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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s possible to use plain old sand as the building material in a 3D printer.

Heated and fused together into shapes with cavities, it can be extremely strong and lightweight.

Someday carbon fiber printing will be possible... resulting in the strongest objects ever created by man.


21 posted on 12/03/2013 3:31:53 PM PST by Bobalu (White Boy Think A Lot)
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To: Bobalu
"Someday carbon fiber printing will be possible... resulting in the strongest objects ever created by man."

I think they're already working on that.

22 posted on 12/03/2013 3:38:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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