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LeTourneau University students attempt Guinness World Record with self-built 3-D printers

April 14th, 2014 Jenna Pace, LeTourneau University

As of this past Friday, April 4, LeTourneau University is in the running to set a Guinness World Record for most 3D printers operating in one room. For anyone not in-the-know about this amazing technology, a 3D printer is a state-of-the-art machine that prints three-dimensional objects. At most universities, freshman students would never get to use such awesome equipment their very first semester in college.

But that's only the tip of the iceberg on this story. Forget world records and incredible technology, and let's focus for a minute on our students. These LETU freshmen didn't simply get to use 3D printers. They made their own. Every printer used in attempting to set the Guinness record was the product of the hands of LETU freshman engineering students as a requirement of their class. They will continue to use their printers over the course of their LETU education.

Let's hit that point one more time: A group of 18-19-year-olds built their own 3D printers. These students were in high school this time last year.

And we want to set the record straight. Hack-A-Day, a popular tech blog, this week called our Guinness world record attempt "cute" after a commercial 3D printer manufacturer, LulzBot, claimed their own alleged victory in setting the record immediately following LETU.

The jury's still out on the actual winner. We'll let Guinness decide before we make an official statement, but for now, we've submitted all the proper paperwork and proof that they require.

And we'll tip our hats to LulzBot if they win, but let's make something clear:

We couldn't be more proud. Even if we don't get the Guinness, we had 102 3D printers, a relatively new technology, printing simultaneously—and all the printers were self-built by our freshman students.

That's the caliber of LeTourneau students. We could use a lot of terms to describe them; extraordinary, remarkable, brilliant, revolutionary… the list goes on, and "cute" is not on it.

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