For his last semester at the Illinois Institute of Technology, undergrad Sebastian Morales brought his A+ game, deciding to divert from the predetermined curriculum and to pursue his own research project. The result of his research is The Bug, a 3D printer inspired by spiders and silkworms and capable of 3D printing fiber composites.
Morales writes in his Instructable about The Bug that “3D printers [are] limited to layers and the strength of the bond between them, making parts significantly weaker than parts of the same materials made by injection molding, machining or casting.…
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