3D printing engineering is whole amazing . The technology can be used to create prosthetic limbs forpeopleorducks , potentialconcrete base on Mars , tools for the ISS , replacement skullsorbones for facial reconstructive memory , replacement blood vessel , andmuch more .
All of those uses are extremely worthwhile and baronial , but 3D printers can also be used to make things that are just awesome and fun , like decked out shells for hermit crabs ( the most endearing of crustacean ) . Hermit crabs have soft , vulnerable bodies . Rather than make their own shells for security , they will scrounge for cuticle leave by other beast , and will switch home quite often . If shell are n’t uncommitted , they ’ll stuff around bits of wood or even formative bottle caps to protect themselves .
creative person Aki Inomata from Japan has created a collection of 3-D printed shell out of clear plastic for her project , “ Why Not turn over Over a “ Shelter ” to Hermit Crabs ? ” . While well-defined hermit crab shell have beendone before , Inomata has given them a novel twist by put renowned computer architecture from around the ball on the top of each one . She claims she was inspired by a slice of land that had apply the French Embassy in Japan . Ownership of the country , she says , was peacefully transfer back and off between France and Japan without causing a fuss . multitude also often move between countries , and even hermit crabby person are able to seamlessly shift from one home to the next .
Check out her labor here :
Why Not turn over Over a “ Shelter ” to Hermit Crabs ? compilation ver.fromAki InomataonVimeo .
Here are the other skylines in her accumulation :
Renaissance architecture in Honfleur , France :
Earthen hillside buildings in the Ksar of Ait - Ben - Haddou , Morocco :
Skyscrapers of New York City , USA :
cuboidal homes on the side of the Cyclades in Santorini , Greece :
Buddhist temple in Thailand :
Windmills of Zaanse Schans , Netherlands :
All images are the property of Aki Inomata . Head over towww.aki-inomata.comto see more of her amazing 3D impress artwork .
