Printing used to be a fairly dull thing to do but it’s getting rather more exciting these days, isn’t it? While 3D printing rightly takes a lot of the attention now, how would you like to use a robotic printer to carry out your printing jobs for you? The latest work from Fuji Xerox has been around producing a robotic printer that can move around the office or the home...
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Some people will tell you that 3D printing is going to be huge in the future and they might very well be right. This technology could be used in the coming years to produce all sorts of things, from cars to false teeth and could revolutionise the industrial process forever. However, for the moment we are happy enough with the idea of printing off our own phone. Ok, so...
If you were going to use a 3D printer you would really want to use moon rocks in it, wouldn’t you? Well, if you have any serious plans to become a lunar colonist (and don’t we all?) then this could become a reality for you. Researchers in the US have been working a 3D printer which has been used to make little objects from pretend moon rocks. The idea is that when...
Last summer, a group of scientists from the United Kingdom first unveiled a prototype 3D printer that prints edible chocolate. Now, according to the BBC, the 3D chocolate printer has been perfected and is now available for pre-order. The device, which is named Choc Creator, enables users to “print their own custom-made sweets, layer by layer,” said the BBC...