Jay Leno Has Fun With 3D Printers
July 11, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Lifestyle, Printers, Transportation
We all know about Jay Leno’s collection of old cars. More interesting for gadget geeks is that he relies on a 3D scanner and printer to keep his antiques in tip-top shape.
Need a replacement part for a decades-old or exotic car? All Jay Leno does is get the part he wants to replace, and use a 3D scanner to convert into information his 3D printer understands. He then waits a few hours while the printer reproduces a plastic facsimile. After printing’s done (which can take as long as 33 hours), Leno checks if the newly-fabricated plastic part fits as a …read more
New 3D Printer Models Guarantee Geekasm
November 24, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek
Bear with me folks: if you know anything about 3D modeling, then you know how complicated that process can be, especially when it involves unorthodox shapes that aren’t easily understood by the spatial mind.
