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May 27

 
 

Good morning! Monday is here once again.

3D printing in space and on the streets in this issue,
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Innovation

 

Gravity Defying 3D Printing Robot (Almost) Makes Objects Appear in Thin Air

"Working in the same manner as the "3D printing pen" except instead of your shaky hand trying to make a recognizable shape from an ooze of hot plastic cooled by a fan, this process uses two thermosetting polymers which set when combined by a precision robot actually 3D Printing in space."

Read more on the Shapeways blog

 

NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

"With support from NASA, the firm, Systems and Materials Research Corp of Austin, intends to design, build and test a food printer that can work in space.

'This project is to demonstrate we can create and change the nutrition of the food and be able to print it in a low-gravity environment,' the company's research director and lead chemist, David Irvin, told Reuters."

Read more on Reuters

Submitted by @BillTomiyasu

 

Culture

 

The Zew creates 3D printed graffiti

"The Zew is a place for a sub-species of public art or graffiti made for 3d. We use 3d printers or rapid prototyping technologies to make this happen."

See The Zew's website for photos

Submitted by @xutraa

 

Medical

 

Doctors print up a splint for baby's blocked throat

"Kaiba’s life was saved by a brand-new field of regenerative medicine based on plastics and inkjet printers. Doctors at the University of Michigan used CT scans of Kaiba’s little airways to custom-design a scaffolding to pull open the passages and hold them open until they could grow strong and healthy on their own."

Read more on NBC

Submitted by @aakin and @robin1473

 

See you next week!

 

In This Issue

  1. Innovation
  2. Culture
  3. Medical

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