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Conch’s Strength Inspires MIT Researchers to 3D Print Stronger Protective Gear
As a kid growing up in Florida, I was always thrilled to find a conch shell intact, washed up on the shore. My grandmother had an enormous collection of them on her sunny…
Lowering the Costs of 3D Printing through a Marriage of Nature & Mathematics
Nature is the ultimate designer; what else can we imagine could design something that is self-replicating, converts the energy of the sun to food, creates oxygen, and can last for hundreds of…
