by Dominic O'Sullivan | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorised
In October 2015, the so-called “The Performance Project” of Vienna, Austria developed a system to experiment with 3D printed food for elderly patients with dysphagia. Dysphagia is the symptom of difficulty in deglutition, although it is sometimes referred to as a...
by Dominic O'Sullivan | Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
In April 2017, start-up chocolate company La Miam Factory of Belgium (“miam” being French for representing the concept of “yum”) was spun off from Smart Gastronomy Lab (SGL) at the University of Liège. The SGL researches technology for use in the food and drink...
by Dominic O'Sullivan | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorised
As a way to make food stuffs into customized shapes, 3D printed food is arguably still something of a novelty. A more serious application of the 3D printed food is creating foodstuffs that are easier to eat for people with difficulty swallowing, as well as safer food...
by Dominic O'Sullivan | Sep 14, 2018 | Uncategorised
In 1934, Russian sculptor Ivan Shadr created a sculpture of a naked woman posing with an oar unsurprisingly named “Girl with an Oar”. The eight-foot-tall statue was originally installed in Gorky Park of Moscow, meant to represent displays of athleticism and beauty....
by Dominic O'Sullivan | Sep 6, 2018 | Uncategorised
The concept of 3D printing glass objects traces back to circa September 2009, when a team of engineers and artists at the University of Washington’s Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory took inspiration from the ancient Egyptian glass casting method of...
by Dominic O'Sullivan | Aug 30, 2018 | Uncategorised
In the summer of 2017, artist and architect Tobias Klein spent time as an Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School of Stanwood, Washington. There, he created two works of art that he states explore the relationship between glassblowing, glass casting and 3D...
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