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Jul 30, 2013 5 min

Bastian Schaefer: A 3D-printed jumbo jet?

from TED Design Hosted by TED: Ideas worth spreading

Designer Bastian Schaefer shows off a speculative design for the future of jet planes, with a skeleton inspired by strong, flexible, natural forms and by the needs of the world's, ahem, growing population. Imagine an airplane that's full of light and space -- and built up from generative parts in a 3D printer. A video of this talk

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