Earlier this year, the US bookseller launched the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, an upgraded device which features LED lights enabling the device to be read in the dark.

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However, by enabling the device to capture 3-D pictures and video, Jang hopes the excitement carries over into LG's TV business, which has struggled to sell 3-D sets.

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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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