Pancakes to prosthetics: 3D printing the future

By Michael Smith, The Ithaca Voice
 

In celebration of National Pancake Day on March 8, Ithaca College Professor Michael “Bodhi” Rogers demonstrated one of the college’s new pieces of a tech: a pancake-printing robot.
 
Rogers’ lab has three 3D printers, ranging from the $300 PancakeBot that works strictly in the batter medium, to the $3,000 MakerBot which prints using a plastic-like substance made from corn starch. According to Rogers, 3D printing technology has created a unique learning environment for his students.
 
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