Feb 24
Interesting links for February 17th through February 23rd:
- Larissa Meek » Shapeways is a Breakthrough for 3D Printing and DIY Addicts. – Ooh, cool idea! If you have any mad 3D modeling skills, you can now get your virtual 3D models as actual real life items.
- Culture Warrior: The Limits of Performance – Great post about what makes a movie performance. Would Mickey Rourke have been nominated for an Oscar for his role as a washed up wrestler who makes a comeback if he wasn't a washed up actor making a comeback? Would Heath Ledger have been nominated for The Dark Knight if he hadn't died? And what makes the performance of Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button?
- The 2009 Hollywood Portfolio – Great photoshoot from Annie Leibowitz with actor and director couplings from the past year.
- Because He Could: Zelda II: Expiditio Linci – Offworld – They should translate more games into Latin!
- Barbie’s Runway: Big Hair & Lots Of Pink – Apparently the first runway show inspired by Barbie (somehow I find that hard to believe. Barbie has been around for ages and this is the first Barbie themed show? Impossible).
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February 24th, 2009 at 5:46
Thanks for the link to Shapeways. I haven’t seen a site like that, but they should be popping up with some frequency soon. At a couple of the modeler’s forums I’m on we try to keep up with this technology. There are also color 3D printers and it’s possible to even print a working tool, such as wrench. There is at least one on the market that sells for under $5000 USD. I predict in coming years low cost 3D printers will be pretty common in businesses and even homes. Instead of big box stores holding all sorts of plastic items for us to come buy, we’ll just download a pattern and print it out. I suspect that printing out an electronic hardware device might not even be beyond possibility. You might download an Iphone, parhaps.