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This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making 3-D printing dramatically cheaper. About five years ago, Mark Ganter, a UW mechanical engineering professor and longtime practitioner of 3-D printing, [...] A new online service aims to bring customized manufacturing to the masses by allowing consumers to submit digital designs of products that are then printed, using 3-D printers, and shipped back. 3D printing is a technology that allows building real objects from 3D drawings. This is done by “cutting” the virtual object in 2D slices and printing the real object slice by slice. Slices are printed on top of each other’s and since each slice has a given thickness the real object gain volume every time [...] From the world of two-dimensional printing, you are now welcomed into a new technology known as 3d printing. Who would ever imagine that such a breakthrough can happen? When this change was introduced, the life of every industry that depended on fabrication services and production also transformed for the better. Also known as rapid prototyping, 3D [...] |
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