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3-D Printers for the Masses

"I wanted something that would allow undergraduates to try their own printer, try crazy materials, not worry too much if they blew up the printer," Prof Lipson said. "If they broke it, they could just break a new one, I didn't want something to cost $100,000." Read more

Robotic gripper IP video to receive first place award

The Global Polymer Innovation Expo will be held on August 27, 2012, in Columbus, OH. Inventors, John Amend and Hod Lipson will receive the first place award for the "best video". The competition was judged on "the ability to communicate IP to the non-scientific mind and to create a tool to accelerate the commercialization of the products." John Amend, a graduate student, made and submitted the video. Read more