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Published on Aug 31, 2011 by

The technology behind 3D printing has been in development since the 1980s and it has steadily advanced, becoming increasingly more accurate.




For a 3D model to take shape, the printer must first build the object, layer by layer. It then ejects liquid resin to harden the ultraviolet rays. Three and a half hours later, the product is complete.




Lucien Hirschi, from Zedax SA explained the process: "I take these pieces and finish them off. I do this by cleaning them with pressurised water."




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  • I saw a video of this used in combination with the game Minecraft; VERY COOL. look it up

  • This is good for parts i could make for inventions of mine :D

  • i hope so ,its only limited by the mind of the user ,,, 800uro ,I'll start to save my pennies

  • @giglisawblade that's true.... I guess that's the real use of this machine

  • useful for making molds

  • KEEP THIS AWAY FROM BEN BERNANKE!!!

  • I don't see what use this can have; the resulting objects are just made out of flimsy wax

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