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February 4

 
 

How is it February already? Wow!

Enjoy the latest edition of 3D Print Weekly for your fix of the future!

 

Copyright and the Law

 

What's the Deal with Copyright and 3D Printing?

What's the Deal with Copyright and 3D Printing? Front cover of book

Michael Weinberg from Public Knowledge has done it again and released a whitepaper called 'What's the Deal with Copyright and 3D Printing?'

A fascinating read, and you can access the digital copy for free. The Kindle edition is only a few bucks.

Read more on Public Knowledge

 

OMG Space!

 

3-D Printed Buildings Coming Soon to a Moon Near You

"By using the Moon’s loose rocks (regolith) as a base for concrete, robots based on Monolite’s D-Shape 3-D printer will be able to build up a structure that uses as many local materials as possible."

Read more on Wired

Submitted by @natebirdman and @coliwilso

 

Leaders

 

Generation 3D: Printrbot’s Brook Drumm on Kids and 3D Printing

"That was the beginning of a new way of thinking in the Drumm household. My wife and kids began to see what was possible. They would see something at Target and say, “We can print this!” I started to fix things around the house — kitchen shelves, the washing machine knob, my buddy’s fence, the toilet handle."

Read more on Make blog

Submitted by @makenai

 

Innovation

 

Time to save your failed prints for recycling

"This reminds me of the filabot project, a 3D plastic extrusion system which grinds and melts the old plastic items in an extrusion to make usable filament for 3D printing. Actually Marcus is currently working with the filabot team for making new shredder for their extruding system."

Read more on 3ders

 

See you next week!

 

In This Issue

  1. Copyright and the Law
  2. OMG Space!
  3. Leaders
  4. Innovation

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