{"id":252,"date":"2009-06-17T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/252-selective-laser-sintering-powder.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:52:17","slug":"selective-laser-sintering-powder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/selective-laser-sintering-powder","title":{"rendered":"Selective Laser Sintering Powder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This evening I&#8217;ll be going home to Amsterdam from Eindhoven. 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