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What we're reading: 3D printing prosthetics
Too much wind power; LED shortage; zero-energy school; 3D prosthetic printing; Avatar's botanist.
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1.) Is there too much wind power in Texas for the national grid to handle?
2.) A "drastic" shortage of LEDs looms for 2010, one analyst says.
3.) The nation's first net-zero energy public school is set to open this year in Kentucky.
4.) With 3D printing, ordering a prosthetic may soon be as easy as picking a shoe color.
5.) The real-life botanical inspiration behind the flora in the blockbuster film Avatar.
This post was originally published on Smartplanet.com