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November 21, 2011 04:57 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PTopYVqZHAc/laser-printed-uav.html
3D-printed UAV
Last July, engineers from the UK's University of Southampton have flown an unmanned air vehicle whose chassis was entirely constructed of parts that came off a 3D printer; the parts were designed to snap-fit and the plane can be assembled without tools. Professor Scanlan says: The flexibility of the laser sintering process allows the design [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PTopYVqZHAc/laser-printed-uav.html
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