Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
“Solar Sinter” is a 3d printer by Markus Kayser that lives on sand and sun. It’s based on selective laser sintering (SLS), using Saharan sand as the medium and sunlight from a Fresnel lens in place of laser.
If you jump to 1:36 in the video above, Markus appears to be using MakerBot electronics to drive the Solar Sinter.
Markus writes:
In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance.
In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology.
Solar-sintering aims to raise questions about the future of manufacturing and triggers dreams of the full utilisation of the production potential of the world’s most efficient energy resource – the sun. Whilst not providing definitive answers, this experiment aims to provide a point of departure for fresh thinking.
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22 Comments so far
machina eX
awesome. awesome. awesome. art and technology becoming actually one thing here. like really one thing. awesome. argh. awesome. cant stop. awesome.
Dave Durant
This is easily the most awesome thing I’ve seen this week..
MAssivst
Wow , great innovation , great art, and great technology .
chooch
If the beam size was focused smaller and the sand rolling was automated, this would be seriously the most awesome machine I’ve seen…eh it’s still awesome!
Tim
I cannot help but think, that its just a matter of time, before she can sinter her own lenses
MADRE!
GeoDelGonzo
This is amazing, this shows that 3D printing can be done anywhere with almost anything! I would really like to see this evolve, it’s something like this that could help people in post-apocalyptia when almost all resources have become diminished.
noah Kolinsky
fantastic!!! there is still hope for us!! good morning indeed!
MakeALot
I want that bowl, so that I can put it in people’s hands and blow their minds – absolutely fantastic!
He should print himself an office next, then, printed moon base!
Kavius
This is definitely cool. The novelty of using a lens makes it one of the cooler mechanisms for harnessing solar energy. Also the combination of sand and sun, both common in the Sahara, is awesome. If only I had didn’t live on a giant granite boulder with 300 fog days/year!
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Isaac
Super excellent. Congratulations and good luck with this technology Markus!
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Stephanie
Awesome! I want one at Wendover!
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