General Motors Rapid Prototyping Lab

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Deep within the recesses of its top secret Warren Tech Center, General Motors has a laboratory that can actually grow car parts. Needless to say, the Rapid Prototyping Lab has had a profound impact on the automotive design process and we were lucky enough to witness firsthand how it's done.

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