
IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 22 hours ago
Achieve successful micro-scale 3D prints by optimizing tolerances, wall thickness, support strategies, microfluidic channels, and material selection in your CAD models from the start. What Attendees will Learn Tolerance-driven design -- How to define resolution and tolerance constraints that translate directly from CAD intent to sub-10 m printed geometry. Geometry-aware fabrication -- Principles for engineering wall thickness, aspect ratios, and orientation to maintain structural fidelity at micron...

Australian Geographic - 2 days 7 hours ago
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of Australian Geographic we are looking back at a selection of stories we've run over the decades. This feature article was in our first-ever issue in Jan Mar 1986. The post FROM THE ARCHIVE: Lasseter’s Gold appeared first on Australian Geographic .

GeekSpin - 2 days 8 hours ago
NASA's Curiosity rover has just come face-to-face with a mystery that has haunted scientists from a distance for years. While orbital satellites first spotted strange, web-like patterns on the Martian surface many years ago, they remained blurry shapes viewed from miles above until now. These "spiderwebs" are actually massive mineral ridges called boxwork, and […] Read the original article here: NASA rover gets up-close with mysterious spiderwebs on Mars...