University of Virginia students built a quarter scale replica of a Rolls-Royce jet engine using 3D printing. The engine works — it spins, it whirs! It’s plastic.
The article about this originally appeared in Popular Mechanics, and can be read online here.
I’ve seen many posts online about 3D printing — some consider it a hoax and question the veracity of videos and articles that document it; some think these videos and stories are a conspiracy. While I believe 3D printing exists and works, I do find it unbelievable, as well as incredible and wonderfully magic. What a future awaits us!
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