{"id":143763,"date":"2022-08-07T21:24:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T02:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/contactless-building-construction-could-happen-with-this-new-levitation-device"},"modified":"2022-08-07T21:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T02:24:41","slug":"contactless-building-construction-could-happen-with-this-new-levitation-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/contactless-building-construction-could-happen-with-this-new-levitation-device","title":{"rendered":"Contactless Building Construction Could Happen With This New Levitation Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/contactless-building-construction-could-happen-with-this-new-levitation-device2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a world where 3D printing is being applied to everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/science\/houses-3d-printed-in-just-24-hours-now-shipping-in-california\/\">houses<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/videos\/3d-printed-rocket-engine-fired-up-for-the-first-time\/\">rockets<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/politics\/the-3d-printed-gun-controversy-everything-you-need-to-know\/\">guns<\/a> 0, the question comes up as to where manufacturing might be headed next.<\/p>\n<p>A new device, called LeviPrint, adds a unique feature to the manufacturing process: acoustic levitation. By trapping small objects in high frequency sound waves, LeviPrint can be used to build a variety of different structures without touching any of the pieces.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released by researchers from Spain\u2019s Universidad Publica de Navarra, or UPNA, LeviPrint can be seen building a variety of different things, including a bridge, a hoop made out of liquid glue droplets and a cat\u2019s ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where 3D printing is being applied to everything from houses to rockets to guns 0, the question comes up as to where manufacturing might be headed next. A new device, called LeviPrint, adds a unique feature to the manufacturing process: acoustic levitation. By trapping small objects in high frequency sound waves, LeviPrint [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-habitats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}