[TheForge] Re: What is it

[Marc Godbout]

Actually, that process is exactly the one used by the 3-D printer at
work. From the MIT website, I saw that they licensed the technology to Z
Corporation, the maker of the printer I was talking about.

http://www.zcorp.com

-Marc

On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 01:53, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
> Marc> We've got a "3-D printer" here at work that takes in 3-D plot
> Marc> files and builds a model out of some sort of plastic compound,
> Marc> one layer at a time.
> 
> Dan> I have handeled some things made by one of those "printers" I
> Dan> could have broken it with a bit of effort....
> 
> Sam Allen, the prof who has the blacksmith shop at MIT, has been
> working on a 3D printing technology that's a bit different.  Makes
> metal and ceramic functional objects as well as art.  Cool tech.  I
> saw the jury rigged, experimental prototype in action 7 or 8 years
> ago.  You can see the present state of the art at:
> 
>    http://web.mit.edu/tdp/www/index.html
> 
> Enable javascript in your browser if you don't normally do that.
> 

> 

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Marc Godbout
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