{"id":2186,"date":"2013-07-17T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2186-what-do-you-want-to-3d-print-that-you-cannot-due-to-materials-available.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:42:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:42:03","slug":"what-do-you-want-to-3d-print-that-you-cannot-due-to-materials-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/what-do-you-want-to-3d-print-that-you-cannot-due-to-materials-available","title":{"rendered":"What do You Want to 3D Print That You Cannot Due to Materials  Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2184-Get-Ready-for-Another-Material-to-3D-Print-With-at-Shapeways.html\" target=\"_blank\">a new 3D printing material<\/a> waiting in the wings ready to launch and we recently introduced <a 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