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Hi there! We’ve been a bit busy lately, but wanted to remind everyone that we are still alive and printing!

So, in the spirit of 3D printing awesomeness, here are some awesome 3D printing events to grease your thought engines!

Future Possibilities (Patent expiration, Printing in Space, and Printing in Fashion):

• https://qz.com/106483/3d-printing-will-explode-in-2014-thanks-to-the-expiration-of-key-patents/
• https://gigaom.com/2013/07/22/how-a-3d-printer-will-change-life-aboard-the-international-space-station/
• https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/20/why-3d-printing-will-work-in-fashion/

This article essentially describes our NFC embedding process (something we were doing several months before Phys.org published the article):

• https://phys.org/news/2013-07-internal-tagging-technique-3d-printed-video.html

Is UPS our new competition? (As though we needed more!):

• https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4578244/ups-launches-3d-printing-san-diego-other-us-cities-soon

Could we print graphene?  Perhaps:
https://www.3dprinter-world.com/article/3d-printing-with-graphene-horizon

It is important to consider the safety element, though we’ve not noticed any problems from breathing PLA fumes:

• https://fabbaloo.com/blog/2013/7/22/safety-of-3d-printing-questioned.html

Not quite 3D printing, but fun:

• https://makezine.com/2013/07/23/the-3-b-printing-project/

A powerful new tool for design of ‘living’ sculptures:

• https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/disney-research-computational-design-tool#.Ue13locA3og.reddit

Useful guide for those looking to build their own Prusa:

• https://www.mendelcraft.com/Printer.aspx

The latest (greatest?) RepRap iteration:

• https://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap_Morgan