A 3D-Printing Breakthrough Just Brought Us Closer to Printing a Car: ‘A Great Feat’

Key Takeaways

• MIT researchers built a 3D printer that can produce a fully functioning electric linear motor in about three hours for 50 cents in materials.
• Linear motors are typically used in optical systems and simple robotics.
• While a linear motor is still far away from the complexity of a car engine, the development is a significant step in the right direction.

MIT researchers just built a 3D-printing platform that can spit out a fully...