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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday July 16 2020, @01:34PM   Printer-friendly
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Phys.org:

Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a novel process to 3-D print latex rubber, unlocking the ability to print a variety of elastic materials with complex geometric shapes.

[...] 3-D printed latex has been documented only a handful of times in scientific literature. None of the previous examples come close to the mechanical properties of the latex printed by an interdisciplinary team affiliated with the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), the College of Science, and the College of Engineering.

[...] Even with the custom printer, the fluid latex particles caused scattering outside of the projected UV light on the latex resin surface, which resulted in printing inaccurate parts, so Meenakshisundaram devised a second novel idea. He embedded a camera onto the printer to capture an image of each vat of latex resin. With his custom algorithm, the machine is able to "see" the UV light's interaction on the resin surface and then automatically adjust the printing parameters to correct for the resin scattering to cure just the intended shape.

Now you can print your own complex objects out of latex.


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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday July 16 2020, @07:45PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 16 2020, @07:45PM (#1022538)

    I was bored enough to look into it; I guess they were trying to legislate pr0n shops selling sex toys out of existence while not making very weird yard/garage sales illegal.

    How they determined six was the magic number is a mystery that needs solving. My gut level guess is the standard dildo shipping crate in 1950 contained precisely 12 dongs so "more than six" should handily prevent retail sales.

    Possibly someone at SN works at a sex shop and can verify the standard shipping crate quantities for dildos in 2020.

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