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KNM 2560 – Fx Jj 16 1060 – Olduwan core, ~ 1.6 million years old Obtained from africanfossils.org Printed with the Makerbot Replicator 2 at 0.1 mm resolution This was a particularly interesting print, since there was a fairly visceral reaction to fitting a prehistoric stone tool to your hand.  I may have hummed Also […]

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3D printers and safety

tl;dr:  maybe you should avoid having a 3D printer in your dorm room firing off ABS models. Azimi, P., Zhao, D., Pouzet, C., Crain, N. E., and Stephens, B. (2016).  Emissions of ultrafine particles and volatile organic compounds from commercially available desktop three-dimensional printers with multiple filaments.  Environ Sci Technol, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04983. Previous research has […]

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