Think of it in relation to lab grown meat. One of the biggest hurdles is the vascularization. Seed this with those peptide protein cues and it will replace the polymers with cells in no time!

]]> By: Jules Ruis http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-print-3d-microstructures-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-32711 Jules Ruis Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:17:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=163234#comment-32711 A good alternative is using Fractal Trigeometry. For more information see: www.fractal.org A good alternative is using Fractal Trigeometry.

For more information see: http://www.fractal.org

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