Nature inspires creativity: in building a silent propulsion system for boats and water sport devices, researchers used the octopus as their role model. The system can be produced at a low cost and in a single step with a ...
Engineering
Jul 1, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Broken the lid of your favourite ceramic teapot but can't buy a replacement? Worry not. Researchers from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol, have discovered ...
Engineering
Apr 20, 2010
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Following concerns over poor quality pitches at Euro 2016, Qatar has employed a high-tech solution to avoid similar criticisms of its World Cup in 2022—3D printers and wind tunnels.
Engineering
Jun 27, 2016
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With most of its 137 million objects kept behind the scenes or in a faraway museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex, is launching a new 3D scanning and printing initiative to make more of its ...
Engineering
Nov 13, 2013
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Griffith University students are using smartphone technology to make the driverless car of the future more of a reality. A team of Information and Communications Technology students from the Gold Coast campus has won an award ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 10, 2013
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Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have made a medical breakthrough using 3D printing on a MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental 3D Printer to create cartilage designed for tracheal repair or replacement. ...
Engineering
Jan 27, 2015
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Have you considered buying a 3D printer? A major spectacle at the Consumer Entertainment Show in Las Vegas for the last two years, they're now available for as little as £300 – around the same price as the latest Xbox ...
Engineering
Jan 8, 2015
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A Japanese court on Monday jailed a man for two years for making guns with a 3D printer in what is believed to be a first in a nation with strict gun controls.
Other
Oct 20, 2014
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Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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Manufacturing and retail could get a boost from a newly-developed 3D chocolate printer.
Engineering
Jul 5, 2011
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