Electric guitar made in 3D printer

3D printers also revolutionize the world of music and for creating economic instruments and custom

Sónar-2016 Barcelona-Music Festival

For manufacturing, suffice less than 30 euros a kilo of plastic and a small dose of imagination. What to make them sound gracefully is no longer dependent on investment, it is a matter of talent. Guitars and other musical instruments like ukuleles, violins and keyboards have joined the infinite catalog of objects that can be created from 3D printers. Nothing can resist them. “The limit is up to you,” says Maria Torras, director of Marketing EnTresD before the stand that the technology company – and distributor of such printers – installed on the Sonar + D.

From this Thursday until next Saturday the company presents in the daytime poster electronic music festival of Barcelona guitars and synthesizers created from 3D printers. “You could brand new one every day if you wanted,” he explains pointing the housing Torras guitar that has been designed and printed with this revolutionary technology. This is one of the advantages over conventional instruments can be customized as many times as desired. “You can print as you like. Change the cover at each performance or put your name, “he adds. The level of perfection, also is absolute, because the system allows many tests before sending the final printed piece.

Economical material

But beyond the question of aesthetics and quality, the strength of the instruments in 3D is its manufacturing cost. “The material is the same as Lego bricks: cheap and very tough”, defends the director of Marketing. Make the case of the guitar with which these days demonstrations are made at Sonar + D, for example, does not exceed 25 euros. The design of the instrument, however, between 150 and 200 euros, although there is increasing swarming the net templates that can be downloaded at an affordable price or even for free.

Although still lacking for 3D printers conquer household use is catching on at a dizzying pace. Eugenio Oller, EnTresD designer explains that attends an “imminent revolution” in this field. “Years ago, 3D technology was really aimed at the professional level and was not as accessible. Now the printer, but especially to design programs are simpler, “he explains. In this sense, find on Internet software and templates is quite easy. “There are many altruistic people who share their prototypes with other users,” he says.

Technological revolution

3D printer that sells your company reach 3,000 euros, although, depending on its features, can be purchased at lower prices. So far, this seems to be the handicap of a technology that is set to revolutionize the world in the not too distant future. Companies in industries as diverse as aerospace, food or medicine and have surrendered at his feet. From the bowels of these devices they have come garments, furniture, household utensils, toys, burgers and guitars. And, as Torras says, “3D universe allows real fancy stuff … all you can imagine and more.”

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Drone made with 3D printer

This drone allows users to assemble and configure it for themselves

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The paradigm of the relationship between consumer and manufacturer has changed in recent years. It is moving from a model where the user developed a passive role where I could only enjoy the products purchased from a model where the consumer becomes an integral part of product development. Users now want more exclusive products that allow them to differentiate themselves and with the advent of technologies like 3D printing this penchant for customization has given power to consumers who did not have before.

With this idea came BonaDrone , a startup created by five young Anoia region (Barcelona) that by printing three-dimensional and inspired by the DIY concept – “do it yourself”, for its acronym in English it offers the same modular drones user can customize, install and configure.

Today there are many uses for drones, but each is linked to a drone. BonaDrone operation is precisely to give the user the possibility to decide which will be the usefulness of your drone through easily exchangeable accessories. At the moment, the Mosquito, the first drone of the company, has a support for GoPro cameras and a clamp to transport objects though its creators are confident that they will gradually increasing the repertoire.

“We realized that the flexibility and potential of 3D printing can not be provided with other manufacturing systems,” says computer engineer and one of its creators, Alex Cazorla, who explains that the opportunities offered by 3D printing the community of techies is infinite: “Anyone can print your own Mosquito at home as BonaDrone also facilitates the files for it in a printable kit”.

Re-printable accident

A part of customization, printing in three dimensions also offers modularity and to repair the drone at a low cost. Currently, most high-end drones are made by injection molding or expensive materials in case of accident are difficult to repair.

“In our case, the Mosquito is easily re-printable like a Lego figure it were,” said Cazorla.

Drone made with 3D printer

Bringing knowledge

The company was founded with the aim of bringing knowledge and technology to users, thus promoting creativity and interest in learning. In this sense, BonaDrone has launched the Educational called Mosquito, a drone with a performance more limited than the standard and with a simpler configuration designed for those fans who want to learn the operation of a drone Mosquito.

For now, the team BonaDrone is holding talks with schools in Spain and Portugal for possible collaborations in this field while working to provide a kit where, besides the installation and configuration of the drone, all disciplines is also taught integrating this technology: physics, electronics, principles of operation, etc.

At this time, BonaDrone has launched a campaign on IndieGoGo in order to know the product acceptance by consumers. “For nearly two years we have been developing and testing our first model, the Mosquito,” Cazorla said. “Now we want to know whether we have developed kits have a good welcome”

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First Lego League Girona

Almost 50 teams from across the country participate in an event that aims to promote scientific and technological vocations among young people

First Lego League Girona

More than 10,000 students between 10 and 16 years have participated in the tenth edition of the First LEGO League (FLL) in Spain. Just over 500 of them, divided into 48 teams, will travel to Girona next weekend, 12 and 13 March, to take part in the Grand Final of this competition is an educational and scientific, that in this year participants poses a challenge related to waste management.

The aim of this competition is to promote scientific and technological vocations among young people, at a time of growing demand worldwide and especially in countries like Spain-professional profiles related to engineering, programming and physical sciences and mathematics .

According to the report of the European Commission’s New skills and jobs in Europe (pdf) employment needs in these areas will grow by 14% by 2020, a figure that far exceeds the average increase in global demand for workers to end of the decade in Europe (which is expected 3%). In Spain, the gap between the number of university students who are training in these areas and expected demand for employment is very significant.

Thus, in addition to recreational and educational component, the First LEGO League aims to play an important role in the growth of the 80 countries worldwide where it is held. “In addition to developing skills and competencies, children learn to work together, to communicate, to make decisions and acquire an entrepreneurial spirit among many other things,” says Berta Roca, head of communications for First LEGO League in Spain .

Each year, the organization presents a scientific challenge related to a current problem. This year is about waste management. Participating teams must identify a real problem and develop a scientific project that offers a concrete solution. In addition, all teams must program a LEGO MINDSTORMS robot to exceed, in a time of two and a half minutes, a series of missions related to waste on a board built for the occasion.

This part of the competition, the game Robot, is one that arouses more enthusiasm among young participants, mechanical engineering. But it is also a strategic objective of learning. In fact, the advantages of teaching robotics in schools are being explored in many countries, already included in the curricula of their schools subjects related to mechanical devices that can be programmed for children.

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In addition to solving the scientific project and the challenge of the robot, participants must demonstrate to have acquired other no less important values: commitment to colleagues, cooperation, inclusion, professional courtesy and respect. So the FLL is #muchomasquerobots, as can be seen through the hashtag collecting trace on social networks this educational adventure:

Spain is the first European country in number of participants in the First Lego League teams, and the second worldwide behind the United States. Of the 16 teams participating in the 2006 edition, the first held in Spain, has gone to more than 1,350 teams this year. Worldwide, 233,000 young people have participated. Many of them are scientists and entrepreneurs of the future pillars of economic and human development of countries.

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