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    Ricky Ledesma's project update report discusses his 3D printer design called Sp3dr, which is biomimetic of a silk spider. Sp3dr will chemically assemble objects on demand by storing and distributing organic and inorganic materials. The report analyzes spiders, trees, and sea hares to discover natural assembly strategies. Spiders assemble silk on demand by storing and extruding silk proteins. Trees self-assemble through structural features under pressure. Sea hares secrete chemicals for defense. The most compelling strategy for Sp3dr is the spider's ability to assemble materials on demand for a new additive manufacturing technique using organic compounds.

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    Ricky Ledesma's project update report discusses his 3D printer design called Sp3dr, which is biomimetic of a silk spider. Sp3dr will chemically assemble objects on demand by storing and distributing organic and inorganic materials. The report analyzes spiders, trees, and sea hares to discover natural assembly strategies. Spiders assemble silk on demand by storing and extruding silk proteins. Trees self-assemble through structural features under pressure. Sea hares secrete chemicals for defense. The most compelling strategy for Sp3dr is the spider's ability to assemble materials on demand for a new additive manufacturing technique using organic compounds.

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    Ricky Ledesma's project update report discusses his 3D printer design called Sp3dr, which is biomimetic of a silk spider. Sp3dr will chemically assemble objects on demand by storing and distributing organic and inorganic materials. The report analyzes spiders, trees, and sea hares to discover natural assembly strategies. Spiders assemble silk on demand by storing and extruding silk proteins. Trees self-assemble through structural features under pressure. Sea hares secrete chemicals for defense. The most compelling strategy for Sp3dr is the spider's ability to assemble materials on demand for a new additive manufacturing technique using organic compounds.

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    Assignment:

    6.2
    Name:
    RickyLedesma
    Reporttitle:
    ProjectUpdateReportDiscover
    Titlefordesign:
    Sp3dr3DPrinter
    Shortdescriptionofdesignproject:
    Sp3dr,basedontheabdomenofasilkspider,isa3d
    printerthatchemicallyassemblesobjectsondemand.Innovativeadditivemanufacturing
    techniquesandkeystrategiesinnatureenableSp3drtomoveonanyplaneandcreateany
    shapeto3Dprintvariousobjectsofdifferentcomplexities.TheSp3drabdomenhousesanarea
    toabsorb,store,anddistributebothinorganicandorganiccompoundmaterial.
    Thepurposeofthisreport:
    Tolearnhowtodiscoverthebestnaturalmodelsandreportwhich
    naturalmodelsworkbestformybiomimeticdesign,Sp3dr.
    Thefunctionyouareaddressing:
    Assembleondemand.
    Theorganismsyoudiscoveredthatperformthisfunction:
    Spiders
    Trees
    SeaHare
    Thestrategieseachoftheseorganismsusetoperformthisfunction:
    Silkassembledondemand:spiders
    Silkproteinsarestoredinthesilkgland,inan
    aqueousenvironment.Theycanthenmovethroughthespinningducttocreateelastic
    fibers,whicharethenextrudedandassembledtobecomespidersilk.Thisstrategyis
    effectivebecauselongproteinchainsarealignedinparalleltostabilizethespidersilk
    fiber.Ifthefiberisweak,thentheSilkspidercannotcapturefoodbecauseinsectswill
    easilytearthefibers.
    Woodselfassembles:Trees
    Itishypothesizedthattreesassemblebasedonstructure
    featuresratherthanwithbiochemistry.OneopinionIhave,pressuremightbetoogreat
    forthecellwallstohandle,whichmakesitunpredictabletohowthetreewilltakeshape
    inanuncertaindirection.
    Secretedchemicalsrepelandconfusepredators:SeaHare
    Asadefencemechanism,
    seahareshaveevolvedtosecretecomplexmixturesthatiscomposedoftwoviscous
    fluidsthatareproducedandstoredinseparateglands.
    Thestrategyorstrategiesyouareconsideringusinginyourbiomimeticdesign:
    Storeorganiccompoundmaterial,storeinorganiccompoundmaterial,storeliquid,and
    assembleondemand.
    Themostcompellingstrategyforthisbiomimeticdesignprojectisassembleondemand
    becauseitisanewformoflocalized,additivemanufacturingwithorganiccompoundsto
    createanyobjectondemand.
    RoughSketches

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