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Boffins create Star Trek micro-voyager
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Tuesday, 10 November 2020 11:49

Boffins create Star Trek micro-voyager


The Borg will never see it coming

A team of physicists at a university in the Netherlands have 3D-printed a microscopic version of the USS Voyager, an Intrepid-class starship from Star Trek.

McDonalds cooking oil is ideal for 3D printing
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Thursday, 20 February 2020 10:47

McDonalds cooking oil is ideal for 3D printing


The fast-food restaurant helped make breakthrough

Fast-food restaurant McDonalds helped a University of Toronto boffin come up with a 3D printer material by giving him old chip oil for his experiments.

3D printing proves da Vinci was a genius
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Friday, 11 October 2019 11:38

3D printing proves da Vinci was a genius


And the Turks were stupid

One of Leonardo da Vinci’s engineering projects which was rejected by the Turks, who thought it was too unlikely, has been proven to work thanks to modern technology.

New 3D printing breakthrough delivers unprecedented speed
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You have to see it to believe it

A new company has unveiled a new breakthrough 3D printing process, which it claims is 25 to 100 times faster than what’s available on the market today. 

Monday, 30 December 2013 15:32

British outfit creates cannibal’s dessert



3D printing moves into chocolate