Thermosets, such as epoxy and silicon rubbers, are a class of polymer (i.e., plastic) materials that harden permanently when they undergo a specific chemical reaction, known as "crosslinking." These ...

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”PlateCycler was inspired by community prototypes like Swapmod, and by the strong interest we’ve seen in ‘continuous printing without supervision.’ That motivated us to bring this vision to the ...

In the early days of the Cold War, the CIA ordered the creation of a secret programme intended to find ways of mind control. They funded an army of psychiatric institutions across the United States ...

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explore how a Texas manufacturer is using 3D printing and carbon fiber to secure the ...

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