The real objects of desire though are unlikely to grace the average hackspace. Selective Laser Sintering 3D printers use a laser on a bed of powder to solidify a 3D object layer by layer.

[Andreas Bastian] has been working on a device that turns an off-the-shelf laser cutter into something capable of selective laser sintering of powdered plastics into 3D objects. He’s put in a ...

Many of Paragon’s manufacturing processes are reliant on compressed air, but one of the 3D printing technologies they use – ...

and selective laser sintering which began to arise during the mid-1980s. Currently, these technologies lead the industrial AM ...

These composite materials are highly promising for a range of applications such as selective laser sintering, transparent composite ceramic films with controlled optical properties and renewable ...