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Is the Tech Market Ready for New Polaroid 3D Printers, 3D Pens, Drones and VR Visors? 3D Printer Hardware

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After the first experiment in UK, Polaroid has now fully embraced the 3D revolution by presenting at CES a slew of 3D related products, ranging from a new line of Polaroid 3D printers and 3D pen products for the US and Canadian markets to drones, virtual reality visors, smartwatches action cameras and more. This initiative marks the once struggling iconic global brand as one of the first household names to bring 3D printing products to everyday consumers in the US and Canada.

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GE Successfully tested Its advanced turboprop engine with 3D printed parts Aerospace

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Stephen Erickson was just 13 years old when he fell in love with planes — inside a Boston movie theater. He was watching aircraft mechanic Joe Patroni, played by George Kennedy in the original “Airport” movie, extricate a Boeing jet full of worried passengers from a snowdrift. “That moment was the spark that changed my life,” he says. “I wanted to build aircraft engines.” He enrolled in a technical school and joined GE Aviation, where he has become an ace test engineer — a real-world Patroni.

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3D Hubs and Rolls Royce Work with Students on JetX 3D Printed Functional Jet Engine Model AM Software

by Aerospace

3D Hubs Student Grant finalist JetX are a team of aerospace engineering students working with Rolls Royce to create the world’s first functional 3D printed jet engine model to provide instant design feedback. The project started back in 2013 at the University of Glasgow when Chris Triantafyllou the President and Founder of JetX spotted the need for more hands-on learning to get people engaged with the subject. He also saw the need for future engineers to familiarize with concepts such as design for assembly and simulation analysis.

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TuPOD Windform XT 2.0 3D Printed TubeSat Deployer Successfully Completes Mission Aerospace

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Small satellites provide a responsive alternative to larger, more expensive satellites. As demand grows, engineers must adapt these “nanosatellites” or CubeSats to provide new achievements and goals. One of these achievements is deploying a TubeSat from the International Space Station (ISS). TubeSats are cylindrical and are not compatible with normal CubeSats deployer platform (P-POD) on the ISS. Thus, an innovative nano-satellite, TuPOD (Tubesat-POD), was developed to address the challenge.