Saturday, March 16, 2013

The biggest thing since the home computer: Printing in 3-D | Northern Star

The biggest thing since the home computer: Printing in 3-D | Northern Star: "WHEN Southern Cross University PhD student Ivan Casselman discovered a hook on his tent was broken the night before a camping trip, he wasn't concerned.

He simply downloaded his preferred hook design from a free site and sent the virtual blueprint to his 3D printer, which, as he slept, squeezed out one layer of heated corn-derived plastic at a time to manufacture the perfect tent hook."

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