BendiNewsTest: MIT’s groundbreaking MultiFab 3D printer uses a record 10 materials at once

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

MIT’s groundbreaking MultiFab 3D printer uses a record 10 materials at once

3D-printing took a giant leap forward this week when an MIT research team announced they have developed a low-cost 3D printer that can use up to 10 different materials for one project. The innovation comes out of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and they are calling it “MultiFab” for its ability to handle so many different types of material at the same time. This approach, which also includes vision assistance, can potentially save users time, energy and money. Some users of 3D-printing technology can pick one of two of those, but all three in the same machine is unprecedented at this level.