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Japanese Scientists Unveil Game-Changing 3D Printing Breakthrough for Lightweight Cars (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] JohnDClay 18 points 1 week ago

Cool, looks like they figured out a way to better bond multi material metal 3d prints together to print a suspension stack.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221486042400575X?via%3Dihub

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This means cars with 3d printed parts are going to be better and cheaper, right?

[–] JohnDClay 6 points 1 week ago

Probably not cheaper, melting metal dust together with a giant laser in an argon atmosphere a fraction of a millimeter at a time seems pretty expensive.