[Cody Sumter] and [Jason Boggess] are students at the MIT Media Lab, and they just came up with Minecraft.Print(), an attempt to create a bridge between Minecraft and the real world via 3D Printers.

According to the U of I News Bureau, using Minecraft as a resource will allow ... While there are more detailed 3D models available to some in the science community, CraftCells is accessible ...