Gears, chains, dinosaur skulls: 3D-printed stuff made by HP Multi Jet Fusion (photos)

HP's Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology won't arrive until next year at the very earliest, but a few sample printed products were displayed at a New York event. This dinosaur skull was pretty awesome.

Multi-jet fusion uses fused nylon as its printing material. In the future, HP is open to using other materials. Cute elephants.

Parts can be printed: seen here, an actual part for a 3D printer. Printers printing themselves.

Multiple colors can be printed at once. This is a nested set of gears that spin in a hypnotizing way.

A nautilus shell? A gear? Maybe both.

Multi-jet fusion can print quickly, and with fine detail: down to 20 microns. This is a cute sleigh.

One more look at that dinosaur skull.

A 3D-printed nylon chain.

Several gears side by side.

An artist's 3D-printed sculpture, with impressive detail.

Folded star.

Mysterious pottery.

Moving parts can be printed: this center iris can be opened and shut by moving the outer edges.