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"…scans a broken [car] part and creates a new one out of plastic using a 3D printer. The scan is so good that they even scanned an adjustable wrench and, after printing it out in plastic, it was fully workable."
I've seen 3D scanners before, but they're hulking great beasts and seem to take 40 years to do the job. This, however, is remarkable. Scans an object in under 25 minutes and renders a massively detailed object.
Couple this with a 3D plastics printer (as shown in the 2nd video) and you get something far closer to the replicator from Star Trek than anything before. What's astonishing about the 2nd video, is that the objects it prints in 3D are actually moving, working parts. The wrench actually functions and they did not need to assemble the pieces themselves.
Seen on Singularity Hub
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