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Health: 3D printers are TOXIC to humans as they emit tiny plastic particles that cause lung damage

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First invented in the 1980s by Chuck Hull, an engineer and physicist, 3D printing technology – also called additive manufacturing – is the process of making an object by depositing material, one layer at a time. Similarly to how an inkjet printer adds individual dots of ink to form an image, a 3D printer adds … Read more

More than 600 3D printers answer NHS call to arms and start producing thousands of visors

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More than 600 3D printers have answered Britain’s call to arms and started to produce thousands of face visors for the NHS.  The masks, which protect doctors and nurses against coronavirus, are being delivered to hospitals across the country. It comes after several hospitals on the frontline of the outbreak reportedly ran out of face … Read more