Carbon3D Can Grow Seamless Structures 100x Faster than 3D Printing

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3-D printing is slow; it’s really just “2-D printing over and over,” says chemist and material scientist Joseph DeSimone. Addressing the three main issues that has prevented 3-D printing from being a mainstream manufacturing process – time, structural and material limits – DeSimone has unveiled Carbon3D at TED2015. A process inspired by the T-1000 from Terminator 2, Carbon3D uses light and oxygen to continuously (and quickly) grow parts out of a vat of liquid resin using a new technology known as CLIP – Continuous Liquid Interface Production. While the process’ potential has been immediately correlated with the medical industry, one can only imagine its affect on manufacturing as a whole.