3-D manufacturing: The beginning of common creativity revolution

Abstract

Leonardo da Vinci's Da Vinci, Leonardo St. Francis College Teach For America NYCDOE\t See NYCDOE McLuhan, Marshall New York City Department of Education Anderson, Dennis Niewiadomski, Robert extraordinary creative versatility became the ultimate embodiments of the Renaissance Renaissance humanist ideal. His codices contain numerous astonishingly futuristic blueprints of scientific and engineering inventions, among them flying machines Flying machine (see Fig. 9.1) and hydraulic pumps Hydraulic pump. The staggering design of these inventions exceeded the available technology of the time. The limitations of the Renaissance manufacturing processes and materials prevented many of these inventions from reaching even the stage of a prototype. Fig. 9.1 Many of Leonardo's drawings reflect his fascination with the phenomenon of flight. This particular sketch depicts a machine resembling a helicopter. (Source: ausschnitt aus http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Leonardo-da-Vinci-helicopter-and-lifting-wing.jpg)