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Polyamide vs Nylon: Everything You Need to Know

3D Print Warping (PLA, PETG, ABS): 6 Simple Fixes

What is Mylar? A Comprehensive Technical Guide to BoPET Film for Engineers

LGA vs BGA How to Select the Best IC Package for Your Design

Solderability Test - Principles, Methods, and Applications in Electronics Manufacturing...

Food Safe 3D Printer Filament: A Guide for Engineers

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Applying large-scale language models outside language: Examples from materials discovery, cybersecurity, and building management

You've probably heard about the amazing capabilities of some recent AI models, such as GPT, AI21, or BLOOM. Perhaps you use one of these models yourself. Either directly, or through another product like Wordtune, YouWrite, Jasper – or ChatGPT. It turns out that while these models are trained on language data, they can be used for other applications as well. In my latest article, you can read more about applications in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and even building management.

New Process Allows 3-D Printing of Microscale Metallic Parts

Engineers at Caltech have developed a method for 3-D printing pure and multicomponent metals, at a resolution that is, in some cases, an order of magnitude smaller than previously possible. The process, which uses water-based chemistry and 3-D printing, was described in a paper published in Nature on October 20.

"Transformer" pinwheels offer new twist on nano-engineered materials

Producing chirality, a property found throughout nature, through large-scale self-assembly could lead to applications in sensing, machine perception and more.

Augmenting human endurance with carbon fiber suits

Carbon fiber fashion aims to assist humans to endure extreme weather and activities.

A new quantum component made from graphene

For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have been able to make a superconducting component from graphene that is quantum coherent and sensitive to magnetic fields. This step opens up interesting prospects for fundamental research.

Altering material properties: how far can you go with Electroforming?

Where one engineer may require a surface that is as reflective as a mirror, another may want a product that absorbs as much light as possible. How do you achieve both material properties?

Introducing 'Printer.HM' - the future of 3D printing for soft materials

Researchers have developed a hackable and multi-functional 3D printer for soft materials that is affordable and open design.

Stable in all kinds of shapes

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a structure that can switch between stable shapes as needed while being remarkably simple to produce. The key lies in a clever combination of base materials.

How to Remove 3D Print from Bed: A Comprehensive Guide

Good bed adhesion is key to achieving defect-free prints. But how do you remove 3D prints that are stuck firmly to the build surface of the 3D printer? This guide reveals all.

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20240119-Protolabs Insight - TPU MJF

In this video we start with a recap on why you would choose MJF rather than other 3D printing technologies and explore TPU, looking at the advantages of the material and how it can be used.

Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble

While automated manufacturing is ubiquitous today, it was once a nascent field birthed by inventors such as Oliver Evans, who is credited with creating the first fully automated industrial process, in flour mill he built and gradually automated in the late 1700s.