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Yesterday The University of the West of England became the first academic library in the UK to offer 3D printing to its students thanks to the donation of a 3DTouch from 3D Systems. The printer is in the main foyer and available for all students to use. Iain Major made the hand-over to Drew Batchelor (Programme Leader & Senior Lecturer in Creative Product Design) and Jon Hallet (Library IT Manager) at a ceremony attended by dozens of interested students who had heard about the donation in advance and who came along to find out more about how to get involved.
Citing its Terms of Service, MakerBot has removed designs for AR15 and other weapon components from its 3D printing file library. [Read more] Follow this link: MakerBot purges 3D printable gun parts from Thingiverse http://puregreencoffee.org
Not to be bested by their Oceanic neighbors , Australia now boasts a community digital fabrication shop of its own. Core77 forum member sanjy009 recently posted a news item about the Innovation Lab at a public library in Adelaide, officially opened by Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood just three weeks ago.
