That type of design uses three parallel arms to control the print head, enabling a device that's not only "fun to watch, " according to the group, but that can also quickly print high resolution objects with a large 9-inch by 11-inch build envelope.

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The 100 micron resolution of the print layers turns the corner from being able to produce prototypes to actual products.

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For example, I made a high-resolution scanner and you could print on glass plates.

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Since many consumer cameras now have at least a five-megapixel resolution, which is enough to make a good 8-inch-by-10-inch print, the competition in cameras has shifted away from the megapixel arms race toward other features that help people take better pictures.

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