One of the hottest emerging technologies is additive manufacturing or 3D printing. These printing devices are becoming more and more readily available and in various sizes thus being more prone to purchase by both professionals tech connoisseurs. 3D printing is a process which uses lasers in order to print objects one layer at a time […]
Science Fiction or Science Fact: The Living Laser
The portrayal of lasers in comic books is typically light on the science and heavy on the fiction. Requiring the reader to suspend a great portion of their belief, there are a few instances in which the laser applications found between the pages are surprisingly true to life. Just one of these instances was Marvel‘s […]
Mildred Dresselhaus and Magneto-Optics
Mildred Dresselhaus has proved herself to be a triple-threat since her entrance into the world of science. While being a physicist who has studied within the fields of material science and electrical engineering, she is most popular for her dedicated promotions for women within all science and engineering fields as well as for her own […]
Registration Opens for LIA’s 2016 ICALEO Laser Research Conference
Registration is now open for the world’s premier platform for breakthrough laser solutions – Laser Institute of America (LIA)’s 2016 International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®), to be held this year from Oct. 16-20 at the Sheraton® San Diego in San Diego, CA. ICALEO, which bears a 34 year history as the […]
Weekly Wrap Up (May 30, 2016)
This week, we took a look at some of the current trends in manufacturing technology. Learn about pop culture’s surprising influence on the rise of 3D printing, other lesser known forms of additive manufacturing, as well as the factors that determine the “hottest” trends in manufacturing technologies, as told by the Advanced Manufacturing Workshop in […]