3-D Printers Turn Computer Models into Reality (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

3-D Printers Turn Computer Models into Reality

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Graduate student Marc Miskin manufactured granular materials of various shapes in a 3-D printer to test their aggregate properties when jammed into a confined space.

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Robert Kozloff/University of Chicago

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