[Todos] [Todos-dm] Fwd: Low-Cost 3D printing: Free Book from ICTP, Trieste, Italy

[Carlos Cabrelli]

Para los que quieran saber que es 3-D printing, este video puede ser de
interes:

http://www.wimp.com/printingchange/



Carlos Cabrelli
cabrelli en dm.uba.ar


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Alicia Dickenstein <alidick en dm.uba.ar>wrote:

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> From:  <sdu en ictp.it>
> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM
> Subject: Low-Cost 3D printing: Free Book from ICTP, Trieste, Italy
> To: alidick en dm.uba.ar
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>                            PRESS RELEASE
>                    A Guide to the Third Dimension
>
> ICTP SCIENTISTS PUBLISH FREE DOWNLOADABLE BOOK ON LOW-COST 3D PRINTING
>
> (Trieste, Italy, 29 April 2013) -The Abdus Salam International Centre for
> Theoretical Physics (ICTP) announces the release of a free, downloadable
> book on a new technology that has the potential to revolutionize science,
> education and sustainable development: three-dimensional (3D) printing.
>
> The book, titled "Low-cost 3D Printing for Science, Education and
> Sustainable
> Development", offers a practical guide to this rapidly evolving technology,
> giving an overview of current research on the topic and its uses in science
> education. It was compiled and edited by ICTP's Science Dissemination Unit
> (SDU) and can be downloaded free of cost from the website
>
>                http://sdu.ictp.it/3D/book.html
>
> The affordable and easy-to-use technology is good news for developing
> countries, where 3D printing could open up exciting opportunities for
> research, education and humanitarian projects. As an institute dedicated
> to promoting sustainable science in the developing world, ICTP is prepared
> to advance the adoption of this technology in these regions. The book's
> editors -Enrique Canessa, Carlo Fonda and Marco Zennaro- want readers to
> understand and explore the huge potential that 3D technology provides.
>
> The book is divided into four main sections:
>
> * a detailed view on the technology with information on how to create a 3D
>   printed object, the related open source hardware and software, the kits
>   available in the market today, and a glimpse at future projects;
> * applications of 3D printing in scientific fields ranging from
> mathematics,
>   physics to archaeology, space science, and medicine;
> * innovative ways for the technology to be used in education;
> * a glimpse of the immense potential the low-cost 3D technology can have on
>   sustainable development including plastic recycling.
>
> ICTP opened its own 3D printing facility on 27 February 2013, when it
> inaugurated its 3D Printing Lab. The Lab will take center stage at an
> international workshop organized by the book's editors -with the
> participation of book's authors and attendees from developing countries,
> to take place in Trieste from 6 to 8 May 2013 and aimed to create awareness
> about 3D printing and its applications to science, education and
> development.
>
> Media contact: ICTP Science Dissemination Unit: sdu en ictp.it
>
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