Wired has news of a very cool development in the materials world: artificial nacre. From the Wired article (Link): A team of researchers in the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has managed to imitate the complex structures … Continue reading →

It’s just plain funny (in a sad way) reading entries by professionals just now getting a clue as to what’s happening in the world. Take for example Randall Rothenberg’s article on Ad Age, “Marketing Lessions From Digital Lifestyle Day – … Continue reading →

For anyone who laughed (*cough* Sterling *cough*) and for those who understand (*cough* Marissa Ann Mayer *cough*), take a look at some of the parts that Vik Olliver recently put on display at LinuxConf Australasia 2006. He’s well beyond the … Continue reading →

There’s been a nice flurry of activity over on the RepRap site (Link); lots of parts being designed and sent out for fabrication to be used in the initial units, a growing RepRap wiki and another participant. For anyone who … Continue reading →

Well, after my rocket launcher example the subject of functional, rapid-prototyped weapons came up on several blogs that linked to my entry. It also came up again after a more recent entry of mine updating that earlier effort. The issue … Continue reading →