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Fully Functional 3D Printed Boeing-787 Jet Engine (with Thrust Reverser)
- greenyoda 11y agoThis is a very impressive scale-model jet engine powered by an electric motor. But it's definitely not a "fully functional Boeing-787 jet engine", as the title misleadingly implies. A fully functional Boeing-787 jet engine could power a Boeing-787, and could not be printed out of plastic (since it would burn up as soon as you ignited the jet fuel).
- toomuchtodo 11y agoMIT recently released a 3D printer that can use 10 different materials at a time for $7000: http://www.visualnews.com/2015/08/30/mit-invents-breakthrough-3d-printer-that-prints-10-materials-simultaneously-costs-just-7000/ http://www.visualnews.com/2015/08/30/mit-invents-breakthroug... If we can't already laser sinter an entire jet engine, we're getting closer very fast.