Because creating tooling for even more traditional manufacturing processes is a costly process as well as isn't really forgiving when it involves altering a layout during numerous versions, 3D printing has actually been a go-to modern technology for getting parts made quick when methods such as hand-crafted foam models may take also long and also call for excessive job.
While 3D printing has been utilized in the item style procedure as an iterative tool, it is additionally ending up being a method of final manufacturing for lots of brand-new hardware development projects - specifically ones that are created to be somehow or one more customized by the end user. To name a few recent projects consist of the My Driving Chum clever tracker, which recently introduced on Kickstarter.Created by Shahram Rezaei of San Ramon, California, My Driving Chum (MDP) is a combination equipment tool and also mobile phone application that checks a variety of various things in an individual's life consisting of a child, a bicycle or even a car. Rezaei, which has more than 15 years encounter in LBS, mobile applications and vehicular safety, created the app to supply folks peace of mind while monitoring their assets.
"Imagine the assurance you will certainly have if, as an example, you are seeing Disneyland with your kids and also among them wanders off," says Rezaei on his Kickstarter web page.
"Instead of panicking, you will certainly have the ability to track them and also locate them immediately; our tracking tool is created to check your 2 to 10-year-old youngster, normally the age that does not have a mobile phone.".
Along with supplying location-based solutions, the MDP could even onward a user signals regarding the temperature level of their vehicle inside in the case that they have pets or children in the vehicle on a warm day, to name a few functions.
Rezaei, together with his group of designers that worked on My Driving Friend, considered using injection molding to bring their equipment tool to life, however it was identified that making use of the typical manufacturing approach would certainly have not just been very expensive, but it would certainly have also limited them from having a personalized style.
After learning more about the advantages of additive manufacturing, Rezaei contacted Sculpteo's 3D printing service to learn more concerning using their services. After talking with the layout engineers at the company, Rezaei and also his team decided that 3D printing was the most effective approach of construction for the My Driving Pal considering that it would certainly not just allow them to more repeat on the design without investing in expensive tooling, but likewise allow for their consumers to personalize the color as well as dimension of their devices.
Presently, the My Driving Chum team has made and made the first version of their "MDP Gadget 1" and are currently creating the firmware. In addition, they are additionally in the process of manufacturing the "MDP Tool 1s", which will be comparable however smaller sized in size. The MDP Web server is completely created and working on Amazon Cloud EC2 while the iOS version of the MDP App is fully established and also an Android app is on the method.
customer in mind - specifically a dad and mom - regardless which ends up using it, it's an excellent instance of just exactly how valuable 3D printing could be in the equipment advancement process.
To figure out even more concerning the My Driving Buddy, head over to the project's Kickstarter page.
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