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A 3D-Printed, PIN-Protected Door Lock Won’t Protect Your Home But It Sure Looks Cool
3D printers may have failed as a home appliance, but researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut aren’t ready to give up on them just yet. Last year they successfully 3D-printed a working door handle without any moving parts, and this year they’re following it up with a 3D-printed, PIN-protected door lock.
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An Upgraded Tape Gun Lets You Quickly Build Life-Size Wireframe Prototypes
How many times have you battled a tape measure to try and figure out a if new piece of furniture will actually fit in your living room? With the ProtoPiper — a heavily upgraded tape gun — you can quickly build a full-scale mockup of almost any object and know for sure how big it…
