Airbus unit unveils 3D-printed electric motorcycle
What weighs 77 pounds, goes 50 mph (80 kph) and looks like a Swiss cheese on wheels?
What weighs 77 pounds, goes 50 mph (80 kph) and looks like a Swiss cheese on wheels?
Engineering
May 20, 2016
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OK, so maybe you aren't interested in making your own toys, cellphone cases, or glow-in-the-dark Christmas decorations. How about a brake drum?
Engineering
Dec 2, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite ongoing efforts to save the trees, many offices print high volumes of paper documents on a daily basis. Although many companies encourage paper recycling, both disposing of and recycling paper have ...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed words.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 8, 2014
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I've gone through almost every brand of inkjet printer over the last 15 years.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 26, 2017
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A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique allows a new material ...
Engineering
Sep 24, 2009
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Imagine you need to have an almost exact copy of an object. Now imagine that you can just pull your smartphone out of your pocket, take a snapshot with its integrated 3-D imager, send it to your 3-D printer, and within minutes ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 3, 2015
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Today, manufacturing strong magnets is no problem from a technical perspective. It is, however, difficult to produce a permanent magnet with a magnetic field of a specific pre-determined shape. That is, until now, thanks ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 25, 2016
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Additive manufacturing is the process of creating an object by building it one layer at a time. It is the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, in which an object is created by cutting away at a solid block of material until ...
Engineering
Dec 11, 2017
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In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time. The technology could be used by soldiers on the battlefield ...
Engineering
Apr 25, 2018
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