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Microsoft adding 3D printing support to their newest OS? What do you think? Enabling or just hype? Article below.
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Software
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"Microsoft is adding in native 3D printer support to Windows 8.1. That means you can 3D print an item directly from third-party applications by click "print".
Microsoft announced this news today at the Build Conference and promised to make 3D printing as easy as outputting images on paper. A new built-in API will let developers add 3D printing into their apps. Microsoft hopes that some 3D printer applications could be developed especially for Windows."
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Submitted by @mestevo
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Medical
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"After many centuries of splints and cumbersome plaster casts that have been the itchy and smelly bane of millions of children, adults and the aged alike, the world over, we at last bring fracture support into the 21st century. The Cortex exoskeletal cast provides a highly technical and trauma zone localized support system that is fully ventilated, super light, shower friendly, hygienic, recyclable and stylish."
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Submitted by @MarkJohnsonCC and @coliwilso
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Space!
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"3D printing could help the asteroid-mining industry get off the ground.
Planetary Resources co-founder Peter Diamandis said that the use of 3D printing in the production of the Arkyd spacecraft series could help the company achieve its lofty goals."
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Creative
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"Daniel Finkelstein is a Montreal entrepreneur who started Consult Development, a multidisciplinary design firm specializing in 3D CAD, rapid prototyping, and product development."
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