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Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter group @MIT Media Lab have developed a technique for 3D-printing Molten Glass

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

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Designer and researcher Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter group atMIT Media Lab have developed a technique for 3D-printing molten glass, meaning that transparent glass objects can be printed for the first time (+ movie).

The group, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, built an additive manufacturing machine that extrudes molten glass – a process the team believes could be used to create architectural components and even entire building facades.

The project, titled G3DP, represents “a first of its kind optically transparent glass printing process,” the group said.

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