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Army researchers use 3D printers for fast prototypes
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — When you stroll into this investigation lab you hear the overpowering hum of massive machines with robotic components swinging past viewing windows as technicians spray objects with lasers attached to limber metallic arms.
Fifty years ago what goes on in this lab would have been deemed science fiction, but what these Army researchers do is scientific reality.
These artisan engineers create three-dimensional objects out of plastic and metal in printers that seem much more like Star Trek replicators.
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