News MIT researchers crack 3D printing with glass — new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures

[Admin]

Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory have successfully 3D printed using a special type of glass-based filament they developed.

MIT researchers crack 3D printing with glass — new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures : Read more

 

[Notton]

only 250C?
That is impressive considering the working temperature of glass is around 800~1000C.
A cooking oven can hit 250C.

 

[Dementoss]

Printing chocolate mentioned in the article, why?

Don't mess about printing chocolate, just get on with eating it!

 

[fergalcoulter]

The article is quite wrong about being first to print glass - there have been many publications over the years, and even a company in Germany called Glassomer.

Also printing Molten pure glass was done in 2015 by MIT mediated matter group :

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3d-printing-molten-glass-beautiful-180956385/