3D printing is hot right now. The promises of customization and its potential to disrupt the market are of great interest. It’s being exploited by scientists to help them print lab supplies at a reduced costs, because as anyone who has worked in a lab knows, some small specialized pieces of plastic can be ridiculously expensive. Jonathan Eisen has shared some of the 3D printing that has been done in his lab. He has some videos produced by one of his students at his blog that you can check out.
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Here Comes the Parade of Computing Interfaces That Want to Replace the Touchscreen
The interfaces are coming! Over the next six months or so, we’re going to see an explosion of new ways of interacting with computers, televisions, and mobile devices. Many of them are radical departures from the way things have been done, which is exciting.
Read more. [Image: Alexis C. Madrigal]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5145358e0031b7851bbfec8f8c16e283/tumblr_miwagbLsmx1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
Here Comes the Parade of Computing Interfaces That Want to Replace the Touchscreen
The interfaces are coming! Over the next six months or so, we’re going to see an explosion of new ways of interacting with computers, televisions, and mobile devices. Many of them are radical departures from the way things have been done, which is exciting.
Read more. [Image: Alexis C. Madrigal]
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