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Make sure to check out the STAR robot article below, the video is a very entertaining and impressive watch!
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Robotics
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"STAR is designed for rapid manufacturing. Each component of the STAR, the body core, motor housing, spur gears, and leg were built using a ProJet 3000 3D printer (except the electronics). The printer's accuracy is roughly 0.05mm. The robot is designed for easy assembly and simple part replacement, and the total mechanical assembly requires roughly 30 minutes."
Read more on 3ders
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Mainstream
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"You'll soon be able to walk into a UPS store and use a 3-D printer, according to a statement from the shipping giant released this week. The UPS Store is testing out a pilot program where it will have 3-D printers available in its franchise locations. The rollout kicked off in a San Diego store this week. In the next two weeks, a franchise in Washington, D.C., will also get one."
Read more on Entrepreneur
Submitted by @coliwilso and Rick Passo
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"The study, conducted at Michigan Technological University, considered 20 common household items—smartphone cases, a garlic press, a shower head, the list goes on—listed on Thingiverse, then used Google Shopping to work out the maximum and minimum cost of buying them online (not including shipping). Then, the researchers also calculated how much it would cost to make each using a household 3D printer."
Read more on Gizmodo
Submitted by @makenai
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Weird
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"Replica cars are frauds. Pure and simple. But we’re willing to give Ivan Sentch a pass because he’s not only basing his Aston Martin replica on a Nissan Skyline, but he’s 3-D printing the body with an excruciating level of detail."
Read more on Wired
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