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3D printing a Luneburg lens

04/03/2026 7 views 0 likes 518461 ID 00:01:10
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During his project with the European Space Agency’s Navigation Laboratory, PhD researcher Lionel Tombakdjian from Université Côte d'Azur in France explored ways to make resilient antennas for satellite navigation simple and cheap – by 3D printing them.

This sped-up timelapse captures a 4-hour-long printing process.

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