Everyone surely remembers the killer robot, T-1000, played by Robert Patrick, that rises menacingly from a puddle of molten metal in “Terminator 2”. This scene has inspired the scientists headed by Joseph DeSimone, a professor of chemistry at University of North Carolina and a founder of the Carbon3D company, to invent a new technology of 3D printing. The technology allows to create a 3D object 100 times faster, than the existing methods, from a reservoir of liquid resin.
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Archive for March, 2015
The novelty has already been tested in Europe. For example, in Germany. The Lutzenberger construction firm, employed in large-scale civil engineering, installed Scan Stations and as a result simplified the process of digitizing all its paperwork including invoices, quality control documentation, proof of delivery information and so on.
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“Fax? Really?” you may ask. Does anybody still use it? Yes, it’s true. In our very fast moving time of Internet services a fax still lives. According to a research of Opinion Matters firm, 72% of U.S. businesses still rely on paper-based faxing. So, no matter the size of the company, there are standard fax machines and no security nearby. And do you know that nearly half of U.S. office workers admit to reading a document sitting on a fax machine intended for someone else? We should add here a fact that 23% of enterprises have suffered a data loss because of minor attention to the question.
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3D printing is one of eight additive manufacturing technologies and very much future-oriented and challenging. Oak Ridge National Laboratory together with Cincinnati Inc. have built a large-scale 3D printer turning their interest on a research of additive manufacturing making a special accent on working with metals such as steel and aluminum.
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Officejet Pro 8620 is a color inkjet all-in-one printer and is aimed for home and small offices and individual use. The recommended price of the gadget is $300, which is not very much for a 4-function machine. Due to the urge demand of mobile printing and the availability of various technologies providing mobile printing capabilities, the producers have equipped Officejet Pro 8620 with the main of them. NFC, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct, moreover, one can operate the machine via front-panel 4.3-inch color touchscreen, not connecting to a PC.
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