Generating objects 25 to 100 times faster than traditional layer-based 3D printers, this new continuous-liquid approach to high-speed fabrication can create complex yet refined finished objects that are at once more pristine and quickly produced, all by harnessing oxygen and light to ‘grow’ results. Its inventors say their solution was inspired in part by a well-known, time-traveling, liquid-metal robot from a science fiction film and indeed both technologies may be poised to change the the future.
A group of scientists from the University of North Carolina have just published a paper in Science on the technology, filed for a patent and formed a company around it called Carbon3D, currently backed by $40,000,000 in funding. Essentially, a pool of photosensitive resin floating on a plane of dissolved oxygen provides the raw material bath, while a device suspended above draws resin up and out. The trick to hardening the substance as it is lifted lies in a UV light projector which emits a 2D cross-section of each layer, continuously changing shape as the device above is raised.
Watching it in action, it is easy to see how the idea came in part from the shape-shifting Terminator ‘upgrade’ first found in the second installation of the ongoing movie franchise. Emerging from a liquid pool, the resulting solid takes shape with remarkable speed.
Effectively, each layer of the object is not only printed at once, but without delays in between – hence “continuous liquid interface production.” In contrast, normal 3d printers are limited in part by the printer heads that deposit materials one point at a time, moving along each plane before moving up to the next level. “Traditional 3D printing requires a number of mechanical steps, repeated over and over again in a layer-by-layer approach. CLIP is a chemical process that carefully balances light and oxygen to eliminate the mechanical steps and the layers.”
Moreover, unlike many current models, the continuous production method eliminates rough edges and forms a fully-solid object that, depending on the materials used, could result in a cleaner and stronger finished product. Indeed, the device supports a range of both solid and flexible polymers, giving it potential for all kinds of applications. “Parts printed with CLIP are much more like injection-molded parts. CLIP produces consistent and predictable mechanical properties, creating parts that are smooth on the outside and solid on the inside.”
Meanwhile, materials like “elastomers cover a range of needs, from the high elasticity needed for athletic shoes to the strength and temperature resistance needed for automotive parts.” Currently, the device on display is just a prototype, but once put into commercial production it could well be a pivotal piece in transitioning the 3D printing industry from a slow-growing niche to a full-fledged revolution for making everything from rapid prototypes to other useful objects at speed.
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This is the 'I Survived Another Meeting That Should Have Been An Email' award designed and sold by pop artist Will Bryant for $3.50. I feel like he should have made it a purple participation ribbon instead of blue. Blue is usually reserved for first place, and if you regularly have to sit through meetings that should have been emails, you are NOT in first place. That is like, the opposite of first place. That is like thinking the race is tomorrow when it was actually this morning.
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Facebook's "real names" policy means that from time to time, it arbitrarily decides what its users are allowed to call themselves, which sucks if your name is something like Dana Lone Hill or Robin Kills The Enemy or Shane Creepingbear.
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Measles has replaced Ebola as the infectious disease threat of the moment, but the only recent case in Texas occurred in Fort Worth in mid-January and was unrelated to the current outbreak that originated in Disneyland.
The Houston health department has tested two suspected cases and both came back negative, but local officials still express concern about the possible risk to infant children who can’t yet be immunized.
“Parents should be alarmed about this outbreak if they have children under 12 months,” said Kathy Barton, spokeswoman for the Houston health and human services department. “Infants travel to other areas, and the measles virus can be imported to any area at any time, including this one.”
Barton said parents of children who have been immunized should feel confident the vaccine will protect their child.
Children are eligible for the first dose of the combination MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine at 12 months through 15 months of age. The second dose, recommended at 4 to 6 years of age, is required of Texas schoolchildren, though conscientious objectors can opt out by signing an affidavit. Those numbers in Texas are small (38,197 people, or 0.75%, in 2013-2014) but growing.
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The national rate of people opting out of vaccination remains under 1 percent, but the number can vary according to community. In Texas, where the percentages have grown significantly in the last decade, the 2013-2014 rate exceeds 3 percent in five counties — Jeff Davis (3.1), Blanco (3.6), Robertson (4.1), Gaines (4.3) and Lampasas (5.2). Harris County’s rate is 0.57, up from 0.19 in 2007. The state’s county-by-county numbers are here.
Tiffany recently underwent a round of booster shots in anticipation of some business travel. I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing for myself. I don’t feel like herd immunity is good enough to rely on any more.
Cherise Rohr-Allegrini reminds us that however enjoyable it is to publicly shame anti-vaxxers, it doesn’t do much to actually get them to vaccinate their kids. Research has shown that no persuasion strategy for overcoming anti-vaxx sentiment is likely to succeed. As such, I personally agree with Jamelle Bouie that where persuasion fails, coercion is the way to go. There’s a reason Mississippi – Mississippi, for crying out loud! – has the best vaccination rate in the country: They don’t allow exemptions. Vaccinate your kids or they don’t get to go to school. In Texas, that would likely mean more home-schooling, so the next level of this strategy is to require vaccinations for participation in any kind of interscholastic activity, from sports to debate to music to whatever else. If it involves other school-age kids, you have to have your shots. Finally, I’d take aim at the one thing that will make all those highly-privileged anti-vaxxers from California squirm, and that’s to put pressure on colleges and universities to require vaccinations as a condition of entry, just as kindergartens used to do before anyone heard of “conscientious objections”. This can be accomplished by the Legislature for public schools. For private schools, it’ll likely take a campaign from alumni organizations. If their kids can’t get into Harvard without having had their shots, they’ll get their shots. Lisa Falkenberg and Harold Pollack have more.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, best known for playing Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in HBO's Game of Thrones adaptation, just broke a 1,000-year old Viking strength record by carrying a 640 kg (~1410 pound) log across his back for five steps. According to Viking legend, the previous record holder was Ormur Stórólfsson, who managed to carry the log (which was actually the mast of a Viking ship) for three steps before breaking his back and being forced to quit. You know, because it's probably not a good idea to keep going with a broken back. With a broken heart? You have to keep going with a broken heart, otherwise the pain will consume you. I read that in a relationship column. Just kidding, I read that above the urinal in a bar bathroom. Also, 'For a good time call your mom and tell her you love her'.
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I don't really have much big-picture analysis in the wake of Andrew Sullivan's departure from blogging. My reaction is strictly personal. I've spent the majority of my career as a print journalist. In 2008, when I first started blogging, I had two models in mind—Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Sullivan, and I only knew about Matt because of Andrew. I started reading Andrew during the run-up to the Iraq War and thus bore witness to one of the most amazing real-time about-faces in recent memory. But it was a sincere about-face and it taught me something about writing, and particularly writing on the Internet, which guides me even today—namely, that error is an essential part of any real intellectual pursuit.
Back when I started blogging, there was an annoying premium on "public smartness" and "being right" among pundits, journalists, and writers. Likely, there is still one today. The need to be publicly smart and constantly right originates both in the writer's ego and in the expectation of incurious readers. The writer gets the psychic reward of praise—"Such and such is really smart" or "Such and such was 'right' on Libya." And the incurious reader gets to believe that there is some order in the world, that there is a stable of learned (mostly) men who will decipher the words of God for them. The incurious readers is not so much looking for writers, as prophets.
And Andrew has never been a prophet, so much as a joyous heretic. Andrew taught me that you do not have to pretend to be smarter than you are. And when you have made the error of pretending to be smarter, or when you simply have been wrong, you can say so and you can say it straight—without self-apology, without self-justifying garnish, without "if I have offended." And there is a large body of deeply curious readers who accept this, who want this, who do not so much expect you to be right, as they expect you to be honest. When I read Andrew, I generally thought he was dedicated to the work of being honest. I did not think he was always honest. I don't think anyone can be. But I thought he held "honesty" as a standard—something can't be said of the large number of charlatans in this business.
Honesty demands not just that you accept your errors, but that your errors are integral to developing a rigorous sense of study. I have found this to be true in, well, just about everything in life. But it was from Andrew that I learned to apply it in this particular form of writing. I am indebted to him. And I will miss him—no matter how much I think he's wrong, no matter the future of blogging.
Love this. Belle's ball hair always bugged me as very unrealistic. It magically got fully and longer.
If you’re a Disney princess, then your job is to always look good at all times. Thankfully, you’ve got a staff of top-notch animators working with you 24/7 to do that. Shoot, you probably have a designated hair person on duty at all times.
What would it be like if Disney princesses had to deal with real hair problems? A lot of their manes would be out of place, soggy, or sticking up in odd directions. Loryn Brantz of BuzzFeed illustrated 8 princesses with real hair, including Cinderella, Jasmine, Mulan, and Elsa.
Spain's insane new compulsory fee for quoting news stories has shut down Google News there -- and will prevent any new news search-engines from emerging to replace it.
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This collection of 28 ideas for parents includes some decent ones. From repurposing old furniture to plastic bottles, there are a lot of possibilities. Of course, each tip won't work for everyone, and each parent has their own unique set of circumstances. But if even one of these ideas can help out an exhausted, holidazed parent, this post has done its job.
I normally don’t do collector’s editions of video games. They tend to be overpriced useless junk that just takes up space in your home. I’ve made the occasional exception like with Batman: Arkham Asylum, Mortal Kombat, and the two most recent Fallout games, but these days I stick to digital or no-frills titles. So what made me decide to pick up the $200 (after tax and overnight shipping) Inquisitor’s Edition of Dragon Age: Inquisition. Well, a lot of reasons. The first is that I rarely buy video games these days, especially at full price. I’m spending far more time with tabletop games (especially miniature painting/building) so I had a lot of trade-in credit at the old Babbages/Software Etc/EBX or whatever it is called these days. Enough credit in fact, to pick up this with little to no cash spent on it. So why not? My wife thought the tarot deck looked great and I was interested in the lockpick set since I haven’t monkeyed with one of those in a long time. Since there weren’t any other physical copies of games I was really looking at purchasing this year (Maybe Persona Q, but $50-$70 for a 3DS cart? Ha ha ha…no.) so I decided to why not blow it all on a giant exclusive like this? At worst, I’d get a decent unboxing feature out of the site for it and I know my wife would use the tarot deck. At best, I’d have an actually cool exclusive set I’d want to keep around.
What now follows are forty-three pictures detailing everything that comes in the Dragon Age: Inquisition Inquisitor’s Set. You’ll see the good and the bad here. Remember that each picture can be clicked upon for a large, more detailed version of the image. So with that in mind, let’s enjoy this Bioware based photo galley, shall we?
This is the box as it arrived at my Doorstep. Gamestop just put a UPS overnight label on the Bioware crate that must have arrived to them without opening it or even remotely seeing what was in there. Pretty irresponsible if you ask me, but they did probably have an insanely short turnaround time to meet. Notice the box says it weighs 9.3 pounds. That’s a lot of ancillary video game odds and ends.
Here’s the box open. Notice there is little to no space between the Inquisitor’s Edition and the box it is in. It’s as if they folded up the box around the collector’s Edition. Again, a bit shocking Bioware and EBGames let an expensive limited edition of a game go out like this. Doubly that there was no protective material like peanuts or those little air pouches either. Bad corporations, bad!
A top down view of the set in its box.
Three-quarters view of the boxed set.
Top-down view of the boxed set with the Sony PS3 version of the game removed from its sheath.
A bad photo showing the backside of the plastic casing that goes around the boxed set. It shows some of the items in the Inquisitor’s Edition.
Finally, we have the Inquisitor’s Edition out of the plastic sheath that holds it and the video game. The box is not metal but rather a thin feeling plastic made up in faux alligator (Black Dragon?). Each scale is detailed and textured. The box looks great but you can tell it wouldn’t hold up from even a small fall. A bit disappointing. For the price, I would have e3xpected far superior materials. Look at the metal steamer trunks Chaosium got for the deluxe version of Horror on the Orient Express. EA and/or Bioware could have easily sourced a high quality container like for even less money but corners were cut. It’s still a great look collector’s edition but it could have been so much more box-wise.
This is the front side of the box. I love the little latch here. It’s fully working and helps make the whole package feel a bit like a treasure chest.
The latch is up! Ready to see what is inside?
This is an EXACT picture of the moment I opened the box. Remember what I said earlier about how they needed to put actual packing materials in this and that it was obvious Gamestop didn’t even check these Inquisitor Editions before they went out. Well, here’s the nail in the coffin. Nothing was in its spot after it’s long trip to Arlington, VA – and why would it be? There is no way to secure any of these pieces in the case or any temporary padding for shipping. Holy crap, Bioware, Triforce, Electronic Arts and Gamestop should be ashamed of themselves for shipping a $200 edition of a game like this. Honestly though, they don’t care. These are companies that think little to nothing of you as a human being and just want your money. I’ve already sent off email complaints to all three. Let’s see if they actually respond.
Another picture taken after I sifted through to see if any damage was done. Thankfully only one item was actually damaged and it was something I could easily fix thanks to having a plethora of metal glue in the house (Oldhammer saves the day again!). Again, look how badly this thing was packaged. Shame on everyone involved. Well, no sense bitching and moaning about it. let’s continue with the unboxing.
This is how the box top SHOULD look upon opening. This looks much better than what we had for our first impression, doesn’t it?
Here is what the first layer of the bottom of the box looks like. Yes, I did say first layer. we’ll show you the second layer down the road. Each layer is made of very thin flimsy red plastic with a faux vinyl layer on top. Again, very cheap materials used to make this and for the price of this, the companies involved with this could have easily sourced a higher quality materials to make this CE out of.
Here we go with the Knick-Knacks. This is a Shield of Thedas or something like that. There’s no description of the pieces in the box. The shield is made of plastic, not metal. it looks really cool, but like much of the Inquisitor’s Edition, it’s really flimsy.
A really nice looking resin/finecast castle. It’s not metal, but it is really solid plastic. Nicely detailed and unlike some pieces in this set, it will hold up well.
A Cestus?
A look at the three other faux pewter (it’s very thick resin) figurines with this set. You have a lion, an eagle/hawk and a set of keys. The set of keys were the one damaged piece in the collection. The little connectors holding the keys into the base were snapped off due to the terrible shipping and lack of protection. A little Games Workshop super glue though and it’s holding up nicely now. Disgusting I had to do that though.
A close-up of the resin keys.
A close-up of the eagle figure. The actual detail on this thing is incredible and it’s my favorite of all the figurines.
A close-up of the lion figurine.
So funny story. I had to look at the plastic casing sheath for the Inquisitor’s Edition to figure out that the Cestus was supposed to be in the lion’s mouth. It must have been knocked out during the shipping process due to the lack of protection (and forethought). I was able to get it back in the mouth with little to no trouble and this is the end result.
A leather pouch containing the lock picks! Hurrah! The part I was most looking forward too.
The pouch unfurled. See the lock picks sticking out?
Here are the lock picks out of the leather pouch. They are terrible. There is no other way to describe them. They aren’t real lock picks, but then that’s probably for liability reasons. Still, you can purchase a beginner’s set of lock picks for like thirty bucks. These are plastic and really crappily made to boot. We’re talking like those plastic toothpicks that you buy in terms of material and thickness. Again, considering the companies involved in this, this really should have contained a set of real picks for the cost…or at least actual metal replicas. This was pathetic. You couldn’t even scratch an itch with these without the picks snapping, much less an actual lock. Man, so many corners were cut material and quality-wise with this set, it’s not even funny. Had I actually spent money on the Inquisitor’s Edition, I’d have been PISSED and asked for my money back.
A ratty feather? I guess it is supposed to be a quill.
A satin pouch containing the tarot cards. This is the highlight of the Inquisitor’s Edition by far.
The tarot cards removed from their pouch.
A sampling of the cards. They’re very well made and the artwork is terrific. Again, this is by far the highlight of the set.
The Tower card.
A quick interlude as my cat decides she REALLY wants the feather that comes in this Inquisitor’s Edition.
The steelbook case for Dragon Age: Inquisition
The inside of the steelbook case. Notice there are two disc slots, but that Dragon Age: Inquisition only has one disc. What is the other slot for? No idea. It would have been nice to have a soundtrack to go in that slot, but nope. This steelbook case also came with a code I had to use on ORGIN but it never told me what exactly I unlocked. The piece of paper says “Bonus Multiplayer Items” but there are no details. Oh well.
Here we go with the SECOND layer of the boxed Inquisitor’s Edition. This one can’t be removed from the boxed. It’s glued in and it feels like if I tugged, I could get it out but I’d also risk ripping the flimsy plastic the layer is made out of. Man, I’ve used flimsy a lot in this piece, haven’t I?
Here are the four coins in the set. They’re bigger than a silver dollar and they feel like resin.
A glass apothecary jar. This is really well made and an unexpected treat in the set.
A rolled up cloth up map. I guess they could have folded it but it wouldn’t have fit in the second layer slot that exists for it.
The map in all its glory. It’s huge. The picture does not do the full map justice.
To show just how big the map is, I’ve placed the PS3 case in the lower left hand corner of the map. Look at the size of this map! It’s big, beautifully drawn, very soft and probably the second best piece in the Inquisitor’s Edition, after the tarot cards.
A close up of a section of the map.
The final piece in the Dragon Age: Inquisition Inquisitor’s Edition is a journal.The cover is real leather and looks quite nice.
Of course it’s actually just a leather holder for a journal. That’s not a bad thing. it means you just treat it like a slipcase and once all the paper inside is used up, you can take off the case and move it onto a new journal. Here’s a look at the journal the casing is currently around.
A look at the pages of the journal itself. They’re very thin and the paper is of a very low quality, but if you don’t like it, just move the casing to a journal you do like. The leather cover is well made and very striking, so I’m not too upset about the actual journal pages themselves being lackluster.
Our final picture in this unboxing is a look at EVERYTHING in the set. It’s crazy how many little doodads are in here, eh? I do wish that a lot of the pieces were made from a higher quality than they actually were, but what can you do? It appears Triforce, EA, Bioware and Gamestop all teamed up to give you quantity rather than quality, which really shouldn’t be a surprise since this is the video game side of the gaming industry. I’m really happy with the journal cover, map, tarot cards and steelbook casing though. I definitely would have felt ripped off had I paid $200 for the Inquisitor’s Edition of Dragon Age: Inquisition, but considering I got it by trading in old games I would never play again, I can live with what’s here. Again, the lock picks should have at least been made of metal many of the pieces should have been made out of higher quality materials and EVERYTHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN PACKED/SHIPPED BETTER, but there’s no doubt the Inquisitor’s Edition looks impressive, even if it actually isn’t when you get your hands on it. I think some hardcore zealous Dragon Age fans will love this and for them, this will be money well spent. For everyone else, this is a bit of a disappointment. Thank goodness the game won’t be.
Thirteen of the fifteen flagpoles in the Conservative caucus room were snapped off and turned into spears by Members of Parliament who positioned themselves around the door to ambush the Parliament Hill shooter, while Prime Minister Harper was shoved in a closet.
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Because superhero movies are all the rage right now, this is a timeline of confirmed DC and Marvel superhero movies coming out between now and 2020, created by Dylan Todd over at Comics Alliance. There are 29 movies on the list. For reference, that's more movies than I've seen in theaters in the last 10 years. I'm averaging less than a movie a year right now. Mostly because I can't stand the crowds. But also because I keep getting busted trying to sneak my own food and drink into the theater. "Seriously?" You try walking straight with four pounds of M&Ms and a 2-liter strapped to your nuts!
Thanks to Diana K, who gets a million bonus points for mentioning she wished somebody would make a Ralf Snart movie.
This is a video of Spanish cello club Cellocyl performing the Game of Thrones theme. It's very beautiful. The Game of Thrones theme really moves me. Usually to run outside and start swinging a stick around and challenging neighbors to duels. UNFAIR FACT: Some neighbors will absolutely bring a gun to a stick fight.
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A fascinating chart from Representation in Municipal Government, publishing in American Political Science Review and written by MIT political scientists Chris Tausanovitch and Christopher Warshaw. (via Bruce Sterling)
While many individuals desire multi-functional and space-saving furniture, many cities want quite the opposite: an object that one can sit on but that foils attempts at anything from sleeping, littering and vandalism to street theft and drug-dealing.
Designed by Factory Furniture and named after the city for which it was commissioned, the Camden Bench is largely (and fascinatingly) defined in the negative, its creators boasting what it cannot do rather than what it can do, made to “resist criminal and anti-social behaviour.” It all sounds well and good in theory, but in practice: does this approach constitute a public service or an unnecessarily prohibitive way to design urban furniture?
Made of cast concrete, the bench’s ridged top and sloped surfaces make it hard to lie down on and help keep skateboarders at bay, while its smooth finish is made to be graffiti-resistant. Its solid sides feature no slots or crevices in which dealers could hide drug stashes, while its slight recesses allow sitters to slide their bags safely behind their legs. Its smooth finish and lack of gaps also help keep it clean – dirt has nowhere to accumulate and water washes grime away.
As Frank Swain muses on Medium, “it a strange artifact, defined far more by what it is not than what it is. The Camden Bench is a concerted effort to create a non-object. [It] is strange kind of architectural null point. A piece of the city that by design will not interact with it in any way. It is a bench by the slimmest of margins – hardly comfortable, affording none of the qualities that would make it more than simply a place to sit. This is the bench’s sole concession to being part of the city, and it does it with the least conviction possible.”
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This is the 'I Survived Another Meeting That Should Have Been An Email' award designed and sold by pop artist Will Bryant for $3.50. I feel like he should have made it a purple participation ribbon instead of blue. Blue is usually reserved for first place, and if you regularly have to sit through meetings that should have been emails, you are NOT in first place. That is like, the opposite of first place. That is like thinking the race is tomorrow when it was actually this morning.
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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, best known for playing Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in HBO's Game of Thrones adaptation, just broke a 1,000-year old Viking strength record by carrying a 640 kg (~1410 pound) log across his back for five steps. According to Viking legend, the previous record holder was Ormur Stórólfsson, who managed to carry the log (which was actually the mast of a Viking ship) for three steps before breaking his back and being forced to quit. You know, because it's probably not a good idea to keep going with a broken back. With a broken heart? You have to keep going with a broken heart, otherwise the pain will consume you. I read that in a relationship column. Just kidding, I read that above the urinal in a bar bathroom. Also, 'For a good time call your mom and tell her you love her'.
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Thirteen of the fifteen flagpoles in the Conservative caucus room were snapped off and turned into spears by Members of Parliament who positioned themselves around the door to ambush the Parliament Hill shooter, while Prime Minister Harper was shoved in a closet.
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Note: Larger version HERE.
Because superhero movies are all the rage right now, this is a timeline of confirmed DC and Marvel superhero movies coming out between now and 2020, created by Dylan Todd over at Comics Alliance. There are 29 movies on the list. For reference, that's more movies than I've seen in theaters in the last 10 years. I'm averaging less than a movie a year right now. Mostly because I can't stand the crowds. But also because I keep getting busted trying to sneak my own food and drink into the theater. "Seriously?" You try walking straight with four pounds of M&Ms and a 2-liter strapped to your nuts!
Thanks to Diana K, who gets a million bonus points for mentioning she wished somebody would make a Ralf Snart movie.
This is a video of Spanish cello club Cellocyl performing the Game of Thrones theme. It's very beautiful. The Game of Thrones theme really moves me. Usually to run outside and start swinging a stick around and challenging neighbors to duels. UNFAIR FACT: Some neighbors will absolutely bring a gun to a stick fight.
Keep going for the video.
"I can't quite place it," writes David Shiffman. Update: The original is at Jezebel: "This Science Museum Has Royally Pissed Off a Bunch of Girl Scouts"