Collapsible lampshade is built with lasers. PewPew!


Collapsible lampshade seems impossible, built with lasers

This lampshade is awesome even though it’s not as simple as that Egg Carton Lampshade I think it’s more impressive.  Even more impressive than the final product is the way this unusual lampshade was created:

“The process works by sweeping a laser across a pan of powdered nylon; when the lasers hit the nylon, it fuses (“sinters”). The process repeats in layers, until the final product emerges. Thus, you can create interlocking shapes all at once–for example, a chain whose links are completely closed.”

Take a look at this video after the break and you’ll see how it unfurls:

[via DVICE]

Posted in: Dwelling, Lighting on December 11th by cwhitmore
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