Molten Glass 3D-Printed From a Kiln at 1900 Degrees

In collaboration with the MIT Glass Lab, the Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab has produced a way to 3D print glass, creating intricate patterns from molten glass inside a kiln-like printer and giving a completely modern twist to the 4,500 year-old material. The video produced to exhibit the ways in which the technology works displays the process without words, instead focusing on the mesmerizing way the hot glass stacks upon itself in the machine and ultimately cools into the final vase-like forms.

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+5 1. Natan_el_Tigre commented 7 years ago

Art becomes technology that then creates new art, which through time, evolves into a new technology. Humans are amazing! <3
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+2 2. Burimi commented 7 years ago

I love work with glass

Thnx Thundersnow<3
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+6 3. MindTrick commented 7 years ago

Looks like honey coming out, now im hungry :P
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+1 4. thundersnow commented 7 years ago

#2 I totally love glass too, mainly because it allows light to stream through, I wished the windows in my house would be so much bigger, so more light could enter....

#3 I also was reminded of honey a lot, which I love a lot...:)