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The article discusses the advances in the use of 3D printing. Topics covered include the price of today's commercial 3D printers, 3D printing's ability to use open source designs to cheaply and quickly print objects, and the dependence of 3D printers on a computer-aided design (CAD) file to tell the...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 7; pp. 17 - 20
Autor principal: Greengard, Samuel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2013
Materias:
Three-dimensional printing
Rapid prototyping
Computer printer sales & prices
Computer-aided design
Art & computers
Cornell University
Airbus aircraft
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Sumario:The article discusses the advances in the use of 3D printing. Topics covered include the price of today's commercial 3D printers, 3D printing's ability to use open source designs to cheaply and quickly print objects, and the dependence of 3D printers on a computer-aided design (CAD) file to tell the printer what to produce. Also mentioned are the edible printed food items and robotic insects developed by Cornell University using 3D printing technology, and the industrial 3D printing used by airplane maker Airbus to make some cabin components.