After that, it's simply a process of getting that file to the printer (via USB, SD card or wahtever), which converts them into a 3D plastic object by extruding hot plastic onto a moving platform.
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The unboxing process involves a lot of tiny compartments and several instances of moving the platform up and down to remove hidden cardboard boxes and plastic bags full of bolts, wrenches and the like.
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As long ago as the end of World War II, the Air Force realized it needed to provide neophyte pilots with more than just a moving flight simulator platform and a crisp video display.
In addition, advertisers see eyeballs moving to a new platform (mobile) which lacks the monetization infrastructure that exists in traditional channels.
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Rival Kik and the messaging-and-calling service Viber have also both said they are moving towards becoming social platform that act as secondary market places for apps.
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"All it will take is one or two high-profile companies to migrate to Apple to open the floodgates for other IT managers to realize that they, too, should consider moving to a new platform, " Pile says.
The name isn't terribly important, but the concept is critical -- every mobile platform of consequence is moving in the direction of intelligent, on-the-go app management, and with the Pre, Palm can't afford to be any different in that regard.
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While I have run my business for seven years, the process of moving onto an e-commerce platform, setting up a merchant account, editing photos and navigating the legal and tax logistics of this new stage of my business have introduced me to areas in which I am not an expert.
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Not content with conquering mobile, Angry Birds is now moving to that other massive casual game platform, Facebook.
Social gaming company Zynga has been moving to bolster itself as a gaming platform, not just a game developer.
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It is deplorable that so few of our elected officials, with the notable exceptions of Rep. Kevin Brady, prime sponsor of the Sound Dollar Act, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who successfully championed a national monetary commission as part of the 2012 GOP platform, have focused on moving monetary policy to center stage.
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The overall structure shows a long base, a sharp breakout in October, a nice consolidation platform, the 50-day moving average and trend line that held, and this stock is moving up.
The NVIDIA GRID Platform builds on this capability by moving high-end gaming to the cloud, eliminating the need for consumers to manage game discs or fit game consoles next to flat-screen TVs.
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His organization had spent a lot of money on old technology and while happy with it, he was being forced to adopt a new platform because the product vendor was moving on, leaving no support for the old system.
Through Dec. 27, a preliminary tally showed 139 people "made contact with a moving train" in 2012, either on the platform or in the tracks.
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It would have to work hard for those savings considering that NYSE Euronext is still the process of moving all its current exchanges onto a single electronic platform, almost four years after its merger.
"There is a shift in sensibility happening now shoppers are moving away from conspicuous It-bags, the vertiginous platform heel and gaudy in-your-face jewels, " said Kate Davidson Hudson, co-founder of the newly launched accessories shopping site Editorialist.
They are moving quickly to speak with their target customers across the Pandora platform, with the majority of the top 50 digital advertisers in the U.S. already having bought multiplatform advertising on Pandora.
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Is Mullenweg worried about moving on when many users are not even aware of WordPress as an application platform?
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The cargo truck is about 2, 000km from the platform and will wait until the current shuttle mission has left the ISS before moving in to dock.
For me, moving forward, I'm only going to purchase Nexus phones -- on the Android platform, anyway -- and strong demand for the Nexus 4 suggests that a groundswell of similar sentiment is forming.
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Witnesses described a fast-moving series of events that unfolded at about 12:30 p.m. on the southbound platform of the 49th Street station near Times Square, a law-enforcement official said.
There is tremendous value to unlock if Wal-Mart can build a platform to connect its dispersed users from various markets, and while we believe that recent efforts are moving in the right direction, it looks like it will be a while before online sales really move the needle for the retail giant.
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