Scientists hope using 3-D printing technology might offer a speedier method with more lifelike results.
Makers who create affordable 3D printing technology open the door to a whole new model of distribution.
From this initiative, Brother developed its Landscape Printing Technology that reoriented the way color inkjet printing is done.
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Scientists continue to make major advances in 3D-printing technology for the medical community and for wider consumer applications.
There are times when regulation, in terms of who is allowed access to broadcasting or printing technology, is appropriate.
Printer giants such as HP (HPQ), Lexmark (LXK), Kodak (EK) and others have at last gotten so-called cloud printing technology working.
But recording technology has evolved much faster than did printing technology so fast, in fact, that librarians can't keep up with it.
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That hurdle aside, cartilage may be the tissue most amenable to growing with the help of 3-D printing technology, he said.
The research demonstrates the latest advances in 3D printing technology, which is already in use in medicine, fashion, car manufacturing and other industries.
As researchers, they were inspired by the promise of 3D printing technology but frustrated by the price tag and complexity of truly high-quality machines.
"This makes it much cheaper internally, " says Stephen Nigro , senior vice president and general manager of imaging and printing technology platforms for HP.
Lawmakers in California, the District of Columbia, as well as a handful on Capitol Hill said they intend to fight block 3-D gun printing technology.
But this should not be a pretext for restricting 3D-printing technology.
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Even so, there have been plenty of advances in printing technology.
The combination of the Internet and 3D printing technology creates an opportunity for artists, makers and entrepreneurs to sell their own creations to others using online marketplaces.
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They were also shown 3D-printing technology and innovative crafts kit.
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However, the intensive training required, the low income generated, popularization of computer printing technology and diminishing enthusiasm for compiling genealogies have all contributed to a rapid decrease in the number of craftspeople.
The included software also provides prepress professionals with the option to enhance soft proofing accuracy using test and report features approved by UGRA (the Swiss Center of Competence for Media and Printing Technology).
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At Cornell University, researchers are experimenting with using 3D printers to print food that could be eaten by astronauts in space, and scientists in Edinburgh successfully 3D-printed embryonic stem cells for the first time, demonstrating how 3D-printing technology could one day eliminate the need for organ donation.
Instead, today anyone wanting access to 3D printing services can get it from companies like Shapeways, Sculpteo, or Materialise, each of which can put the type of high-end 3D printing technology into the hands of creative types required to make anything from toys and puzzles to jewelry and clothing.
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Designed for portability, the Z340 combines a 14.0 megapixel digital camera with a ZINK-enabled printer using the ink-free Zero Ink Printing Technology from ZINK Imaging to deliver a 3x4'' print - the same size as the classic Polaroid photos that captured millions of special memories over the past 63 years.
Dye sublimation is a printing technology that uses layers of transparent color dye, special dye-receptive paper and a heated printing head to create images that are pretty close in quality to conventional photographic film and paper--up to 16.7 million colors and 403 dots per inch by 403 dots per inch.
He added that, in his view, 3D printing was a technology that justified its hype and said it was "the sequel to the Industrial Revolution".
The next step will be to apply the technology to printing body organs, which would be built up by arranging individual cells, one layer at a time.
One of the highlights of the week will be a three day competition between design schools from France and the USA to create prototype lighting designs, using 3D printing as an in situ maker technology.
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He referred to 3D printing as an example of a future technology for which the U.S. should be a leader.
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But to take it a step further, the architect plans to build "Landscape House" using the emerging technology of 3-D printing.
Even the world of physical things will soon become an information technology with the advent of 3D printing (The Economist Magazine recently had a picture of an actual violin that was printed out on a 3D printer).
Though HP is a world leader in desktop color printing, it couldn't wait to adapt its technology to the commercial marketplace.
Designed for both form and function, photo printing is now as portable as photo taking: ZINK Technology does not require messy ribbons, toner or inkjet cartridges.
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