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The scientists at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) have used 3D printing to manufacture tiny implants with a memory function or complex shapes, such as the cochlea of the human inner ear.
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Called Lixpen, the 3D printing pen has the similar function as of 3D printers: it melts and cools colored plastic, letting you create rigid and freestanding structures.
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The 3D printed tape measure is a follow up on his previous 3D printed dial calipers, which has 9 seperate moving parts and can be printed as one complete assembly or in pieces.
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Company hopes to push 3D printing technology forward with printer and Spark platform.
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A low, mechanical thrum creates an ever-present soundtrack at Type A Machines, a 3D-printing company on the third floor of San Francisco’s TechShop, in SOMA. Big and drafty and sunlit with exposed pi…
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Giant Chinese 3D printer builds 10 houses in just 1 day (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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A private company located in eastern China has printed ten full-size houses using a huge 3D printer in the space of a day.
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Solid Concepts has successfully produced what it claims to be the world’s first 3D printed metal gun. And unlike the Liberator before it, this one looks a whole lot closer to the traditional…
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Before ‘3D printing’ became a catch-all term, the hardware, which has been in use for decades, was referred to as a rapid prototyper. But even waiting five hours for a ‘rapidly’ printed part can be a waste of time. And that’s what inspired Stefanie Mueller and researchers at the Hasso Plattner Institute to create software that swaps out the parts of a 3D model you don’t need printed with Lego.
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A 3D food printer sounds like something out of Star Trek, but it’s not out of this world. And in 5 years – it could be in your home.
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FILTON, just outside Bristol, is where Britain’s fleet of Concorde supersonic airliners was built. I n a building near a wind tunnel on the same sprawling site, something even more remarkable is being created.
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