3D Print Weekly celebrates a whole year of editions with this issue! Thanks for your support and enjoy the latest handpicked articles below! <3
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Inventions
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"The Touch-Up is a product used to smooth and polish rough edges due to the 3D Printing process. Achieve amazing results using various print layers. Imagine a finish you can see yourself in! Literally! Stop wasting time hand sanding and hand polishing your 3D printed ABS models. Let The Touch-Up do it for you!"
Read more at Onm 3D Printing
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"If traditional systems aren’t providing what you need to accomplish your mission, then break away--break away from your 9-5 job, break away from the agenda that’s set by conventional mind-sets. Easton broke away from the limitations of the public education system and taught himself what he wanted to know."
Read more on Fast Company
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"Ford Engineer Zachary Nelson uses a haptic vibration motor from a Microsoft Xbox 360 game controller to create an OpenXC shift knob that vibrates when a driver shifts gears in a Ford Mustang. The motor is then stuffed into a custom shift knob he printed on a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic so whenever the driver should shift the shift knob will vibrate."
Read more on 3ders
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New Materials
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"Today [Shapeways] is proud to announce a new material... Gold Plated Brass!
Gold Plated Brass is a rich, highly polished material that’s perfect for jewelry and precious objects. The base is solid brass, and the gold plating gives it a smooth, beautiful finish."
Read more on the Shapeways blog
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