The U.S. Army has started using 3D-printed lego-like bridge parts in order to rapidly assemble infrastructure in combat zones ...
“Did you know you can 3D-print LEGO bricks that can actually be used as regular LEGO?”–me, in 2009 Those magical words made real to me the wonder that was 3D printing. It was a magical tim ...
The project team is testing the blocks for spans and other structures that could be printed on demand in combat zones.
They’ve made some LEGO bricks. Sadly lunar regolith is in short supply in Europe at the moment, so as a stand-in they’ve ground up a meteorite, mixed the powder with a polymer, and 3D printed ...