Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer

TEDxVienna, Filmed Oct 2011; Posted Dec 2011

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Making food from powder...in a 3D printer.
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This seems like a great innovative idea,whats something else in the past 5 years that has had such a breakthrough in any technological field
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Soon industrial 3D printing will have the capacity to create buildings and whole city blocks
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What does a good idea feel like to you?
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Making statue of yourself with a cheap 3D printer
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What could you do with the world’s smallest 3D printer? At TEDxVienna Klaus Stadlmann demos his tiny, affordable printer that could someday make customized hearing aids -- or sculptures smaller than a human hair.

Klaus Stadlmann was pursuing his PhD at Vienna's Technical University when a broken laser system gave him some unexpected free time to think. Instead of working on his thesis, he decided to build the world's smallest 3D printer. Full bio »