three-dimensional printer
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What’s most unusual about the home is that it was made with an 11-foot-tall three-dimensional printer.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
He creates the statue with help from a three-dimensional printer, as he gets it ready for a nearly impossible deadline tied to the 2011 Veteran’s Day Parade.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
Thanks to Enablingthefuture.org, however, Jorgenson will have the opportunity to get a prosthetic hand made locally with a three-dimensional printer.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
The company said it has a patent pending on a three-dimensional printer called a "Microgravity Foundry" that uses lasers to deposit nickel in precise patterns in zero gravity.
From Reuters ● Jan. 22, 2013
Each three-jointed finger is made in a single manufacturing step by a three-dimensional printer and is then covered with “skin” derived from the same material used to make the touch-sensitive displays on smartphones.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2011
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