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How 3D Printing Works

April 7, 2011

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Why I LOVE My 3D Printer

April 7, 2011

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After discussing this with CCT Professor Mike Nelson – he shared this video. A young Digital Native talks about his love of 3D printers and provides a great information session – with GREAT enthusiasm.

VOTD: Pixar Studios 3D Printing and Physical Animation

April 7, 2011

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VOTD: Pixar Studios 3D Printing and Physical Animation Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2011 by Germain Lussier If you collect toys and love Pixar, then these videos will start as exciting and turn into depressing. It shows a wing at Pixar Animation Studios that specializes in 3D printing. Basically, employees can take a frame from any of the […]

Development of a new calcium phosphate powder-binder system for the 3D printing of patient specific implants

April 7, 2011

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Alaadien Khalyfa ♦ Sebastian Vogt ♦ Jurgen Weisser ♦ Gabriele Grimm Annett Rechtenbach ♦ Wolfgang Meyer ♦ Matthias Schnabelrauch Received: 25 October 2005 / Accepted: 9 January 2006 / Published online: 11 January 2007 / Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007 Abstract: A key requirement for three-dimensional printing (3-DP) of medical implants is the availability of printable and biocompatible powder-binder systems. In this study we developed […]

3D Printer Plays With Its Food…and Makes A Miniature Space Shuttle

April 7, 2011

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Most people outgrow the days of carving rivulets in mashed potato mountains or castles out of seasoned squash—but  scientists aren’t “most people.” One ragtag team of researchers and culinary experts are harnessing the power of 3-D food printers to bring the science of playing-with-your-food to new levels, such as outer space. In a project called […]

It Will Be Awesome if They Don’t Screw it Up

April 7, 2011

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By Michael Weinberg on November 10, 2010 – 10:16am This white paper, It Will Be Awesome if They Don’t Screw it Up: 3D Printing, Intellectual Property, and the Fight Over the Next Great Disruptive Technology, examines how intellectual property (IP) law impacts the rapidly maturing technology of 3D printing, and how incumbents who feel threatened by its […]

The Next Trillion Dollar Industry: 3D Printing

April 7, 2011

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  To hear enthusiasts tell it, the technique of additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, has the potential to change not just manufacturing, but the world. 3D printing today makes prototyping and manufacturing complex, custom objects simpler but tomorrow, everyone will have a 3D printer on their desk and make their own sneakers and hats. […]

TED Talk About Printing Organs

April 7, 2011

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PCWorld Article on the Future of Bio-Printing

April 7, 2011

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3D Printer Will Print Body Parts Within the Next 20 Years By James Mulroy, PCWorld Feb 22, 2011 10:08 AM A MakerBot 3D printer.What if you could do anything you wanted without worrying about losing some limbs? That day may be here soon! Researchers in the Computational Synthesis Laboratory at Cornell University are working on a 3D printer which will […]

‘Printing’ Human Organs with 3D Bio-Printer

April 7, 2011

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Check out these video summaries of 3D Bio-Printing technology: Click here for BBC Video.