Hackaday

New Browser-based CAD System Is Best Friends With Triangle Meshes

Who’s interested in a brand new, from-scratch boundary representation (BREP) kernel? How about one that has no topological naming problem, a web-native parametric CAD front end to play with, ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Miller students plant ‘gardens of love’ for Sandy victims (SLIDESHOW)

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Katalin Palotay Rosen, a fifth grade teacher at the Joyanne D. Miller School, had been living in the Chelsea Heights neighborhood in Atlantic City until Hurricane Sandy hit her ...
Nature

AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science

Since it was unveiled in 2020, Google DeepMind’s game-changing AI tool has helped researchers all over the world to predict ...
CONTRACTOR

From 3D Printing to Prefab Homes: Building Codes as a Catalyst for Affordable Housing

ICC’s Ryan Colker explains how thoughtful code development and evaluation processes are paving the way for safe, scalable adoption of next-generation building technologies. ICC's Ryan Colker speaks at ...
TweakTown

Voxel Duke Nukem finally makes PC classic Duke Nukem 3D, actually 3D

TL;DR: Voxel Duke Nukem 3D is a fan-made mod that transforms the classic 1996 first-person shooter by converting all 2D sprites into fully 3D voxel models, enhancing the retro game's visuals while ...
blog.lib.umn.edu

Researchers created 3D-printed simulated human tissue for medical training

Researchers in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering have successfully 3D printed realistic human tissue simulants that can be used for medical training for surgeons and ...
Times West Virginian

Fairmont City Council updates city code with state law

FAIRMONT — Fairmont City Council has updated its code regarding the possession of tobacco or tobacco products for minors. City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday bringing City code in line with ...
The New York Times

‘Can You Print a House?’: God, Robots and the U.S. Housing Crisis

Jason Ballard, an entrepreneur who once thought he would be a preacher, believes 3-D printing is the solution to fill the affordable housing gap in the United States. Wolf Ranch, a collection of 100 3 ...
Miami University

3D-printed prosthetic hand created by undergraduate students could transform access for war-torn regions

A team of four Miami University undergraduate students is working to develop an affordable 3D-printed prosthetic hand that costs less than $100 and can be produced in 36 hours, addressing a shortage ...
IEEE

An Equivariant Machine Learning Decoder for 3D Toric Codes

Abstract: Research on mitigating errors in computing and communication systems has grown with their widespread use. In quantum computing, error correction is crucial ...
Yahoo

Here's how you can get a free slider at White Castle for National Slider Day

You can get a free burger this week. White Castle is offering a complimentary original slider on May 15 to commemorate National Slider Day. The restaurant chain, known for its mini hamburgers, started ...