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Many folks would like to see us back on the Moon and developing its resources.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Find a Lunar Cave - Think about designing for that cave - 3D printing - Neri Oxman


Using caves on the Moon for habitats plays a part in science fiction and possibly for real if we ever go back to stay.  Finding them and checking out their usefulness will be necessary and Jaro alerted me to the below PDF article.

When you decide to move it will take a bit of fixing up and I have been viewing some videos of Neri Oxman of MIT's Media Lab using 3D printers. Could I use any of her ideas?  Look around and see what mother nature has done and be inspired and creative.
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44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2013) - 3080.pdf
SKYLIGHT: MISSION TO INVESTIGATE AND MODEL A LUNAR PIT. H. L. Jones1, K. M. Peterson2, W. L. Whittaker1,2, and U. Y. Wong1 1Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, {hlj|red|uyw}@cs.cmu.edu), 2Astrobotic Technology, Inc. (2515 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, kev-in.peterson@astrobotictech.com).

Introduction: Caves on planetary bodies beyond Earth have always been of great interest for science and exploration, but for many years there was no known way to enter. Unprecedented high-resolution imagery from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed pits that are believed to be skylights – features formed by partial cave ceiling collapse that provide access into caves [1],[2]. Skylights have also been discovered on Mars [3], and similar features may exist elsewhere in the solar system [1]. Discovery of these features changes everything. The Skylight mission takes the next step to closely investigate one of these pits.
Mission Objectives: The Skylight mission seeks to answer science and exploration questions about the-se newly discovered lunar skylights. The objectives of the mission are to:
1. provide multi-perspective close-up images of a lunar pit,
2. build a detailed, high quality 3D model of the pit, and
3. survey the terrain surrounding the pit.

Mission Decription: The Skylight mission targets the Marius Hills Hole (MHH) in the Marius Hills re-gion of Oceanus Procellarum at 14.2°N, 303.3°E [4]. This pit is selected because of its location on the lunar near side, facilitating mission operations without re-quirement for installation of expensive communication infrastructure, as well as the indications of lava tubes in surrounding terrain.

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Neri Oxman, Founder of Mediated Matter Lab -- Part 1


Published on Feb 20, 2013
Neri Oxman, Founder of Mediated Matter Lab -- Part 1...

Material Ecology - http://web.media.mit.edu/~neri/site/i...
MIT - http://www.media.mit.edu/people/neri
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neri_Oxman
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What might you be able to create with nature in mind.
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Neri Oxman: On Designing Form

from  PLUS 3 years ago 
Architect Neri Oxman is the founder of MATERIALECOLOGY, an interdisciplinary design initiative expanding the boundaries of computational form-generation and material engineering. Named one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business," Oxman investigates the material and performance of nature in an effort to define form itself.

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Uploaded on Mar 12, 2010
Architect Neri Oxman is the founder of MATERIALECOLOGY, an interdisciplinary design initiative expanding the boundaries of computational form-generation and material engineering. Named one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business," Oxman investigates the material and performance of nature in an effort to define form itself.

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What could you do with the 3D printer?
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Revolution in Art & Design using 3D Printing | Objet for Neri Oxman


Published on May 4, 2012
As seen on the Objet blog: http://blog.objet.com/

A special thanks to MIT Media Lab's Neri Oxman, Peter Schmitt (3D printed clock) & Amit Zoran (3D printed flute) for kindly allowing footage of their 3D printed models to be used in the making of this film. (Some of these parts were created using a variety of 3D printing technologies including Objet.) 

In this insightful interview, Neri Oxman,architect, designer and professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Director of the Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab, explains the differences between 'additive' and 'subtractive' manufacturing. Inspired by things that 'grow' in nature, Oxman uses the world's most advanced 3D printing technology - the Objet Connex500 multi-material 3D printer to produce some incredible models which will be on display at the Pompidou Center until August 6th 2012 at the 'Multiversites Creatives' exhibit. Neri also explains 3D printing within the wider paradigm shift in technology and manufacturing - comparing it to the Gutenberg 2D print revolution of the 1440's.

For more information about Objet: http://www.objet.com/
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Feel free to express yourself.
Could you design a pair of space suit gloves that would not wear out an astronaut's fingernails?
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Neri Oxman, Founder of Mediated Matter Lab -- Part 2


Published on Feb 20, 2013
Neri Oxman, Founder of Mediated Matter Lab -- Part 2... The Next List: CNN's hub for stories about innovation.

Material Ecology - http://web.media.mit.edu/~neri/site/i...
MIT - http://www.media.mit.edu/people/neri
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neri_Oxman

The Next List: http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/catego...
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Feel free to think outside the box, inside the box, on the box, and really not so boxy in the first place.  :-)

Thanks for looking up with me.  
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3D Printing Explained in 37 Seconds!


Published on Jul 31, 2012
The 3D printing process explained visually. Begin by sketching your product concept or idea on paper. Elaborate your idea using 3D CAD software or any 3D content program. Then 3D print the idea using an Objet multi-material 3D Printer which produces all moving parts and different color/material properties in a single production step. A few short hours later you hold a finished, ready-assembled product or prototype. Feel it, test it to validate that your concept really works. This process helps save substantial time and expense by confirming a design before you begin mass production manufacturing.

Visit the Objet Blog http://ow.ly/bQeam
Objet Website http://ow.ly/bQemr
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Advanced 3D Printing Materials


Uploaded on Aug 28, 2011
Objet spoke about a number of new advanced 3D printing materials at EuroMold 2010 including a new ABS-like material with the strength and toughness of engineering plastics, and a new clear transparent material for simulating PMMA in glass-like applications. Both materials were released in early 2011.
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