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Aerospace company Lockheed Martin filed a patent for making synthetic diamonds from 3D printing.
3D printing can create a diamond drill bit with “almost any geometry,” as well as other industrial objects such as brake pad inserts and lightweight armor, the U.S. patent filing said.
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