Recently Printed

I neglected to take a photo prior to delivery, unfortunately.  I realize that makes for a less-interesting post. Acute brain slice incubation holder for electrophysiology Another example of the use of 3D printing technology to aid in research.  Browse through the NIH’s collections and see if there’s anything useful for you! […]

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Recently Printed

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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Hello world!

Welcome to the new homepage of the Digital Science Center’s 3D printing service.  The old page functioned as a repository of submitted designs, but it was largely a faceless entity; we hope to make this new version of it a bit more lively. If you’re reading this particular post after clicking on the ‘Tips and […]

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