{"id":24075,"date":"2016-03-10T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=24075"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:16","slug":"custom-drone-shoots-nurf-disks-at-day-of-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/custom-drone-shoots-nurf-disks-at-day-of-drones","title":{"rendered":"Custom Drone Shoots Nurf Disks at Day of Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week I went to the Liberty Science Center to attend the Day of Drones, and\u00a0got to see one of the coolest custom built drones ever. 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