Each week our friends at Inhabitat (http://inhabitat.com/) recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
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Just a few short years ago, 3D printing (http://inhabitat.com/tag/3d-printer/) seemed like science fiction; we could grasp its value, but we didn't yet have the ability to harness its power and put it to good use. Now, we're seeing the technology advance every day -- and it's opening up new possibilities in medical science and other fields. This week, we shared the story of one British man who received a new 3D-printed face (http://inhabitat.com/man-given-second-chance-at-life-thanks-to-3d-printed-prosthetic-face/) that gave him a second chance at life. In an equally amazing story, scientists at the University of Notre Dame successfully 3D printed the entire skeleton of a living rat (http://inhabitat.com/scientists-successfully-3d-print-the-skeleton-of-a-live-animal/). California-based Signal Snowboards unveiled the world's first 3D-printed snowboard (http://inhabitat.com/signal-creates-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-snowboard/) this week. And desktop 3D printing and scanning is getting cheaper every day -- Canadian company Matterform is developing a lightweight 3D scanner called the Photon (http://inhabitat.com/matterforms-desktop-3d-scanner-is-cheaper-than-a-tablet/) that's cheaper than a tablet.
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