Good morning, fellow futurist.
Don't miss out on reading about Cody Wilson's amazing progress with his goal to create a fully 3D printed gun!
The article is the first one below.
Enjoy!
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Law
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"All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition."
Read more on Forbes
Submitted by @makenai
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New Printers
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"The Printrbot Simple is an exercise in 3d printing minimalism. It includes only what is needed to get started in the world of 3D printing. At $299, we think you will agree that it is both tiny…and a really big deal."
Read more on the Printrbot website
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Weird
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"The resulting portraits are bizarre approximations of anonymous people who unknowingly left their genetic material on a random city street. So how accurate are the faces created from this genetic experiment? The artist likes to say they have a “family resemblance” and no, unlike the scenario depicted above, a person has never recognized themselves in any of her exhibitions. Yet."
Read more on Colossal
Submitted by @purrsikat
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Mainstream Adoption
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"Staples today announced that it's begun selling 3D Systems' Cube 3D Printer for $1,299. The device won't be in stores until the end of June, and even then it will only be available from a 'limited number' of locations."
Read more on The Verge
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