Engineering

3-D printing with high-performance carbon fiber

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have become the first to 3-D print aerospace-grade carbon fiber composites, opening the door to greater control and optimization of the lightweight, yet stronger than ...

Engineering

Tiny foveated imaging camera mimics eagle vision

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers with the University of Stuttgart has used advanced 3-D printing technology to create an extremely small camera that uses foveated imaging to mimic natural eagle vision. In their paper ...

Engineering

As 3-D printing grows, so does need to reclaim plastic waste

UC Berkeley is a leader in 3-D printing. From creating a prosthetic hand for an 8-year-old girl to a "smart cap" that senses spoiled food to large-scale cement buildings, engineers and designers on campus are pushing the ...

Engineering

Design tool for 3-D printed objects

3-D printing has progressed over the last decade to include multi-material fabrication, enabling production of powerful, functional objects. While many advances have been made, it still has been difficult for non-programmers ...

Engineering

3-D-printed robots with shock-absorbing skins

Anyone who's watched drone videos or an episode of "BattleBots" knows that robots can break—and often it's because they don't have the proper padding to protect themselves.

Computer Sciences

Using machine learning to understand materials

Whether you realize it or not, machine learning is making your online experience more efficient. The technology, designed by computer scientists, is used to better understand, analyze, and categorize data. When you tag your ...

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