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Hello! Included this week is an article for tech heads - a deep dive into the advantages of printing solid objects and why 3D printing is well suited to certain applications. Interesting read! Enjoy.
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"In another step toward 3D printers finding a place in everyday businesses and homes, online retailer Amazon has dedicated a section of its site to selling 3D printers.
The site sells 3D printers from well-known manufacturers such as Makerbot, as well as others such as Cubify and fabbster, alongside 3D printer filament and spare parts."
Read more on CNet
Submitted by @JackieMJensen and @makenai
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"If you don’t have a custom project on hand, you can choose from a collection of popular designs, like a replica of Sather Tower. When the printer completes an object, an arm nudges it off the included MakerBot Replicator’s build surface, where it slides down a chute and into a private locker.
All of this takes about an hour and a half, and you get a text message with a code to unlock the item when it’s ready for you to pick up. A single print typically costs around $15, and it can be as large as a loaf of bread."
Read more on Tech Hive
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'Jordan couldn’t create her jewelry by traditional means, which involve tens of thousands of dollars to create molds and other manufacturing startup costs.
“I spent $25,000 on printing last year,” she says. “If I were to put that into just making molds, I’d only have 30 products before shipping.”'
Read more on Detroit Free Press
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"It is very easy to program a computer to deal with such 2D shapes, and – for this reason – 3D printing machines can make any shape that the physics of the machine can handle, no matter how complicated that shape is. And, unlike with cutting, there is no problem of collisions. The computer always knows that it can move the 3D printer freely above the layer being printed, because there is nothing there yet."
Read more on the RepRap blog
Submitted by @dharden
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