Buttercup the duck gets a 3-D printed foot
This duck is named Buttercup. He was born with a backwards left foot......»»
Australian scientists to fit Tesla with printed solar panels in 15,000km test ride
The project will power a Tesla electric car with 18 plastic solar panels made from a commercial printer usually used to print wine labels......»»
“Oreology” investigates mystery of why Oreo creme filling usually sticks to one side
MIT team also designed 3D-printed DIY rheometer for at-home or classroom experiments. If you have to test the mechanics of an Oreo, what better fixture is there than an oreometer? Everyone has their preferred method for snacking on tasty.....»»
Officials say bird flu found at 3rd Indiana duck farm
Avian influenza has been detected in a third northern Indiana duck farm, state officials said Monday......»»
Toyota"s first modern EV arrives this spring starting at $42,000
Customers will also have the option to purchase a ChargePoint home charging system and roll the cost into the vehicle purchase or lease. Kits come with a 23-foot charging cable to support different parking configurations, and Toyota says you can expe.....»»
The US Army has found an intriguing new use for 3D printing
US Army wants to create the largest 3D printed structure in the Americas......»»
Biden Announces New 3D Gun Regulation
SonicSpike writes: President Biden has just announced that he will be enacting regulation requiring that homebuilt firearms, including 3D printed guns, have a serial number and be registered with the government. Read more of this story at Slashd.....»»
Injured dinosaur left behind unusual footprints
A set of dinosaur footprints in Spain has unusual features because the dinosaur that made the tracks had an injured foot, according to a study published April 6, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Carlos M. Herrera-Castillo of the Autonomous.....»»
How does perennial grassland cover affect duck nest survival?
Efforts related to the management of breeding ducks in North America have often focused on developing and implementing practices that promote the survival of nests. Although it's thought that increasing perennial grassland cover will benefit nest sur.....»»
Freshwater mussels can inhibit bacterial diseases
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä found brown trout better survived a Flavobacterium disease outbreak if the fish had larvae of freshwater pearl mussel in their gills. In another study, duck mussels were observed to filter and remove Fla.....»»
Printing circuits on rare nanomagnets puts a new spin on computing
New research artificially creating a rare form of matter known as spin glass could spark a new paradigm in artificial intelligence by allowing algorithms to be directly printed as physical hardware. The unusual properties of spin glass enable a form.....»»
Medicines 3D-printed in seven seconds
Medicines can be printed in seven seconds in a new 3D-printing technique that could enable rapid on-site production of medicines, reports a UCL-led research team......»»
This building’s deconstruction resulted in just two buckets of waste
More than 99% of the material will be reused to build a guest house. Two buckets. That’s all that was left at the end of the day when Nexii, a concrete alternative start-up, tore down one of its first demonstration projects. A 700-square-foot.....»»
Tesla"s plant opening party for 15,000 people faces backlash in Texas
Tesla intends to offer tours of the 8 million-square-foot facility, food and two stages with live music at the invite-only event for 15,000 people on April 7......»»
Take a peek inside a flickering candle flame with these 3D-printed shapes
MIT's Markus Buehler also built system to turn language into 3D-printed materials. New research from MIT explores fire from a whole series of new perspectives. The research uses deep-learning approaches that extract the vibrational feature.....»»
Ford F-150 Lightning beats targets, goes 320 miles in EPA testing
The cheapest 320-mile Lightning for consumers will cost over $70,000. Enlarge / The F-150 Lightning will be offered as a SuperCrew cab with a 5.5-foot bed. (credit: Ford) When Ford announced the F-150 Lightning, the company's.....»»
Invincible: Eddie Vedder and...NASA just made a weirdly inspiring rocket music video
NASA just presented its new megarocket to the world.To acknowledge the completion of the world's most powerful rocket — and the first time the space agency hauled the 322-foot-tall behemoth to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad — NASA col.....»»
Inside Michigan semiconductor plant, Korean wafer maker bets big on EVs
SK Siltron CSS is investing more than $300 million to quadruple its real estate footprint in Michigan's Bay County with a 250,000-square-foot wafer plant......»»
Winter storm brings gusting winds and snow, making for "extremely dangerous" travel
A massive winter storm is bringing gusting winds to much of the eastern U.S. this weekend and is expected to dump a foot snow in some areas of the northeast as it brings freezing temperatures to the southeast......»»
NASA waited 50 years to unseal these precious moon rocks
The last time anyone set foot on the moon, in 1972, astronauts plunged metal tubes into the lunar ground. They captured soil and rock and then sealed off the precious extraterrestrial material. One of the samples, 73001, has been fastened shut for ha.....»»
How AI Can Make Weather Forecasting Better and Cheaper
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: In early February a black box crammed with computer processors took a flight from California to Uganda. The squat, 4-foot-high box resembled a giant stereo amp. Once settled into place in Kampala, i.....»»