Open-Source 3-D Printer (IMAGE)

Rice University

Open-Source 3-D Printer

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Using an open-source 3-D printer that lays down individual filaments of sugar glass one layer at a time, the researchers "printed" a lattice of would-be blood vessels.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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