What if 3D printing was 100x faster? Joseph DeSimone

Uncharacteristically, this post is about continuous 3D printing of light sensitive polymers. These print speeds allow parts to be produced in minutes instead of hours. Check out the TED talk presented by Joseph DeSimone, CEO of Carbon3D, and broadcasted in March 2015. 

Joseph DeSimone is a scholar, inventor and serial entrepreneur. A longtime professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, he's taken leave to become the CEO at Carbon3D, the Silicon Valley 3D printing company he co-founded in 2013. DeSimone, an innovative polymer chemist, has made breakthrough contributions in fluoropolymer synthesis, colloid science, nano-biomaterials, green chemistry and most recently 3D printing. His company's Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) suggests a breakthrough way to make 3D parts.

Read the paper in Science. Authors: John R. Tumbleston, David Shirvanyants, , Nikita Ermoshkin, Rima Janusziewicz, Ashley R. Johnson, David Kelly, Kai Chen, Robert Pinschmidt, Jason P. Rolland, Alexander Ermoshkin, Edward T. Samulsk.

References

1. Continuous liquid interface production of 3D objects, J. R. Tumbleston, D. Shirvanyants, N. Ermoshkin, R. Janusziewicz, A. R. Johnson, D. Kelly, K. Chen, R. Pinschmidt, J. P. Rolland, A. Ermoshkin, E. T. Samulski, J. M. DeSimone, Science 20 March 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6228 pp. 1349-1352 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa2397  http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6228/1349.abstract
2. https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_25x_faster