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First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Looks Like It Broke Off an Alien Mothership

Apr 03, 2018 Article Engineering
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An editorial read from the Channel archive, kept in the relaunch for its coverage of engineering.

The plan to 3D-print a bridge in mid-air was always bonkers. How could a technology best known for creating flimsy prototypes and personalized action figures be used for permanent construction projects? Well, the team at MX3D in Amsterdam just answered all of the hard questions and revealed it: the world’s first 3D-printed bridge. READ MORE

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