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ARTiSTS AT inDuSTRiAL LigHT &
MAgic
work at warp speed to tackle the
final frontier in the latest Star Trek feature
film: Into Darkness. Here, ILM created the
Enterprise and Vengeance, and sent them
to battle in warp.
FEATURES
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eDiTORS nOTe
HigH-TecH
weApOnRy
3D printing has found a niche
in the home market, and as a result, we are
seeing unique designs for a variety of objects,
from high fashion to, most recently, working
handguns.
epic!
Director Chris Wedge discusses his latest
work, the animated feature Epic , as he talks
about the style of the ilm, its characters, the
environments, and how the ilm is pushing
technological limits.
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SpOTLigHT
pRODucTS
Autodesk’s 2014
Entertainment Creation Suite. The Foundry’s
MARI 2.0. Side Efects Software’s Houdini 12.5.
Luxology’s Modo 701.
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STARK ReALiTieS
Visual efects studios prove
their mettle by crafting cutting-edge visual
efects for Iron Man 3.
beST-OF-SHOw winneRS
CGW reveals its
winners from NAB 2013.
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buSineSS pLAn
University students turn a
computer vision research project into a reality,
by forming a company to sell their idea-turned-
product: the Lynx A Camera for product and
scene modeling, as well as motion capture.
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ReView
Luxion KeyShot 4
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bAcK pRODucTS
Recent hardware and
software releases
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High-tech
Weaponry
The Magazine for DigiTal ConTenT Professionals
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EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Karen Moltenbrey
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CONTRIbuTINg EDITORS
Courtney Howard, Jenny Donelan,
Kathleen Maher, George Maestri, Martin McEachern,
Barbara Robertson
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No matter if you are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, you likely have a strong opin-
ion concerning gun legislation. Lately, the topic has hit close to our industry.
Since the mid-1980s, stereolithography has been used to produce models and prototypes
in manufacturing. In the past few years, 3D printing has found its way into the mass market.
As a result, small companies as well as hobbyists are using personal 3D printers from the likes
of MakerBot and others. As a result, we are seeing users creating everything from jewelry to
toys (see “Consolidation in the Digital-Reality Industry,” January/February 2013).
As one might expect, the darker side of putting complex technology into the hands of
the masses has surfaced, as well. Back in December, an episode of
CSI
revolved around a
crime committed with a 3D-printed gun, which made it unique, untraceable, and dispos
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able. (Alas, the culprit in TV land eventually was caught.)
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n the spirit of art imitating real life, last summer a gun enthusiast used an older-model Strata-
sys 3D printer to reproduce parts of a irearm. Plastic printed pieces were assembled with profes-
sionally produced parts to create a .22 caliber pistol that the person claimed to have worked.
He is not alone in this endea
vor. Defense Distributed's Wiki Weapon Project aims to create a
3D-printable gun that can ire a bullet; it also wants to freely share the information about how
to do this by ofering up the vital schematics. Printing in 3D is a relatively simple but complex
process. The CAD iles needed for output have to be exact, just as they are from a typical gun
maker or the results can be catastrophic. And although there is a wide variety of output mate
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rial now used by 3D printers, inding one that can withstand the discharge has been diicult to
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vercome. Like most entrepreneurs today, those behind the Defense Distributed organization
looked to crowd funding to cover their start-up costs. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the cur-
rent temperature of the hot-button gun debate sweeping the country, they got their project
funded and used the $20,000 to lease a Stratasys machine last fall. Once Stratasys discovered
the plan, the company, citing legal issues, took back the printer. As a side note, heading up
Defense Distributed is Cody Wilson, a law student at the University of Texas.
Earlier this month, Defense Distributed made headlines by successfully testing the
weapon at a iring range in Texas. Reports are that it began live-iring test components
late last year. According to the group’s website, it has printed a receiver (basically the gun
frame) for the AR-15 semi-automatic assault rile and a magazine for it as well as an AK-47.
In addition, the organization is ofering the STL iles for printing the Liberator .380 single-
shot pistol. Foreseeing trouble on the horizon, in December, MakerBot removed irearms-
type iles from its Thingiverse.com site, where users can share digital designs for making
real objects. However, Defense Distributed created its own site for such iles. “This site is a
makeshift response to MakerBot Industries’ decision to censor iles uploaded in good faith
at Thingiverse, speciically irearms-related iles. We are hosting as many of the pulled iles
as we can ind,” the page states. A link to the group’s “manifesto” pulls up “Areopagitica,” a
speech of John Milton about the liberty of unlicensed printing.
The ictional
CSI
investigators solved the crime involving the use of 3D printing for criminal
purposes. And while supporters of Defense Distributed (and others) say they are supporting
their right to print guns and all other kinds of 3D models, you can bet there are those on the
other side of the law looking at how they can use the technology for less-than-noble purposes.
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