Hod Lipson dreams of printing a robot, this is what he and his team at Cornell University are working towards using the latest 3D printing techniques that can print in multiple materials to create complete objects with working parts. Currently they have made most of the parts of a robot to then fit together but … Read more
It is interesting to consider just how much 3D printing may change the world and our lives, it could make items cheaper, change where items are manufactured and increase choice vastly to name a few things but it’s easy to assume that it will only be small household items: maybe some electronics and components for … Read more
China are catching up with the US and Europe in terms of technical innovation but are still some way behind, what has given them the advantage over the previous few decades that has seen many manufacturing industries close in the US and Europe and move to China is the amount of cheap labor they have … Read more
Marl, a lime rich mud once popular for fertilizer, is found in large amounts in Clayton, New Jersey but though it was mined in the past today it is the fossils preserved in the mud that are of more interest and which were originally discovered quite by accident. Drexel University are just one Paleontology department … Read more
Many young guitarists have scribbled designs for fantastic bespoke guitars on the backs of exercise books which they will have made once rich and famous enough; some of these designs though are next to impossible to have made no matter how much money you have and most guitarists of course never make it to the … Read more
