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colleran posted to the 3D Printing board. 1:46 PM

Cool looking car with 3D parts

3D printing composite materials reduce weight for a faster race car

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colleran posted to the 3D Printing board. 5:56 PM

Desktop Full Color Printer

A company called botObjects has announced a full color PLA printer. It is not on the market yet, but here is there web site that has more information. No mention of price as yet.

http://botobjects.com/

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colleran posted to the Railroads board. 2:45 PM

Another Oil Company Hits the Rails

A Fool article on the increasing use of rail for transporting oil.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/04/19/another-oil...

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colleran posted to the 3D Printing board. 2:42 PM

Print Shift magazine

How 3D printing is changing everything

http://www.blurb.com/b/4176869-print-shift

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colleran posted to the 3D Printing board. 12:57 PM

3D Printing Chips

Not that kind of chip, electronic chips. This article from the NYT describes research being done at PARC

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colleran posted to the 3D Printing board. 4:47 PM

Remember the hype cycle

It is important to remember that the future of 3D Printing is really unknown and that investing in 3D Printing companies is a risky endeavor.

This from Forbes

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colleran posted to the 3D Printing board. 4:41 PM

7 TED talks on 3D Printing

All interesting. I especially liked the one by David Flanders, but they are all worth watching

http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/07/7-talks-on-the-wonder-of-3d-p...

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colleran replied to the Railroads board. 5:11 PM

Re: WSJ: Railroads are investing/growing

I think that the future of railroads is more Intermodal than coal. So many utilities are either closing coal power plants or changing the fual source to natural gas. I don't see coal unit trains as a growth area, although there is always [more]