Video Of The Week - 3D Printing Takes Center Stage At London's Science Museum
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When Massachusetts Institute of Technology students Jim Bredt and Tim Anderson created the first 3-D printer in 1995 by modifying an inkjet printer so that it would extrude a binding solution on to a bed of powder, instead of ink on paper, they probably had no idea of its tremendous potential.
With the technology being used for everything ranging from school projects to movies to even medicine and food, experts believe that 3-D printing is going to revolutionize the world we live in. To highlight all the amazing things that are being done with a mere 'printer' on October 9th, 2013, the Science Museum in London unveiled a new exhibition. Entitled 3D: Printing the Future, it is free to the public and features everything from toys to lightweight aircraft hinges to even, replacement teeth showing just how versatile and useful, the technology is!
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lewendouabout 12 yearsTomorrow is hump day hey- EMILYabout 12 yearsCOOL
- Rudy liraabout 12 yearsI want one :)
edwardbirdabout 12 yearsI want a 3D printer so bad!- ?about 12 yearsit is like a replicator on star trek
- Tacoabout 12 yearsI dont understand how the 3-D printing works
mariabubblesabout 12 yearsThe printer extrudes PLA or recycled plastic from the nozzle and prints the 3d shape according to how it has been programmed:)
squirrel123about 12 yearsyou should look it up on google or something
claytonrulesabout 12 yearsit works by the printer scanning what you want to print and it builds it from the bottom up. lol sorry im nerdy like that XD- mariabubblesabout 12 yearslol, I'm kind of nerdy too sometimes:)
- hannah hutchinsabout 12 yearsthis is rly awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hey
anastasia28about 12 yearsThis has to be the future- Dallas Priceabout 12 yearsThis is an interesting article.
- Earlabout 12 yearsSweet