Industrial polishing is a cornerstone of manufacturing—a necessary but intensely manual process that creates a matte, gloss, shiny, flat, or otherwise-effected surface on any manufactured part. Surface-finishing methods vary from
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What’s the oldest technology company you can think of? Google will celebrate its 20th anniversary next April. If Apple or Adobe were people, they’d be old enough to have teenage
Continue readingBarovier&Toso Bring the Ancient Art of Glassblowing Into the Digital-Design Era
According to the US National Cancer Institute, nearly 40 percent of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer during their lives. The World Health Organization names cancer as the second leading cause
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If you’ve ever been skiing (or watched a documentary about it) you might have seen snow cannons—the cylindrical guns that use huge fans to shower snowfields with manufactured snow so
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Both fandom and professional design have a rich history of taking characters or creatures that exist only in digital form and building them in the real world. Makeup artist Holly
A lot of kids play with robots, and it’s clear that robots bring out the kid in many grownups. What else could explain the success of the Transformers movie franchise,
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Imagine water lapping on a beach or crashing over the side of a boat. Now, think about re-creating that water, realistically, using computer graphics. It’s no small feat—as Disney’s Moana
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Do you have a great idea for a new product but don’t have a fully equipped manufacturing plant to realize it? Thanks to a pair of California hot-rod enthusiasts, the
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While people have been marveling for years at friendly robot helpers on their screens, here’s something many probably don’t realize about collaborative robots: They’re actually heavy machinery. And like with
When designer Jon Godbolt first swept the floor of a welding shop, he had no idea it was the first step on his own unique career path. That path has
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