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HRL Laboratories have made a breakthrough; a way to reliably 3D print high-strength aluminum alloys. You’re hungry. The baby’s crying. The picturesque sites of Australia that the travel company promised you has been exchanged for some corrugated steel and a…
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HRL Laboratories have made a breakthrough; a way to reliably 3D print high-strength aluminum alloys.
You’re hungry. The baby’s crying. The picturesque sites of Australia that the travel company promised you has been exchanged for some corrugated steel and a stale turkey sandwich. This isn’t your fault – due to our technological limits you cannot fly direct from the UK to Australia. So you sit, counting down 6 hours until your connection from Singapore is ready to board – sweaty, grumpy, and disillusioned.
The video below shows the alloys-creating process:
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