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3D-printed lenses that can ignore certain objects in frame

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AI-created lenses let camera ignore some objects when taking pictures

Camera lenses that ignore certain objects and only capture images they have been designed to recognise can be built in just hours from clear plastic with a 3D printer

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Wood ink printed as a flat rectangle is programmed to form a complex shape after drying and solidifying. (Ruler is marked in centimeters.)

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3D-printed wood could start flat then twist into furniture as it dries

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Mare Crisium is a large, dark, basaltic plain on the Moon that filled an ancient asteroid impact. Basaltic plains on the Moon were created by early volcanic eruptions. Mare Crisium was flooded with basaltic lava, a dark, runny lava commonly found on Earth. Basaltic plains on the Moon are also known as lunar maria, because of a mistaken belief by early astronomers that these dark areas were oceans ? ?maria? is the Latin word for ?seas.? We now know these spots to be plains of basalt created by early volcanic eruptions, but the nomenclature of ?maria? (plural) or ?mare? (singular) remains. The basalts in Mare Crisium range in age from 2.5 to 3.3 billion years old! These dates come from measuring the radioactive isotope signatures of samples returned from Mare Crisium by the Soviet Luna 24 mission. Along the rim of Mare Crisium lies an outer boundary of wrinkle ridges. Wrinkle ridges are commonly found in places where the surface has contracted. As the surface is compressed, it bends and fractures, and can form complicated patterns of faults and folds.

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Bricks made of dust from the moon and Mars could make space buildings

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A model of a boat produced using the new 3D printing technique

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Laser-based 3D printer can produce complex objects in any order

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R25AWR Shenzhen, China's Guangdong Province. 16th Nov, 2018. An exhibitor shows f 4D printing works of ceramic samples at the 20th China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 16, 2018. Credit: Mao Siqian/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

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Hackers could sabotage 4D printed objects to cause malicious failures

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3D printed structures

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3D-printed ‘living ink’ is full of microbes and can release drugs

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3D printed building

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US army to 3D print concrete buildings and bridges in disaster areas

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A gloved hand holds samples of Astrocrete

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Astronauts could use their blood and urine to make Martian concrete

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Chainmail arch supporting weight

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3D-printed chain mail alternates between flexibility and rigidity

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robot hand

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3D-printed robotic hand powered by water can play Super Mario Bros

A 3D-printed robotic hand controlled by pressurised water can complete the first level of classic computer game Super Mario Bros in less than 90 seconds

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World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam

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Human brain organoids grown in cheap 3D-printed bioreactor

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Super-bright fluorescent solids can be 3D printed in any shape

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Human-like ears 3D-printed inside mice as surgery-free spare parts

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