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> Also in 2015, a Mediated Matter team developed G3DP,[47] the first 3D printer for optically transparent glass.[48][49] At the time, sintering 3D printers could print with glass powder, but the results were brittle and opaque.[50] G3DP was designed in collaboration with MIT's Glass Lab and the Wyss Institute, emulating traditional glass working processes. Molten glass was poured in fine streams and cooled in an annealing chamber, yielding precision suitable for art and consumer products, and glass strength suitable for architectural elements.[51] The process allowed close control of color, transparency, thickness and texture.[52]

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