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Melissa Malzkuhn, director of the Motion Light Lab at Gallaudet University, suits up in motion capture to record a nursery rhyme for deaf children.

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When It Comes To Learning For The Deaf, 'It's A 3-D Language'

2:36pm June 28, 2015

by Emma Bowman

English nursery rhymes don't translate well to ASL, a visual language. One team is merging high tech with cognitive research to improve language learning for deaf and hard of hearing children.

One of these things is not like the other: A 3-D printed model of a beige cowbird egg stands out from its robin's egg nest mates, though their shape and heft are similar.

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Higher-Tech Fake Eggs Offer Better Clues To Wild-Bird Behavior

8:42pm May 26, 2015

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Faux eggs made with 3-D printers are better than sculpted versions, researchers say, because it's easier to systematically vary their size, weight and other features. Next goal: 3-D fragile shells.

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