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TED Talk on 3D Printing by Lisa Harouni [Video]

2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things — including intricate objects once impossible to create.

Neil Gershenfeld: The beckoning promise of personal fabrication [Video]

MIT Professor and personal fabrication expert Neil Gershenfeld talks about 3D printing and fab labs at the TED conference in 2007. His vision: how personal fabrication can allow you to make (almost) anything.