3D打印行业参加新科学家直播(NSL) 2018 in London last week.
与往年一样，NSL在Excel伦敦and over 120 speakers and 100 exhibitors came together for a series of stimulating talks on new research and revolutionary discoveries combined with interactive experiences, performances and workshops.
3D printing in chemistry and healthcare
教授Leroy “Lee” Cronin，t他在化学主席格拉斯哥大学，发表了题为“Can we make computers with chemicals?” and described how his team is using 3D printed parts in the physical parts of their chemical computers apart from hardware parts. After the presentation I asked Professor Cronin for further details.
“We 3D print the parts because they’re easy to prototype. We need to make changes in the chemical computer,” said Prof. Cronin. “We also need to change the dimensions of the cellular array and 3D printing is the good way to do that.”
“ 3D打印零件用作化学反应的容器，它们是制造细胞阵列的持有者。这些帮助我们重新配置不同的形状。现在，我们有广场。后来，我们可能有三角形或六角形。”
Elsevier, an academic publishing house, brought the Sigmax BCN3D printer to print various virus models. The 3D printer was used as a marketing device to bring people to the booth and provide gifts to take away.
量子系统中的3D打印
量子基础, a company developing Quantum systems, spun out of兰开斯特大学2013年，在新科学家Live共同研究。他们展示了许多实验室以及在3D印刷型号的帮助下使用的系统。量子底座在实验中还使用3D打印零件。
Kai Bongs, the Director of the英国国家量子技术中心传感器和计量学，gave a talk entitled “How quantum sensors can improve our lives”. The talk described development a magnetoencephalography (MEG) system that can measure brain activity in a much less intrusive manner than other neuroimaging techniques.
在此系统中，头盔是3D打印的。这些头盔以及传感器用于通过评估人脑电流流动产生的vesmtotesla尺度磁场来测量大脑活动。
In a conversation with Professor Bongs he explained, “We use 3D printing technology in order to get our prototypes to run quickly. It’s all about how you proceed when you want to be flexible about the product. We are 3D printing these helmets for rapid adaptation. We further needMEG systems using the superconducting devices to look into the brain. That has to be at cryogenic temperatures, so you need to use huge machines which is very inflexible. Hence, in terms of head sizes, you can’t adapt it. It gets harder in case of a child. But by the method of 3D printing, essentially you can adapt each single person. 3D Print the helmet, put the sensors in and then you have a perfect fit. Of course, you might want a flexible helmet, but if you want to reasonably fix something, then 3D printing is a brilliant method.”
“我们将磁屏蔽作为基于原子的量子技术的重要组成部分。它提供了方便的磁性环境并允许敏感测量。就重力和几何形状而言，磁场有时有些棘手和限制性，因此我们已经开发了一种方法来3D打印磁场。因此，这是完全不同的。”
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特色图片显示了在NSL 2018的英国国家量子技术中心的3D印刷头盔。
